Hello, Steemit!
The Guy Behind the Keyboard
I’m a thirty year old IT consultant and part-time otaku living in the south-west border region of Germany and working in Switzerland to which I commute as a daily routine. Living this close to the borders of France and Switzerland is a great opportunity to broaden your mindset and make friends from different countries. Also travelling with my parents when I was still a kid has certainly played its part in me being very interested in different cultures and my love to explore foreign countries. Two years ago, my high-school sweetheart made me the happiest man by becoming my loving wife. One of our wedding pledges is to visit each of the globe’s continents at least once. To date we are doing well but still have many go-to-places left. In addition to having traveled to ten different European countries together, we have so far been visiting Tokyo for three weeks (First picture: Asakusa), backpacking Cuba by Viazul buses for our honeymoon (Second picture: Trinidad) and cruising the Northern East coast of the United States by car (Third picture: New York).
My Areas of Interest and Expertise
On a professional level I specialize in Business Application Consulting which mainly (but not exclusively) involves SAP products. Like many in my field of work, I’m neither the typical programmer nor a user. Rather I work as an interface between those two parties and try to function as an intermediary. This requires basic programming skills (despite not being a professional developer), knowledge about the user’s daily work (so basically being able to do their job but without knowing all the details and finesse one acquires when actually doing it), soft skills to communicate with both sides at eye-level as well as a firm grasp of project and process management methodologies to help identify improvement potential and assist in getting it translated into an actual software solution. If you’re working in the same industry, feel free to contact me on LinkedIn or Xing to share experience.
When I’m not heads-deep in business software, chances are you might either find me studying Japanese or immersed into video games. I cannot really tell what got me started with studying Japanese. It was but a moment in my bachelor’s flat when my university studies were coming to an end. I think I was looking for another challenge and since Japanese culture had already fascinated me for quite some time (at the time I was actively playing Go), it was a natural action rather than a conscious decision to enroll for an evening Japanese class. Boy, did I get the challenge I asked for! Seven years have passed since and I am still not able to communicate in Japanese and understand only half the characters that a Japanese high-school graduate will have learned during school life. My ability is enough to order coffee or ask for directions, though. I might even read easy-to-understand Manga or e-mails when having ready access to an electronic dictionary. It’s these little accomplishments that prevent me from giving up on the task.
Ok, I lied about that. In fact, I have given up on Japanese two times already, but I always kept coming back to my vocab memorization app (Check out Anki if you need a great spaced-repetition tool).
The video gaming part is easier to keep up. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not gaming every day, but from time to time it can be great thing to hop into another world and “save the princess”. It helps relax from work and Japanese which when overdone can really fry your brain. For this I own an Xbox One and a Nintendo Switch. I’m not a computer gamer because I don’t want to check system requirements and go through installation processes nor spend my spare time “modding my gaming machine” but rather plug and play. In case you wonder why I chose the Xbox One over the PS4, that’s because Sony did not manage to release a decent controller in four generations of gaming consoles.
What Am I Doing Here?
In the past couple of years, I often thought about starting a blog and I even did, but I never found the time to create enough content to fill my own web space. For me, Steemit is a great opportunity to join a community that is lively even without me contributing but at the same time appreciates the times when I have some spare time to create an article and publish it. As you might have noticed I signed up here quite some time ago already but as I learned from my previous blogging attempts creating high-quality content can be extremely time consuming and as I did not want to spam with half-hearted posts written between two evening beers it took some time for me to get active. Following the quality over quantity principle I will continue to publish articles on a very irregular basis but will make sure that they do contain valuable content.
As to what that content will be is going to depend on my mood as well as on what topics are trending either in the community or in my personal life at that moment. It is very probable that they will have something to do with either blockchain technology or the topics mentioned above. But from time to time I may also take a stray and write, let’s say, about the latest HBO series or a book that I’ve found interesting.
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Hi and welcome here! When I started on steemit, my biggest problem was to find interesting people to interact with. So, to help newcomers getting started I created a directory with other interesting and or talented steemians to follow or interact with. Feel free to check it out at https://www.steemiandir.com I am sure it will help you find like-minded people. Enjoy your stay here and do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions!
Hi @handtalk5
Welcome to the community. :0)
I think you wrote a great intro post, and I decided I wanted to give you a little head start.
You might not know it yet, but SteemIt has set some very unfair rules for newcomers, which limit you in the number of posts and comments that you can make.
I checked your wallet, and noticed you only had 15 Steem Power. The amount of Steem Power you have, determines how many Resource credits you have. (You use resource credits every time you post, comment or like something.) When you don't have a lot of Steem Power, you run out of Resource credits quite quickly, and then you can't post or comment, or even upvote a post until they have recharged.
You can keep an eye on your Resource Credits here:
https://steemd.com/@handtalk5
When I visited the page, I saw this at the top:
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The blue bar is your Voting power - it decreases every time you upvote a post and recharges over time. It is recommended to keep your Voting Power above 80%, so it will recharge in 1 day.
The green bar shows your Resource Credits. With every transaction you make (vote, comment, post), your Resource Credits will decrease. They will recharge, but that takes time.
If you scroll down a bit, you can see exactly what you can do with the Resource Credits you have left. At the time I visited, you could only make 11 more comments before you would run out of RC.
That's probably not even enough to reply to all comments you will get on your intro post.
You'd have to wait until it would have recharged before you would be able to make another comment or publish another post.
I don't think it is fair to limit new users like that. After all, you're new, and there is such a whole lot to discover, of which the most important thing is the awesome community we have here.
But to become a part of that community, to get to know people, you should be able to comment on other people's posts and engage with people.
So I'm always on the lookout for promising newcomers that could use a little help.
I delegated some of my Steem Power to you, to give you a chance to start your SteemIt adventure a little more freely - without having to run out of Resource Credits all the time.
Basically that means you will have a little more Steem Power, and as a result more Resource credits. This will allow you to be more active on the platform.
(You can find out more about Steem Power HERE)
If you check your Steemd page (https://steemd.com/@handtalk5) now, you'll notice it says at the top you have 60 SP instead of only 15 SP, which means you can comment, reply, upvote and post a little more often.
Be sure to still keep an eye on that Resource Credits bar - it will still decrease, but you'll be able to do more before it reaches zero and you're locked out.
I hope this will help you to find your way on SteemIt, and to get to know all the awesome people that are hanging out here.
SteemIt has quite a steep learning curve in the beginning, but if you take it one step at a time, you'll be okay.
IMPORTANT: I will leave the delegation in place as long as you're active on SteemIt (i.e. publish original content regularly and engage with other people by commenting on their posts and replying to their comments) or gather enough Steem Power to get around on your own.
There's one other requirement: I'm looking for people who are showing that they plan to be on SteemIt long-term. So I'm asking you to power up your earnings (convert your liquid Steem and SBD into Steem Power) or use them to grow your account and not withdraw them.
I have a very busy schedule, but I'll try to drop by your blog once or twice a week to get to know you better, encourage you - in case you need encouragement, lol - and just simply follow up.
It will also be a good idea to create a free Discord account (Discord is a chat app we Steemians use to communicate 'behind-the-scenes' of the platform. Many different communities have a server where you can chat and meet people without being limited by Resource Credits.)
You can create your Discord account here: https://discordapp.com
One of the communities there is called Steem Terminal. Steem Terminal is set up to help newcomers find their way around here. If you have any questions, they will be able to help you out too.
Once you've created your free Discord account, click the following invitation link: https://discord.gg/XZGPGpz
You will be redirected to a page that says 'thekittygirl invited you to join Steem-terminal'. Click the 'Accept Invite button' to get access to the server.
Once you have clicked that button, you have access to the server and can get an answer to your questions. The people that run the server will help you to find your way around and to get started.
I also have a post with useful tips for newcomers on my blog. Read New On SteemIt? Here’s What You Need To Know!. It contains links to sites and posts that will give you more information about how the Steem blockchain and SteemIt in particular works.
You can join contests to get a bigger delegation:
Keep an eye on the posts by @akomoajong and @thedarkhorse. Usually, they run a contest every week. Be sure to apply.
Like I said, SteemIt might have a steep learning curve in the beginning, it is definitely worth it to push through and get to know the amazing community.
Thank you so much. This is definitely going to be helpful!
I will try to stay as active as possible. :-)
Sorry for the late reply - I've been so busy I haven't had time to keep up.
I just read your last post and left a comment. Good to see you keep going.
I remember my first weeks... they were so confusing... there were so many things to learn and discover, sometimes I really got overwhelmed. And this place as become 10 times as big since that time. You just need to keep on going - those first couple of weeks are the hardest. But if you're stubborn enough to not give up (like I was), your steemIt journey is gonna be a life-changing adventure 👍
Wow it's impressive the care that you put in welcoming the new entries! Amazing.
I do only a few - not enough, actually.
I think newcomers are the future of this platform. They make it so hard for new people to survive here that they are killing the platform. imagine what would happen if no fresh blood came in anymore...
I'm wondering if we have enough newcomers to scale this platform up. There must be someone wiser than me capable of displaying some growth stats. I hope that we will be able to engage people for the contents and let the financial/tech speculations aside.
@arcange is publishing stats about the growth - I think he does so daily. Today's post
It's a shame I'm no good with stats. If I were, i would at least be able to understand what they're saying, lol.
All I get from those is that the platform doesn't seem to be doing so good in general.
From what I see (which is only a very small part, of course), we don't.
Yesterday, I went through this week's posts published by @heyhaveyamet (they're the ones doing the hard work going through the introduction posts and creating a curation post presenting the ones that look like they could do good here) and of all people who were curated in one of those posts, I only found 3 or 4 who made it further than their intro post.
It's really sad...
I can tell you that from my pov it's so diffficult to welcome and reward new fiction writers. We're a community where all the funds we got (and sometimes a plus from my own pockets) we put them in contests' rewards, we encourage fiction writers and aim to create a fun/inclusive environment.. Notwithstanding this, nowadays to find an engaged new community member is like a treasure. Even delegating ones are a bit discouraged and sometimes opt for other platforms.. However we dont surrend, writing together is still a great ritual and a feast. Nice talking to you, all the best! - F3nix
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Herzlich Willkommen
Schön, dass Sie auf Steemit sind! Du bist jetzt ein neuer Steemianer! Ich habe gerade Ihre Einführung gesehen und es ist schön, Sie kennenzulernen.
Bloggen, Bauen und Erheben von einander ist das, worum es in dieser ständigen Blockchain geht. Und du könntest auch Geld verdienen. Wenn es um Geld geht Es gibt auch Möglichkeiten, gehackt zu werden, also seien Sie immer vorsichtig mit all Ihren Passwörtern. Geben Sie diese niemals auf !!
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Viel Glück bei Ihrer Reise und vielleicht finden Sie, wonach Sie suchen.
Denken Sie daran, dass alles Gute rechtzeitig kommt und niemals aufzugeben ist der Schlüssel zum großen Erfolg von Steemit.
Sie können auch unseren Discord-Server besuchen. Das Steem-Terminal ist Ihre zentrale Anlaufstelle, um mehr über Ziele auf der Steem Blockchain & Discord zu erfahren. Hier finden Sie Menschen, die bereit sind, die Fragen zu beantworten, die Sie als neuer Steemianer haben, Dokumente, die Ihnen helfen, einen Ort zum Lernen und Üben und Informationen über die vielen Möglichkeiten, mit anderen Steemians in Kontakt zu treten!
Besuchen Sie @heyhaveyamet oder #steemterminal
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Lassen Sie mich wissen, ob dies hilfreich war oder Sie weitere Hilfe benötigen. Ich bin jeden Tag hier!
Grüsse aus Brittandjosie aus den Niederlanden
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Thank you so much for your interest!
I prefer computer gaming. As long as you have 32 GB of RAM, four CPUs or more, 1TB HDD, you can play almost anything on a computer. I use Ubuntu instead of Windows. I have seen issues where you have to update Xbox from time to time which can be a pain in the neck.
Sounds like a good choice depending on what your playing preferences are. When I last checked the Steam library a couple of years ago almost all AAA games would still require Windows as OS. Other OS were mainly supported by indie games only. Did that change or is your selection of games still limited?
Yes, XBox updates are required to stay online with the console but I never experienced any issues. I think the people complaining are usually those who either have a bad internet connection or those who modded their consoles and then had updates brick them.
You can play Window games on Ubuntu using Wine for example. In other words, you can get around that problem.
Hello welcome to the family, have a great journey!
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Dear @handtalk5,
Welcome to the community! You made an awesome start here, I like your intro and so you have my support. Please keep sharing great contents that you feel passionate about.
As part of our on-boarding & welcoming initiative, we have curated your intro post. In addition, we will also feature your post to one of our daily curation post to introduce you to the Photocircle community.
Cheers!
@photocircle
Learn about this new photo curation project by clicking >here<
Alternatively, you may also check on the latest article about our on-boarding initiative by clicking >here <
This post has been voted on by @acropolis introduceyourself in collaboration with the project @templo.
Congratulations @handtalk5!
Your post was mentioned in the Steem Hit Parade for newcomers in the following category:
I also upvoted your post to increase its reward
If you like my work to promote newcomers and give them more visibility on the Steem blockchain, consider to vote for my witness!
Hello, and Welcome to the Steem Community @handtalk5!
I would love to feature your new introduction post in my weekly curation blog if you don't mind! You can find it on my @Ma1neEvent Profile.
You can also check out the @MinnowSupport Project (MSP) / PAL community on Discord Chat where you can interact, chat, network, and learn with other members of the Steem / PAL Community! There is even a Steem based radio station there with shows and music created by Steemians, @MSP-Waves! Hop in the @MinnowSupport Pond on Discord and say hello sometime if you'd like!
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Welcome to Steemit @handtalk5! It's great that you decided to begin posting, I'm sure that you'll have many interesting stories and experiences to write about from all your travels, I have to say I've always wished to visit every continent, as well, I hope that someday I'll be able to.
I've also been interested in learning Japanese, but reading about your experience learning it, I'm not sure I have your same level of dedication lol. Anyways, I'm following you, we seem to have a lot in common, I'm sure I'll enjoy your content!
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Hi Mike,
don't get me wrong. Japanese is a wonderful language. But it depends on what your goals are. If you intend to converse with strangers and see fast progress, learn something else. ;) If you view it as a challenge and also want to learn about Japanese culture (which needs to be understood to use the language), give it a try!
I get that, my main reason for learning it is that I've always wanted to visit Japan, maybe even live there for some time. But I believe that in order to grasp the full experience, one must know the language. Maybe if I have the time, I'll try little by little, and see how it goes for me.
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Great introduction! Welcome to the STEEM blockchain!