One year on STEEM

365 days ago I joined the STEEM community on Steemit.com

I will celebrate such a momentous occasion by eating a triple chocolate cookie.

And OH BOY has a lot changed in only a year?

To start, I have my friend Dylan Hive account@anarcotech to entirely thank for pitching the whole STEEM idea to me, showing how my video work can add value and for encouraging me to sign up.

It only took me about 3 months of you telling me about it to sign up..

In turn Dylan then introduced me to Hive account@starkerz and Hive account@stephenkendal where I first got involved in video work with the Hive account@promo-steem team.
Smart folk who showed me some cool things and happily got me involved in various filming duties.

As well making my own connections, the Hive account@promo-steem team really opened my eyes to the wider community of enthusiastic key players and the projects that were happening.

In particular the a memorable event was the London Crypto Currency Show back in April 2018 which opened a whole new window to how I viewed the community.

I’ve met some fantastic people through my STEEM experiences. The first steemians who I met in real life (real life, not just on tinterwebs) were Hive account@cryptocurator Hive account@adetorrent Hive account@redrica Hive account@rod.crisafulli Hive account@howo at the LCCS - so great to have met you and you all made me realise that there are real talented folk on this STEEM thing that I just joined. :)

I’ve also made meaningful connections online with some fascinating characters from all walks of life. You know who you are.

I’ve been active almost every day for the last year - mainly manually curating via the Hive account@esteemapp, but posting a fair amount too.

I’m proud to say I’ve never used a bidbot (I don’t even really know how to) and I stopped self voting about 6 months ago

That must be worth something, right?

Anyway, it’s been fantastic to see some HUGE projects develop, especially recently as Hive account@oracle-d steamrolled a new path and direction for STEEM. What a killer team.

Another recent highlight was filming with Hive account@agfacademy in June 2018.

It was a wonderful project to shoot for and watch develop.
Thanks to Hive account@anarcotech and Hive account@starkerz!

So thank you all for a great year.
The comments, follows, chats, upvotes, reblogs and general kindness are very welcome and appreciated.

I swear it feels more like three years..
Cheers to the future :)