It's alive! I used to frequent SteemIt a few years ago. It looks like a lot has changed since then. Back in the "Golden Age" of SteemIt, there were thousand dollar posts. Constantly. The right

I'm not a morning person. I crawl out of bed, rush through a shower and a dog walk before driving to work with my eyes only halfway open. I can't make smalltalk before 10am and a good amount of coffee.

I strive for self-improvement every day. I make promises to myself to sleep longer, work out more, eat better, waste less time... However the biggest hurdle I have is organization. No matter how well I

One of the core features of SteemIt is the community's ability to curate quality content through upvoting and downvoting. The platform relies on user concensus to figure out what posts are quality content

A few days ago I talked about the USD-backed cryptocurrency Tether and why it's becoming a popular intermediary coin on cryptocurrency exchanges. In case you missed it, you can find my previous post here.

Last week I wrote about some of the biggest posters on Steemit and I observed that some of these accounts were spam bots that were automatically generating posts or comments in order to earn rewards. What

This is my entry to #adoptaminnow, an effort started by @whatsup to encourage experienced users to adopt newer users of the SteemIt platform and assist them for the first bit of their long swims into the

You've got a broad crypto portfolio, invested intelligently and diversified among a broad range of cryptocurrencies and tokens. As an intelligent, modern investor you've read up on the various coins and

The massive surge in popularity for cryptocurrencies in late 2017 was largely driven by their volatility. The ability for anyone to invest in an exciting, volatile market with minimal regulation attracted

The Bots Are Not Your Friends I have been querying the blockchain today in an effort to identify abuse of the SteemIt platform. I was expecting to find some serious problems, and the blockchain did not

Post curation is broken. I think a lot of new users can agree with me on that. A single upvote by a whale can make your post more visible than if it were to receive 1,000 upvotes by active community members

It's no secret that I'm not a fan of how SteemIt's reward system works. I feel that it has a number of massive problems including: Incentives for junk posting / voting (Quantity over quality). Difficult

This spring my town was hit by a heavy ice storm that brought down branches and power lines, froze doors shut, and generally wrecked havoc... But it was also beautiful and made for some great photos. Here's

Over the past few months, I have speculated that Bitcoin is overvalued as a currency and no longer serves a purpose since better cryptocurrencies have emerged. I argued that its value is largely sustained

When I'm not working, being dragged around by my dog, or fighting with foam swords, I sometimes take the time to do art. While I have done beautiful work that I've invested days into, I much prefer to

If I were to call my mom right now and explain to her the allegation that GrumpyCat is abusing it's Steempower, how would she respond? This is a serious question. Steem wants to be the next Facebook, but

I've been sick with the flu over the past few days and haven't been out shopping. Working with what I had available, I was still able to come up with a delicious and healthy breakfast wrap in less than

What did the fish say when it swam into a concrete wall? "Dam!" Why did the scarecrow win an award? He was outstanding in his field. The Norwegian navy added barcodes to their boats so that when

Foreword: In this article I will examine a number of major cryptocurrencies and evaluate their long-term values (Investment horizon: 1 year or more). It should be noted that I am not a crypto expert, nor

Presently, SteemIt is supported mostly by speculative investments. The platform has potential (Plus investors are in love with crypto), and they're emptying their pockets into Steem coin investments.