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Irene Smith (59)Hivebuzz level badge

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  • irenepsmith reblogged

    mallorcaman (65)in #story • 9 years ago
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    Why I joined Steemit and share your story to win STEEM

    This is a story/contest and also a way to share some great experiences about how we you first heard about Steemit, it might also shed some light on what some of the most…
    $2.00
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    • - Author $1.91
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  • irenepsmith (59)in #life • 9 years ago
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    Writing in the Age of Distractions

    (Monday, 2/13/2017) Here I sit on a train, headed to New York City. I'm wearing headphones to drown out the sounds of the train and the people around me. I'm writing on my…
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    • - Author $1.27
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  • irenepsmith reblogged

    nigelmarkdias (67)in #angelinvestment • 9 years ago
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    Forget about making money on Steemit. For now.

    When browsing Steem, I regularly come across the congenital whingers who lament that they have not yet had even a solitary thousand dollar payday. Neither have I, as yet. To…
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    • Past Payouts $55.46
    • - Author $44.82
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     587 152
  • irenepsmith (59)in #life • 9 years ago
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    Why I've had Enough of Recruiters

    I have been on and off the job market for the past ten or eleven years. After spending five-plus years as a full-time employee of Medidata Solutions, I have been doing one…
    $22.18
    • Past Payouts $22.18
    • - Author $16.81
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     212 4
  • irenepsmith (59)in #blogging • 9 years ago
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    Using Markdown with WordPress

    My appreciation of Markdown began when I created my account here at Steemit. I have been using it to write articles in Scrivener for publication here at Steemit, but this isn’t…
    $14.56
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    • - Author $11.06
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     198 1
  • irenepsmith (59)in #writing • 9 years ago
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    Writers Should be Agile Too

    What is Agile? If you are not involved in software development, you might not be aware of the concept of agile development. The idea is that you track your project by tasks.…
    $1.34
    • Past Payouts $1.34
    • - Author $1.05
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     122 0
  • irenepsmith (59)in #technology • 9 years ago
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    Are our devices over-stepping their bounds?

    I know the title sounds like something out of Conspiracy Central, but this is a conversation we need to have sooner rather than later. Not because I think that technology is…
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    • - Author $18.66
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     162 9
  • irenepsmith (59)in #personal • 9 years ago
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    What have I been Doing?

    At the end of December, I signed up for a long list of courses from Udemy.com because they were offering their usually $200 courses for $10. I signed up for web design courses…
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    • irenepsmith (59)in #personal • 9 years ago
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      Feeling a Little Less Lost

      I haven't been around in a while. In case you actually noticed and/or are wondering where I've been, I started a new job at the end of November and fell into a deep, dark hole.…
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      • - Author $0.09
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       27 3
    • irenepsmith (59)in #life • 9 years ago
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      Hedwig Taught me to Fly

      http When I was a child, we lived in the same small city where my mother was born and raised. Mom’s father was from Kingston, but her mother was born just outside of Port…
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      • irenepsmith (59)in #nanowrimo • 9 years ago
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        C'mon, Get Happy! (Chapter 1)

        Friday, November 10, 1972 http Where did it begin? All these years later, I can close my eyes and see the scene just as it was. Lily and I were doing our homework in the…
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         201 2
      • irenepsmith (59)in #life • 9 years ago
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        A Funny Thing Happened on the way to NaNoWriMo

        Life is strange, isn’t it? Monday I was feeling so down that I basically spent the day sitting on the couch, binge watching Modern Family and The Big Bang Theory. I spent…
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        • - Author $10.79
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         112 8
      • irenepsmith reblogged

        reneenouveau (66)in #nano • 9 years ago
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        ...and we're off! NaNoWriMo 2016 + Virtual Write-In on Discord tonight 6pm PST!

        November is here and with it the monumental task of the NaNoWriMo participant: Write a 50,000 word novel by midnight on November 30th! That breaks down to 1,666 words per day…
        $28.68
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        • - Author $22.63
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         102 14
      • irenepsmith (59)in #nanowrimo • 9 years ago
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        C’mon, Get Happy!

        So, where have I been lately? Trying to get ready for NaNoWriMo (for details of what that means, take a look at this post that I did a week or so ago, Do you NaNo? . After…
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        • - Author $8.94
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         103 8
      • irenepsmith reblogged

        steemitguide (65)in #steemit • 9 years ago
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        Steemitguide: [HowTo] Make Use of a Steemit Feature that allows you to display Content Floating Left/Right and learn to Paragraph Text with Linked Images

        This Post is Dedicated for those Interested in Learning Custom Markdown Style Editing Many of you don't know this but this feature has been released for quite some time…
        $9.88
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        • - Author $7.85
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         144 29
      • irenepsmith reblogged

        ballinconscious (65)in #steemit • 9 years ago
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        My top 6 features I want added to steemit

        Loving all that is steemit Steemit is an amazing place were I have learned how to express myself in many different ways. It's a platform that allows any expression of one's…
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        • - Author $3.94
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         156 44
      • irenepsmith (59)in #programming • 9 years ago
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        Would Anybody Care?

        Twenty-two years ago I wrote a bunch of games for Windows 3.1; games that you might have found at Electronics Boutique or KMart. The games did pretty well but times change.…
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         44 6
      • irenepsmith (59)in #fiction • 9 years ago
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        Simon Says

        Margaret and her brother, Simon, sat on the front porch of the farmhouse where Margaret lived with her husband and children. Croplands stretched in every direction as far as the…
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        • - Author $2.32
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         14 0
      • irenepsmith (59)in #writing • 9 years ago
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        Do you NaNo?

        It is getting closer to November, and you know what that means… You don’t? My friend @merej99 knows! She has already talked about it in her post, Calling on the Community.…
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        • - Author $22.78
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         79 14
      • irenepsmith (59)in #iphone • 9 years ago
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        Unboxing the iPhone 7 Plus

        Counting my new iPhone 7 Plus, I have had four iPhones over the years. I had an iPhone 4, 5, 6, and now the 7 Plus. I know that iPhones are expensive, and that they are not as…
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        • - Author $0.23
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         19 5