Hello I'm wrightlabs from California.
How I Got Here...
A few months ago I decided to buy 1 bitcoin to hold long term for diversification purposes. I bought this bitcoin for about $458. Then within a month, bitcoin went up to ~$750 per bitcoin. I thought, "Wow, I need to look into this" (now 1 bitcoin sells for ~$650). Then I started searching, learning more about cryptocurrency. I found this extremely useful cryptocurrency market cap site and followed it. Then one week ago, out of nowhere steem showed up as the #3 cryptocurrency market cap. I quickly put up my first post on diversification because the topic has been on my mind for a while and I could easily write off the top of my head.
A few days later, I bought about $134 worth of steem and powered up immediately, in order to diversify among cryptocurrencies. The $134 transaction took a while and I started to get worried, thus my second post, an SOS (save our steem).
About Me
I'm a little reluctant to share a lot about myself online. This #introduceyourself post is mainly to show I'm a real person. I'm currently a college graduate, self employed, one man startup, software developer, Christian, artist, amateur investor, driver, 30 something, aspiring economist... the list could go on I suppose (but I'll spare you). I could potentially write about any of these topics and more in the future. But one of my next posts might be on (this is almost embarrassing because I've never been into this like I am now)... SHOES! Yes, shoes, men's shoes.
If you have any questions about me, feel free to ask in the comments.
I'm also here.
Steem Is A Cutting Edge Experiment And Potentially Revolutionary
I'm new to cryptocurrencies and steem but I'm quickly finding this is a good fit for me. Steem and cryptocurrencies sit at the intersection of programming, economics, investing, web technology, cutting edge technology, even government, law and more. All of these are things that I'm into. This space is definitely heading somewhere as far as "the next big thing" goes. It's so interesting because it's so new and unpredictable and how it will all take form is still up in the air. We are definitely living in the pioneering and "wild wild west" era of cryptocurrency/blockchain technology.
Thank You To The Steem Developers
Steem certainly is a project representing a big step forward in the cryptocurrency/blockchain space. I have yet to find info on it's developers but I have a hunch 
That's About It
I look forward to learning more about blockchain technology and cryptocurrency. I see steemit.com as a great outlet for my thoughts about a lot of things. I plan to try to share my thoughts, post and hopefully add value to this community and experiment.