After getting my mind blown by the official Steemit 2017 Roadmap, especially in regards to the fabric concept of the future structure of the blockchain, I realized that many regular folks just want an overview of it that they can digest in 5 seconds or less.
I just created for everyone the Unofficial Steemit 2017 Roadmap for Regular People. This a part of my newly created series called Stellabelle's Operation Newbies:
I just powered up some Steem and after reading the Steemit Roadmap, I feel very inspired and hopeful.
I'd like to thank Dan and Ned for their unwavering commitment to moving forward with this brilliant project that I have at times criticized heavily. I will probably continue to criticize the flaws I see in this platform, but I will also try to step back and see that I may be overreacting in an unnecessary way. I hope, like all relationships, that we can learn to forgive each other when we screw up. The thing I like about this place is that no one can really hide behind their inflated sense of self for very long without someone or many calling them out.
I think there is a place for real understanding and forgiving each other. No one can be correct 100% of the time. I bet most of us have more in common than not, so it's a bit wasteful of energy to spend it on fighting ego battles here in Steemit. But, as with all things, I guess it's also necessary to have an all-out war in order for things to progress in a meaningful way. My suspicion is that when the Nameplaces/Communities evolve, we all will be too engaged in those to waste our energy on the content wars. I could be wrong though. I am definitely looking forward to Communities and I have plans to help move a Facebook group over to Steemit.
Also, 
and I are working on a website to track the movements of the Steem Gnome. And updated info: The Steem Gnome website is up and running! See where the Steem Gnome has been: http://steemgnome.com/
This is part of a marketing project to bring something fun and maybe a little absurd to our Steemit experience. You can see the Steem Gnome travel around to different parts of the planet. See
If you haven't heard about the Steem Gnome yet, here's a video:
To read the official Steemit 2017 Roadmap, go here:
https://steem.io/2017roadmap.pdf
By the way, I created this graphic using the free online software, piktochart.
