Hello and welcome! I've been a systems admin for years but have also not touched a server in years. ;-) What video games do you play when you find the time? I'm in the same situation, and I really don't have time for video games. I still enjoy them from time to time though to burn off steam. Please check the photo tip below. It may help you fix the missing photo of you and your wife!
Webpages
There are a ton of other webpages to help you with Steemit. Here are some of the best for beginners:
https://steemd.com/ (This site is used to keep track of your voting power and other stats. You do not want to run out of voting power, and you only get so much per day. I keep my voting power around 80% for example.)
https://steem.makerwannabe.com/ (This site will tell you who follows you, who unfollows you, and who mutes you. It is great for meeting new people too. I regularly check it to see who has followed me to see if I should follow them back.)
https://steemit.chat/ (This site is the official chat webpage for Steemit. There are Discord channels too, but I usually stick to the official site. Come in to network and meet new friends. You can directly message people there too, so it makes it easier to communicate with your closest friends.)
Bots
Oh yeah, there are a lot of bots on here. If you see a cookie cutter reply, especially to your intro post, it is almost certainly a bot. Check the account's reputation. If it is low, I would recommend just ignoring them. Everything is public on Steemit, so you can go look at an account's comments and replies. Are they all the same? It's a bot.
Sourcing and Adding Photos
Adding photos to your account as a new Steemian may be confusing at first too. The easiest way it to click to "Submit a Story." Once in there, use the built in Steemit tool to upload an image from your computer. Below the posting window, you will see "Insert images by dragging & dropping, pasting from the clipboard, or by selecting them." Click on the blue text. Once the image is uploaded, you can copy and paste the link into your account settings.
Here's a link to a Google Document I made to help with the coding:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NlAoGnP8q7ZAxGsEnvza-qotUGkoaae4SwXdubAhi2g/edit?usp=sharing
Account Verification
Verifying your identity is very important because it will get you more support and people will trust you more. The best way to verify is to link back to your Steemit account by using another public social media account. For example, I posted my Steemit articles from here through my Twitter account. Another person posted their Steemit information on their Facebook account. Some people will even post a video of themselves writing out their account information since that cannot be Photoshopped. The more famous a person is or the more valuable their content is, the more important it is that they verify. If a new account falls within those two categories and fails to verify, it may get blacklisted.
Again, welcome, and I've followed you! If you have any questions about getting started, look me up on the chat site.
Hey @finnian thanks for the detailed post! Is the photo of my wife and I really missing? Every device I check it on shows that it's there, including friends' PC, phone, etc. I'm not sure what would be different about that pic, as I uploaded them all straight into the editor. I'll check into it, either way. I couldn't find a decent image sharing host that I trusted, and Steemimg wouldn't work for me.
Anyway, I've been getting into the battle royale type of games lately. Playerunknown's Battlegrounds, and more recently Fortnite Battle Royale. Pretty fun! I'm always up for some Diablo 3 on PS4 with the wife when she fancies it, too.
Good to meet you!
Ahh, the picture is working now. Yes, I play PUBG a bit. There's no need for an editor. Any time you need a new picture to post either for your profile or to change an existing post's images, just open a new post, upload them there, copy the links, and move them to where you need them. :)