Of course, all websites, including blogs, are global in potential reach - unless they're blocked by hypersensitive national political powers. My Clustr Map was archived at the end of last year, and what you see to the right is for just 2009.
I do know that many Blogspot sites are blocked by companies and institutes here in Jakarta, but no matter as you can always find a proxy if you're desperate to read our musings.
"After reviewing thousands of blogs worldwide, we have found Jakartass to be one that is thought provoking and gives readers a true sense of what life is really like in Indonesia."
As far as I can tell, Global Post is an online newspaper because they have presumably paid correspondents in many countries. Indonesia's is Peter Gelling. Underneath his articles, there is a section for we bloggers. The first few lines of our most recent post are given with a 'Read more ...' link, and a further link to our main sites.
Note that I say "our". That's because other invitees who accepted, who were presumably as flattered with compliments as I was, are currently Therry and Isman from Bandung who is nobody's "Fool", and started blogging way before most of us in the Indonesian blogosphere.
What I like about Global Post is the notion of combining the talents of reporters with opinionated observers. If we were to combine our talents around a specific incident or issue, we would both be better informed.
And so would you.
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