Money. To some, it’s power. To others, it’s time. It makes the world go round. It’s the root of all evil. And, perhaps more than anything else, it talks. Indeed, the story money has to tell is a strange

We tend to think of music as a kind of universal language, something that’s been around forever and that everyone can understand. As I wrote about in a previous post, we even sent some of our own music

If your first few weeks on Steemit have been anything like mine, it's been an emotional rollercoaster. From my initial curiosity and the thrill of getting my first payout, to my frustration at seeing some

Having been on Steemit for nearly a month now, I can say conclusively that the most annoying part of the whole experience has been the ceaseless onslaught of bots taking advantage of the system by voting

In a previous post I experimented with introducing Steem into my life in a more direct way by offering my professional services as a composer and sound designer in exchange for Steem, instead of regular

I'm writing this post partly as self-promotion, and partly as an experiment. It's my opinion that the more people use Steem for everyday transactions and as part of their professional lives, the more it

Lately I've been thinking a lot about the experience I'm having on Steemit. The truth is, some days I feel better about it than others. I'm a creative person by nature and by trade, being a musician and

This debate (if you can call it that) was aired on South African television a few years ago. To date, it remains the most hilarious and unbelievable conversation I’ve ever seen on marijuana (often referred

Earlier this month, Third Man Records, the brainchild of Jack White (of The White Stripes fame), made history by launching a custom-designed space-proof turntable into space. Commissioned as part of the

The problem One of the most controversial features of the Steemit system is the ability to flag a post. As the devs and many others have emphasised, flagging a post is not something to be done lightly,

The rapidly increasing power of artificial intelligence opens up many new possibilities for computer-generated media. Earlier this year, a novel written by a computer nearly won a literary award, while

As a teenager I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. This resulted in many strange years of ups and downs, including some on high-potency drugs that were intended to level things out emotionally, but had

Before you ask, it's not on Steemit. Scientists have announced that a mysterious whale that washed up ashore on an Alaskan beach in 2014 is indeed a species hitherto unknown to modern science. Originally

Nearly 40 years ago, the human race sent a small, unassuming probe on what is perhaps the most intrepid, absurd, and strangely hopeful journeys ever undertaken. Its mission: to go further away from the

It seems there's a new evil genius at large on Steemit - and he's got himself an army of bots. If you take a look at the new page right now, you'll notice about one in every 20 posts receiving a torrent

I’ve seen a few people on Steemit share some truly tragic stories about their experience with cryptocurrency (mostly those who have bought low and sold prematurely) - you know, the ones that make you cringe

The devs have been on a roll this week, bringing out a new version of Steemit with some well thought-out changes to the payout schedules and some much-needed restrictions to prevent post spammers and sybil

Whales, whales, whales. Everyone's mad about whales. With so many people on the hunt for these elusive, Steem-bestowing creatures of the deep, we've been inundated with an endless supply of posts about

If we want cryptocurrency to replace fiat, we need to move towards treating it like it already has - especially on Steemit - instead of continuing to value crypto in fiat terms. While the answer to my

During a break in coming up with more serious things to write about (hey, we can't be serious all the time), I stumbled upon this highly amusing story about the cats of Downing Street earlier today. While