Hi there @neilstrauss, I've been through plenty of ups and downs in the startup world trying to create porous, agile, and flat organizations that are based on voluntary actions. And Steemit has been great facilitating that move for such a open-freelancing paradigm that people aren't just stuck with certain job scopes and firms. I've been partly formulating that with the other great people in Project Curie. I believe open participation / contribution is paving the way, breaking out of corporate conventions etc.
I've experimented with plenty of concepts to figure out uses cases for Steemit, and have been doing pretty well so far!
I've expressed my journey, and thoughts on the work-paradigm that we're carving out with the other good folks in a milestone post here: Past, Present, Future - A Personal Roadmap
Still an ongoing attempt to cross Steemit with my music event company: Steemit and The Dance Music Scene
Also ran a crowdsourced logo contest, probably the biggest in cryptospace so far: Logo Contest for Project Curie - Calling All Designers!
My best performing post so far (philosophy): The End of Criminalization: On Free Will, Accountability, and Compassion
I think having a stake motivates one to contribute in many different ways. Instead of having 99% of my potential suppressed in normal jobs, I get to open up myself here, and it's been doing great for me.
And it's great to see you here! Remember reading your books awhile back! :)
Oh yes, @kevinwong would be a great feature and quite fitting I think with the Mag!!!
Another Must Feature Story !
In my opinion, Kevin is one of the most brilliant minds that's persisted on the platform, and I'd advocate including him in on the piece - could also fit in with Rolling Stone's music angle, given he's a DJ/promoter in KL...