The Steemit Social Media Ecosystem (Part 1) Today, we use platforms like Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, other social media and chat platforms and job search engines.  When I get a double-tap

Some might have noticed in your most recent payouts that instead of STEEM POWER/SBD it is STEEM POWER / SBD / STEEM. Now, I am not a technical person and this is beyond me but what is happening has happened

EDIT Because this post has gotten a very generous upvote from @dsound, I want to pay the generosity forward and am now offering ALL SBD this post earns to the winner of Episode 1!! I want as many people

Rent seeking is the type of behavior GekeVenns seek to expose: the act of tapping into government funds. Auburn University's Glossary of Political Economy Terms defines it this way: “all of the various

Hey Steemians, I hope that you guys are all doing well. About a week ago, I wrote a post on the Blue economy titled “Introduction to the Blue economy”. This was an opportunity to review its

If we want to reap the benefits of authentic relationships, vulnerability is pretty much required. That’s especially true on steemit, a platform that is all about transparency and candid communication.

The U.S Senate met on February 6th to discuss "virtual currencies" such as Bitcoin. Many interpreted this meeting as bullish for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, primarily off the back of

Having trouble getting your head around Steemit? I was too! I am new to the Steemit community and for the last two weeks I have been trying to get my head around this multi-faceted ecosystem. There are

The long-standing tension between my Economic Self and my Essential Self culminated in my decision to leave Oracle in January, 2016. Recently, I shared the story of my departure from Oracle. This was no

By way of introduction, I thought I'd start by sharing the email that I sent to my colleagues on my last day at Oracle: January 8, 2016. Fellow Travelers, Today draws to a close my fifteen year stint at

This article looks at the future of Bitcoin and its off-shoots through the lens of its underlying technology -- NOT the fluctuating value the market assigns to crypto-currencies. I'm not trying to predict