Top 10 Reasons I Don't Belong on steemit.com

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Top 10 Reasons I Don't Belong on steemit.com

10, Thumbnails? For every post??? *sigh*
9, I don't have a list of other social media accounts.

7, Even my therapist thinks I'm "quirky".
6, I'm Catholic.

4, I'm politically incorrect.
3, I'm not here to make my fortune.
2, I don't know anything about cryptocurrencies.

The Top Reason I Don't Belong on Steemit

1, I'm older than Google. 8, I'd rather play Minecraft. (https://minecraft.net/en-us/download/) 5, I write in html. Using gVim (https://gvim.en.softonic.com/).

Come to think of it, I'm older than the web. I used to work for a guy who was working at CERN when they were developing http and html.

Top 10 Reasons I'm Here Anyway

10, Why not?
9, I don't have a list of other social media accounts.
8, "Life is not a game; it's a series of games."
7, My therapist also thinks I'm intriguing.
6, I'm Catholic.

4, I may have things to say that you haven't heard before.
3, I'm here because I'm curious.
2, I don't know anything about cryptocurrencies.

### The Top Reason I'm Here Anyway ###

1. Natural progression

- I started as a keypunch operator (IBM026, if I remember right).
- I'm handy with MS Word and MS Excel, including VBA.
- I ran a BBS on my first computer, a hand-me-down 8088 running PC-DOS3.3, before anyone heard of the internet.
- When I set up my first web server, I had to install Mosaic (the only browser at the time) on my developers' computers, teach them how to use it, and explain why it was cool.
- I've built my own systems (and helped my grandson build his gaming computer last year).

- My current gig involves B2B connectivity (AS2, RosettaNet, sFTP, ebms20, etc.) and messaging (EDI, RN, a variety of XML formats, a bit of EDIFACT, but not too much).

Like I said, natural progression.

5, I can become proficient at another derivative of SGML.(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Generalized_Markup_Language) - I've installed Linux From Scratch(http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/) just because.

Anyway, glad to be here. Looking forward to the learning.

ejoyce


The quote in #8, Why I'm Here Anyway, is Dr. Jordan Peterson

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