My Hive Introduction

We are starting afresh on the Hive blockchain, so @anomadsoul has suggested that we do fresh introduction posts here. This is being sponsored by @blocktrades and @ocdb.

I joined Steem back in August 2016 after the collapse of the Tsu social platform. My friend from there @the-bitcoin-dood introduced me to Steem and I immediately saw the potential. Unfortunately Steem has been trashed by the new owner of Steemit and so I have completely moved over to Hive.

My tagline has been The Geeky Guitarist. I have played guitar for many years, but never professionally. I just enjoy making music and writing songs. I have formed a duo called @swing47 with a clarinettist and we did our first (free) festival gig last year. This picture was when we tried some busking. We mostly play old jazz tunes. I have participated in several of the Steemit and Hive music contests including over 100 entries in the old Open Mic contest.

I play acoustic and electric for fun. I started a pub session years ago that has really grown, but is on hold in the current crisis.

I class myself as a geek through being into computers for over 40 years from the days of 8 bit home computers (BBC Micro), through more powerful machines (Amiga 500 and 1200) to modern machines (running Linux). I am a professional developer working on aerospace projects these days. I have not done much on coding for the blockchain as yet, but I hope to do something eventually.

One of my other activities is running. I only really started doing this a few years ago after years of little interest in sport, but I decided I needed to look after my body. This is me finishing my first half marathon a couple of years back. I have found lots of fellow runners on the blockchain and even run with some of them.

I attended lots of events around Steem including Steemfest 2 and 3, Steemcamp UK (twice) and numerous other events in London, Cambridge and even organised one in my home town Arlesey. I hope to get to more for the Hive community.

With @silviabeneforti and @paolobeneforti at Steemfest 2 in Lisbon.

I think we have a responsibility to help make the blockchain a better place to be. I participated in efforts to deal with abuse with @steemflagrewards and am looking into what we can do on Hive. So far there has not been so much here, but it will happen. It is not just about personal profit. I want to help build something that can benefit creative people around the world.

If you follow me you will see a mix of these topics and many other things. I post about what interest me. It may be that communities will allow us to focus on our particular interests. I may also post vlogs recorded when I am out with my chickens.

I have hopes that Hive can become what Steem should have been, but that depends on us.

Hive five!