Aha I love hearing these stories, mine is pretty similar :)
My partner Hive account@krystle immediately jumped at the idea of being able to be paid directly for her original content , and seeing my #steemviz post get attention was the final straw. She's since a heap of work into original content and had a little success but we're still hoping for "the big one" ..

Still - you called it perfectly Hive account@lukestokes this really is the trojan horse that will bring crypto to the masses :)