Hello! I'm Matt. I am a statistical programmer, analyst and R developer. Among other things, I make apps, but not the kind you're thinking of. Some of my interests outside of my work include guitar, cooking, reading, science and science fiction. My interest in cryptocurrency (which I notice as I type this that, ironically, the spell checker implemented on Steemit does not recognize as a word) is what brought me here.
I suppose you could say I am making a switch from Reddit to Steemit, but the reality is that I have had a Reddit account for years and not once felt the slightest inclination to invest any time or energy posting anything about anything. I've been exclusively a reader and peruser of others' content there. I also could never be bothered to log in, so not once did I ever comment on anything. That's not actually changing; I still read stuff there. I have had various blogs over the years but, while typically having limited time available for blogging, I have always had even less (i.e., none) for participating in forums.
Yet here I am, writing my introduction post on Steemit! Perhaps this will motivate me to make subsequent posts, and those will spur even more. Or not. Time will tell whether I will achieve that snowball effect on my own participation here. But in any event I am looking forward to exploring this platform more and seeing what others are sharing on topics of mutual interest.
For now I will just say, I really rather would have gone with the term steemers, not steemians as appears to be popular. The latter sounds relatively archaic or posh, I can't quite put my finger on what it is, and also adds one too many syllables. But that's just my personal preference. I can also see why people might not like the former. I'm biased since in my line of work I use the letter R and the "er" sound probably far more than would be normal for most people.
