Hi I'm Josh, a open source software advocate -- beliver in the GPL; web developer -- PHP and JavaScript, for WordPress and Laravel; blogger -- mainly about WordPress development, but recently blockchain as well; sci-fi fan and vegan.
I got started in open-source development because I was very interested in the way that open-source creates mutually beneficial relationships. I'm pretty excited that I make my living primarily selling free software -- I make a fairly popular WordPress plugin --
and teaching others web development. Obviously, open-source is way messier than the ideology, and I see blockchain as an opportunity to build those relationships into the structure of future networks -- social, financial, corporate etc. I've also been slowly learning Solidity so I can program dApps in the Ethereum Virtual Machine eventually.
I was attracted to Steem because I see networks like this as a way to decentralize social networking. Also, I want to better understand, by participating, how blockchain technology can change content monetization. In my industry content monetization mainly means ads, which means perpetuating the data oligarchies.
Fun fact, the Steem I got for signing up is the first crypto-coin I ever acquired. I've mainly been observing and learning re: blockchain and cryto. Steem is helping me jump into actually being a part of something blockchain-powered!
This is me BTW -
And this is my dog Josie -
Welcome
I am trying to learn all I can about programming and everything that goes with it. Is there a way you could help me or give me a nudge in the right direction. I just need to know where to start and what I should be focusing on. I am a noob when it comes to this kind of stuff but I am vary interested in it. I wish I was interested in this stuff when I was younger so I could be a great developer now. or maybe I would have sucked who knows but I know I want to learn now. So anything you could do to help? plus I upvoted and followed.
@kanedizzle08 Thanks for reading. For context, until 2012ish I didn't know anything besides very basic HTML. Now I make my living doing and teaching PHP and JavaScript development. Mainly what I've found works for me, is that it's all about learning one concept at a time, while also learning by implementing. That's hard since, you generally need a complete working application to do that. That's why WordPress helped me to learn. I had a complete working system that was super easy to set up, then I could go mess with one things.
I've literally used this system to learn not only WordPress, but Laravel, Angular and VueJS. Currently I'm having trouble adapting it to learning Solidity, but I'll get there.
I hope this helped. I followed back.
BTW For my first real post on Steemit, I wrote about tracking a silly bug in WordPress that I should probably just fix instead of using to write a blog post and letting lie, but maybe you will find it interesting https://steemit.com/wordpress/@shelob9/got-distracted-testing-my-own-bug-got-too-into-a-silly-possible-bug-in-wordpress
Hello and Welcome to Steemit! This is a great warming and fast expanding community I am very glad you decided to join us, best of luck and have great time. @darius1993 I like your dog and his scarf lol
Thanks, she doesn't like getting a bath, but they give her a nice scarf, which I think she likes having for a bit :)
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A new Steemian :-) hello @shelob9 I hope you enjoy your time here, its a great community ! Nice post, wish you much luck! I will follow your account. Don't hesitate to contact or follow me at any time :-) See you around @tradewonk
Hello, @Shelob9, In case this has been your first Introdusemyself Post i'm here to welcome you to Steemit. I hope you have a lot of fun here and you may follow me. Have a great time @rightuppercorner