Steemit Came, Saw and Conquered Amsterdam!
Firepowaaah in-da-house ya'll!
Okay! So... Last I remember being this excited and in disbelief was when I had taken a corner at nearly 100 mph on a GP-spec racetrack. I had the throttle wide open on a motorcycle, knee down on the tarmac, and adrenaline rushing through my body!
WOW!
SteemFest ROCKED!!!
I've been writing this post since Monday night on my train ride back to my temporary Holland-ish abode at Delft and I'm finishing this 1000kms away in Austria! In between I have gone back and forth over hundreds of pictures, several calls, whatsapp/signal/FB messenger and Steemit.Chat DMs and read the numerous posts on Steemit about SteemFest.
I have over a thousand pictures on my phone and a million memories in my head! When I close my eyes, I feel like I'm in a cognitive hyperlapse that plays on loop, and I just cannot stop thinking about one of the best weekends of my life!
I'm totally awestruck and cannot believe (somebody pinch me) that I was part of history in the making! What's more incredible is that I had the opportunity to play my part in creating history itself!
To everyone who directly or indirectly contributed to the success of this event: 'This one goes in the books and you made it happen!'
Steemit.com—Our social media platform came together in such an impressive way at Amsterdam that it has left me speechless!
I utilised the opportunity at SteemFest to meet each and every one of the attendees, listening and understanding their mindset, concerns, wishes and behind using this platform.
Interacting and taking feedback from the community throughout the weekend was one of my main goals as I've invested most of my time in trying to build a strong community of Steemit users globally, and I wanted to know personally from everyone about their feelings for our platform.
From my personal interactions I understood how Steemit has made a difference to several lives. I also found out that many are invested for the long haul and are doing their part to make a difference to Steemit and it's growing, thriving community!
I'm also humbled by the sheer amount of gratitude, love, affection and respect that was shown by every one of the attendees not only to me but to each other!
After months of 'online chatting' I met and befriended several amazing souls in one weekend that it's almost like I've known them for lifetime! It was great to meet all the interesting characters, diverse personalities behind these usernames! It removed any misconceptions I may have had about anyone before I made this trip.
Please know that it is your tremendous input that has resulted in the success of this event and ergo You have my undivided attention, admiration and respect!
If I wasn't there in-person I wouldn't have believed this could be possible!
It's taken me months of hard work and prep to make it here! The past weekend holds some of the most gratifying days of my life!
I hope you will stand with me and support me as I continue to build a massive community of Steemians across the world! Please drop a comment here or feel free to get in touch with me at Steemit.Chat. I'd love to hear what you have to say and help improve the platform for everyone!
It's recommended that you use Ctrl+F now and look for your name!
Momma taught me to be nice and show some gratitude when someone is good to me, so here goes...
Roeland you are frikkin awesome!!!
@roelandp Thank you for putting this together. You are a priceless asset to Steemit and our entire community! I'm glad I didn't miss the opportunity to come to Netherlands. Over 3 months ago when we first discussed the idea of SteemFest I had no idea how huge this could become. But I knew it would be special and worth the effort! You pulled out all the stops and created an atmosphere of friendship and family unlike anything I've witnessed before! You brought your family to help out at the fest! @roelandp 's dad and brother and his girl made us delicious dutch pancakes and blew everyone's mind! You have some incredible ideas and I left Netherlands inspired, motivated and more than anything else knowing that I have a great friend here and I look forward to seeing you, Helen and Viggo soon! You rock!!!
Freddy, thank you so much for managing the event production in the ways that you did. You worked tirelessly to ensure the grand success of the event! I couldn't have done my job without your support and friendship! @all Freddy was managing the production and was one of the key people behind working behind the scenes. @roelandp you have awesome friends and family who support you in the ways they did to help realize this conference!
@riverhead I don't know where to begin! You've been such a great mentor and friend so far! I'm thankful for all the support and kindness you've shown me right from the very beginning. I'm so excited about the fact that we could finally meet half way across the world. It's fantastic how I connect with bikers from across the world and I've realised that I have so much to learn from you. It was great meeting you and wifey. I can't wait to ride the track at PA with you, although expect me to overtake you a few times! haha!
@ned and @dantheman Thank you for creating this awesome platform! I hope Steemit continues to evolve and that it changes and improves lives of not hundreds but millions of its users in the future. I'm glad I found Steemit where I have the opportunity to use all my skills to make a difference to every one in our community here!
To the dev team at Steemit, you guys rock for working behind the scenes to ensure success of the platform!
@smooth and and @nextgencrypto I wish you guys were here. Thanks for all that you've done and continue to do for the platform and putting up with my million questions as a noob few months ago. I've learnt so much from you both and I hope that I can someday help and support the community in the ways that you do! Im gonna work my ass off and make that happen! I'm pushing for upgrades to Steemit.Chat and hopefully you will like the upgrades in the months to come by. Maybe, someday our paths will cross and I look forward to that!
@sneak Thanks for the awesome group picture but more importantly sharing so much about yourself. I am in awe of your knowledge of the crypto world and your extraordinary skills in hacking and programming! If I could go back in time, I would tell me younger self to stick my head in code! I could relate to so many things that we discussed, especially from when we were younger! Hope to catch you in your neck of the woods in the near future! Thanks for all the recommendations for Berlin. I'm really excited to check them out! You are an awesome dude! \m/
@blocktrades Dan and Donna thank you for spending time with me at SteemFest. It was great to get to know you two. Thanks much for sharing about yourself and your city with me! I hope to see you again someday. It was great hanging out and doing the guided tour together!
@cass You're views on life and family are like mine and it's great how you go about work and having fun. I must add that I'm going to be talking about those insane Burritos for a long time to come! Folks it was legendary! I'm also going hold on to your invite for a drive next time I'm in Germany! Thanks for all your support from the very beginning and I'm excited that we met, hung out and partied at SteemFest!
If anyone wants to eat the best Burritos of their life visit:
The team at @steemitsocial @curie @robinhoodwhale and @steemcleaners for managing the show while I'm on the road! You guys rock!
Dear @firepower-Crew! I miss you all!
I've built and managed teams, executed projects before from the ground up but never before have I seen complete strangers come together from different parts of the world and work with such great compatibility, consistency, dedication and efficiency as you have! I am proud when I say this that SteemFest is a success because you supported the event in the ways that you did!
@razvanelulmarin @anduweb @anyx @sjennon @foxxycat you are real champs and go getters!
@razvanelulmarin and I have been talking regularly on Steemit.Chat for a while now. We came up with some interesting ideas for improving curation at Steemit when we curated for Team-@smooth. To meet him, get to know him was one of the best things that happened to me at the fest.
@sjennon is my friend from Amsterdam, whom I brought onto to Steemit recently. When I was selecting a team she was an ideal fit because she was a local Dutch girl and I needed someone local help with my planning and execution. We had such a great time working together that I'm looking forward to the next conference already. I'm glad that you enjoyed the SteemFest experience so much! Your experience and opinion as an outsider to the crypto world was insightful. I'm glad you have decided to stick around on Steemit moving forward.
@foxxycat first of all you are a beautiful soul and it was just amazing meeting you in person. You and Raz make a great pair and your compatibility with each other was instrumental in the success of my lil' operation! I will see you both in Bucharest soon!
@anyx is a chill dude and a cool cat! He's got some great ideas and principles in life. It was great meeting you in person. Im glad that you agreed to making a presentation together at SteemFest. It was great sharing the stage with you, hanging out and exploring Amsterdam.
@anduweb was the biggest surprise because we hadn't conversed all that much prior to SteemFest. He served as the backbone of my operation and was instrumental in helping the fest become successful. He's so great to work with and a kind dude! I can't wait to meet you in Romania along with Raz and Cat!
I want to thank @steemrollin and @kevinwong for being there when we needed some extra hands on deck! Both you guys are awesome! I'm glad we got to hang out, explore the city and get to know each other.
Thank you:
@kevinwong I hope to see you soon in Kuala Lumpur my friend! You are an amazing DJ and your music injected so much energy into me on the conference day! Thank you for sharing your music with me. I was the only one grooving in my seat on my flight to Vienna!
@mammasitta You are one of the reasons I came to SteemFest. It was great to meet you. Thank you so much for hosting me at your beautiful home in Vienna. As I sit and write this post I'm incredibly relaxed, more than I've ever been in the last 2 weeks in Europe. I feel at home and thank you for that! I look forward to you seeing you when you come back to Vienna so we can see the city together tomorrow before I leave to Zurich. I'm so happy that we could meet at SteemFest. It's incredible how we have connected despite being at different corners of the world, all thanks to Steemit and Steemit.Chat Mammasitta you're the best! much love!
@infovore and @norbu I'm sorry you both couldn't make it! I'm highly disappointed with embassies of both France and Netherlands. Many including me, missed meeting you both at SteemFest and were wishing somehow you'd be there!
@thebluepanda and @royaltiffany too bad you two lovely ladies couldn't make it. It's been a pleasure working behind the scenes at St
@heiditravels I was hoping we'd cross paths someday and I must say that you have charming smile! As a fellow traveller it was incredible to finally to meet and get to know you in-person! Wish you the best for your upcoming adventures and don't forget to hit me up on your India leg of 'HeidiTravels.' I can't wait to hear all the stories and experiences you would have accumulated by then! Thanks for bringing your friend @nomadnessie along with you to SteemFest!
@originate and @comealong you guys make such a lovely couple! I enjoyed our conversations to the max. You are an asset to the community! @originate I hope you continue doing the good work you are doing at Steemit. It's also great we share passion for the same car! I hope we can go for a drive when I come over to Virginia! It would be frikkin awesome I think! We need more motorheads at Steemit! @comealong I love your artwork! You are an incredibly talented person and I'm going to be following your work more closely moving forward!
@jamesc It was great talking to you and your wife! You are doing great work at Steemit and I hope we can meet again. Im making it my life's mission to learn DJing from you, @sneak and @kevinwong. I like the fact that you have a great collection of Vinyls and we listen to similar music. It's fantastic. My regards to Lil' J and I hope to see you in Virgina and chill to some of your awesome tracks! I hope you'll teach me some tricks with the Vinyls when we spin some funky beats on your mega collection!
@tatianamoroz You are a beautiful woman with such a lovely voice and I enjoyed your songs! I'm glad we got to hang! I admit I was a bit nervous when we first met at the lobby because I haven't met any celebs before! But then again you are so funny and down to earth that we had a great connection! I also had a great time talking to your friend Terry and would love to connect with him. I hope to see you at NYC soon! Let's make Bitcoin Great again! Booyeah!
@xeroc Thanks for dropping by at my presentation and for your work with Steemit! I hope we can continue to work together and improve the platform as we move forward. It was great hanging out with you during the Red Light mashup.
@roadscape Dude, once again thanks for helping out at Steemit.Chat. It's good to see your presence there and sometimes I feel relieved when a user asks a question and I dont have an answer to it. Thanks for stopping by at my presentation. I hope we can work together and create a solid community for Steemit. It was great to finally meet you!
@blueorgy dude you rock man! Thanks for all that you've done at Steemit so far! I can't wait to meet you in Boston someday and go for a spin in your Camaro ZL1! It was great partying with you in Canvas. I hope we can meet and hang again soon!
@allasyummyfood Thanks for letting me gorge on the truffles you made! It was great to meet you after following your work for months! I wish you the best with your work on Steemit!
@andrarchy It was a great meeting you in person. Your videos really helped me in the early days and was one of the reasons I stuck around. The discussions in your think tank channel has overtime made a positive impact on our community!
@liondani and Mrs, you both are great! Thank you for all that you've done to help everyone visiting the conference! I will see you in Greece for sure! I'm already imagining heading to Santorini now!
@everlove and @saramiller thank you for the awesome T-shirt that you gifted me and for being such lovely ladies. I apologise not making it to Yoga but I'm going to see you at the Garden of Eden in 2017 for sure! You guys are doing an amazing job in your community and ours. Wish you the very best and lemme know if you make a trip down to India.
@cardiff Sorry that we couldn't hang out much. But i'll hit you up on Steemit chat so we can connect there. Lemme know if you and your girl plan a trip down to India. I'd be happy to be your host (same goes for anyone else from here)!
@robrigo You rock at parties man! I hope you get the Virago up and running so maybe we can ride to SteemFest 2017 together! It was great fun hanging out! You're a cool dude, stay that way forever!
@timsaid I had one of the best time hanging out with you and @sjennon together at Amsterdam! Too bad that you had to leave early. Thanks for all the kind words on your voice message, means a lot to me that you sent it ! I hope we can meet in Germany soon! I have so many memories from Amsterdam and I'm glad you made it. I'll try not to mute you again on Steemit.Chat! The answer to your question, 'How do we say goodbye in India?' is that we really dont! We say generally, 'I'll see you soon' or 'I'll be back' in hundreds of languages.
@knozaki2015 I'm glad we could meet and party a lil. You're a cool dude and I really like the way you go about your updates on Steemit. Supa-fast! Hopefully, we can cross paths again!
@onceuponatime It was simply wonderful to meet you in person sir. You're one of the few who have been to India and enjoyed it there! I'm glad my country was able to offer you some amazing memories to last a lifetime! The next time I visit Manali, Rohtang and Kullu I'm going to send you some pictures to refresh your memories of these places! I'm glad we met and I look forward to seeing you at SteemFest America!
@nanzo-scoop Great to meet you in person. I'm sorry we couldn't catchup for too long but I'm gonna make up for it at the next SteemFest.
@donkeypong, @repholder (at Steemit.Chat) and @laonie Thank you for always supporting my work and having my back! Couldn't have gotten this far without your support and guidance!
@neilstrauss It as a pleasure meeting you and hanging out by the snap cube making some really funny pictures. Your presentation was great and I learnt a lot more about the process of writing! Looking forward to staying connected!
@svk I've been looking up Norway ever since our discussion! I have it on my list for my next EU trip already! I think we need to have a meetup in India so you have a reason to come down and travel a bit. I'd love to show you some amazing places here and introduce you to some killer Indian cuisine.
@opheliafu I did not mention this earlier but my Grandfather and Step-dad are award winning artists here! My mom loves to paint and helps out at my step dad's studio sometimes. You gave me a lovely gift at SteemFest and I'm going to hold on to it forever. Thanks for the sketch when I was presenting my talk. It means a lot to me that you did that!
@daniel.errey It was great fun hanging out and partying with ya. I hope we meet at the next one!
@guerrint You are amazing and it as great to meet you in person! I'm excited to see how our Snapcube pics turned out. Stay awesome!
@lisadang It's great that you made it to SteemFest and I hope you will be there at the next one too!
@steemychicken1 You are an awesome photographer and such a nice person! Thank you so much for all your hard work and effort at SteemFest. It's only because of people like you who work effortlessly that it was a fantastic and a successful event. Thanks for putting smiles on hundreds of faces at the weekend.
@skapaneas Finally we met! I hope to meet you and other Greeks in Greece soon. I've followed your art from the begining and it's great you've stuck around and made it to SteemFest. Thank you for coming!
@mariandavp Your art is incredible and I've followed your work for a while. I'm glad we could meet! Thank you for coming!
@wingz It was great meeting you at SteemFest! I hope you will be there at the next one! Do stay in touch and I hope to catch you on chat soon!
@futurefood Great work shooting videos of everyone at SteemFest. Thank you for helping out and all the effort you've put in. I'm excited to see how the videos turn out and thank for your hanging out man! It was great to meet you!
@andrarchy I've told this to you in person but it was your videos that helped me stay put in the early days. Thanks for all that you've done for the platform and the community! I was excited to meet you in person and glad that it happened!
@gandalf Thank you for your help with Steemit.Chat and I hope we can work together in the long run. It was great to meet you and your wife at SteemFest.
@good-karma Thank you for the kick-ass work you've done with the app for Steemit and SteemFest! It was great meeting you in person and I'm glad you made it! You're an asset to Steemit and I hope someday you can help Steemit build a native app or have your's recognised as one! @all please read my buddy @droidsid's review of eSteem app here!
@picokernel Great work with the presentation and I wish you, @fabien and @ekitcho all the very best with your upcoming project. It was nice to meet you in person and let me know if I can be of any assistance!
@menta Thank your presenting some cool ideas at the fest. I wish you the best with your endeavors. I hope to see you at the next SteemFest!
@rocket.chat Your such a fun guy to hang around with but most importantly thanks for developing Rocket Chat. I look forward to working together with you to do some crazy stuff at Steemit.Chat and improve the user experience for everyone at Steemit! Thanks for coming to SteemFest and Congratulations on getting funded! Looking forward to more from the Rocket Chat team!
@scan0017 I'm so glad you could join us at closing dinner! It was great fun talking to you and I'm hoping we can stay in touch. Cheers man!
@mark-waser It was great hanging out with you at the Buritto place. Maybe someday you'll visit India again and find it vastly different to your past experience. I'm sure that you will agree that adaptability is the key to getting along and having a good time no matter where you go and what you do!
@ballinconscious It was great meeting you and you are so chilled out man! I like your attitude on things in general! Keep it up dude!
@wingz You are awesome and we finally met! Yay! Looking forward to the next one so we can hang some more!
@pkattera Dude! It was great meeting you and hanging out. I'm so glad you made it. I hope you visit India and drop by Mangalore so we can hang out from our neck of the woods. You rock dude!
@chhaylin I enjoyed your presentation and I'm glad you did it. You're story growing up was very inspiring and I'm sure everyone who was there feels the same. You've had a quite a journey through life and I appreciate all that you had to say about how we can change the future with Seasteading. I hope your vision and dream to see floating cities and changes in politics materializes in our lifetime!
@chris4210 Dude, You are a great guy to hang out with! We should stay in contact so hit me up on Steemit.Chat and let's stay connected!
@clains You are doing a great job with BitSpace and the blockchain world needs more people like you. It was great to see you at SteemFest. I hope to stay connected! Cheers man!
@ericvancewalton Great presentation and I'm a fan of your work! It was great to see you at the fest!
@ezzy and @rea You are amazing! It was fun meeting and talking to you both. I hope I can meet you both sometime in the UK! Stay smiling you guys!
@furion You have let me in on your diet secrets. I have a hard time staying away from desserts! haha! It was great meeting you buddy! I hope we can meet again soon!
@logic It was great partying with you bro! Hope to see you in the UK in 2017. You rock hard dude! Keep it up!
@mauricemikkers The genius behind the tools for Steemit. Sorry we didn't get to meet and talk for too long but thanks for all your help and contributions to the Steemit community!
@kooshikoo and @l0k1 It was great meeting you both. I'm glad we got to hang out a bit and talk stuff!
@sou1 and @michelle.gent It was just wonderful meeting you both. I'm sorry I couldn't join you at breakfast but I promise next time we're gonna have a full english breakfast together. I'm glad you made it to the conference and it was great to see your participation there!
@twinner Thanks for making it to SteemFest and it was good bumping into you at the conference! Keep posting and looking forward to meeting you again!
@val-a Thank you for your contributions to Steemit and It was nice to meet you at SteemFest. I'm glad you could make it despite all the issues and I hope you enjoyed it and found the experience worth the travel.
@meesterboomm, @fabio, @lafona, @meister, @anahilarski, @shenanigator, @sharingeverybite, @shla-rafia, @richardcrill, @hilarski @wadepaterson, @gargon, @gari, @future24, @vi1son, @anasya, @tomoaki, @shaka, @the-future It was nice to meet you guys and thank for your taking your time to come and meet me. I hope you will be there at the next one as well!
I feel like a total dick but for the life of me I can't remember the name or username of the person working with Cognizant. You were with me and Shannon on the boat ride on Day 1. If you are reading this please drop me a line thanks. Thanks for keeping us company on the boat and I hope you get to travel to India sometime soon!
Totally we had 206 registration from 31 countries for the first ever conference. How cool is that?
This post was made possible by @kevinwong's music. Lending me the energy I needed to write this down! Boom!
SteemFest is a complete success because of you and every Steemit user out there!
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Thank you for making it and everyone that uses this platform for supporting SteemFest.
Thanks to Job Staal - @staalmeester and his fabulous team at VolksHotel and also the staff at Tobacco Theatre for making this event a success.
If you are in Amsterdam be sure to book a guided tour with Tanja (Tanya) from Whats Up With Amsterdam She led our guided tour for the Red Light District. She's absolutely incredible, her knowledge of Amsterdam beats Wikipedia. Her guided tour is just fantastic and one of the best amongst all my experiences in Amsterdam! She's a lovely woman and a fantastic travel guide. I'm so glad I made it to the tour!
Thank you for backing @roelandp's vision and helping SteemFest with your generous donations!
@bhuz @svk @smooth @wackou @cass @pharesim @val-a @steempty @abit @steemboost @complexring @datasecuritynode @peerplays @steemdrive @blueorgy
Thank you for funding @t-r-f
@liondani @bhuz @christoryan @christoph3 @mrwang @ballinconscious @konstantin @donkeypong @joseph
There are many who needed that little extra help in funding this trip including myself and your contribution will go a long way in helping us!
I haven't slept more than a couple of hrs each in the past few days and I couldnt sleep last night out of sheer excitement! I've been working on this post for last couple of days now!
I'm inspired and motivated to play my part in taking this incredible platform and our community to the next level.
At @steemfest, I was part of something unprecedented! Thank you @steemit HQ for the SP and helping put this together!
Today, I'm in Austria where wonderful and kind hearted Steemian @mammasitta is hosting me but before I sign-off on this post, I recommend that you read all these posts:
- THANK YOU by @roelandp - The man who made this event possible!
- My Steemfest Chronicles. Manning the front desk by @razvanelulmarin
- A little less snapchat but had an amazing SteemFest weekend! by @sjennon
- SteemFest is over! by @kevinwong
- Amsterdam Survived Steemfest by @heiditravels
- Steemfest Sunday Sketching by @opheliafu
- This weekend will be always remembered by @gargon
- Post SteemFest Decompression Afterparty by @xanoxt
- Steemfest Amsterdam, it's time for my introduction post by @schererf
- A Sad Farewell To Amsterdam by @michelle.gent
- SteemFest - How toget the most downvotes ever by @gari
- SteemFEST, The Aftermath by @l0k1
- Two Crypto Currency Conferences in Two Weeks with Some Major Differences! by @hilarski
- Some Steemfest Impressions by @twinner
- Steemfest 'Tobacco Theater' [Photography] by @shortcut
- STEEMFEST Gratitude: Damn It Feels Good To Be A Thankster by @saramiller
- Steemfest Recap Day 1: The 5 things I loved about Saturday by @mrs.steemit
- Back From SteemFest by @onceuponatime
- Steemfest--My Faith in Humanity Has Been Restored! by @everlove
- Cloudwalking over Amsterdam - story and office art by @mariandavp
- SteemFest was a blast, have we met there? by @skapaneas
- My Thoughts Post SteemFest by @andrarchy
- SteemFest: An experience that changed my life forever & how we can strengthen the Steemit community (Part 1) by @sharingeverybite
- Old Amsterdam - An Original Poem and Tribute to SteemFest! by @ericvancewalton
- STEEMFEST - Crypto Challenge Winners Announcement! by @timsaid
- Winners of the 100 SBD Steemfest bountyhunt for Ned's head announced! by @ozmaster
- Back to reality… But what a weekend it was! by @svk
- SteemFest Interview Series: Ned Scott by @steemfest
- STEEMIT / STEEMFEST - Recent Press Coverage, The Good News is Spreading! by @contentjunkie
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See you all again in 2017 at SteemFest America!
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I'd love to do a motorcycle tour with you to Ladakh.
After spending several years trying to get permission to do the journey (back in the old days when most of Ladakh was a military restricted zone), I finally got it. The day I was going to go, they were out of petrol in Manali. On my way down to Kulu to gas up, I made the first 100 or so degrees of a hair pin turn, went over the bank, and landed in the third rice paddy down - the Royal Enfield on top of my legs.
So, I still haven't been to Leh. But it is definitely on my bucket list!
Great job on the Fest!
Thank you so much for your kind words and for sharing this fact. Next time you are here and interested in riding there let me know. It would be great to do it together on a motorbike or car for sure! It's so much easier nowadays to get there and many areas are open to citizens of other countries now! The roads are also much better now! Back when you lived there, there were hardly any roads beyond Rohtang, that's if Rohtang had any roads at all! :D You will totally love doing this trip!
The community thanks you personally!
RESPECT
Great post and thanks for hard work. I look forward to see you soon!
Thank you! :D
Thank you and Maria so much for all your support and more than anything else for hanging out with me! It was great! :D
Dude! YOU ROCK! You are deserve the name FIREPOWER. Happy to call you one of my new friends bro. It's been a while I confronted such a positive minded being like you. Stay as you are please. I will keep in mind that the people in India never say good bye. There is no good bye for us, there is only a see you soon. Thank you blockchain for bringing wonderful people together.
Those of you who read this comment: Do you understand what is actually happening? This is more than tech, more than money or blogging. This is true passion and friendship here. Glad I found Steemit on the Trollbox lol.
See you!
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Dude! I've been this way forever and they say people don't ever change lol! It was fantastic getting to know you buddy! I'm super happy that we met and are friends now! I hope to see you soon bro! If not Germany, maybe some place else! I'm glad I found steemit and met so many wonderful people including you through this platform! :D
Hey firepower, Let me tell you. This post has inspired me, to meet as many steem members as possible. So many great people here, all with similar ideology, pouring our ideas in to a cummunity that can change the world forever.
That's just fantastic! Im glad this cheered you up! See you at SF2!
Anyone at Steemfest spot @firepower taking notes?
@liberosist lol! no man, not taking any notes. But would be interesting if someone has a shot of me working my phone! I actually forgot a few people. Hopefully they'll forgive! :P I love our community and I want to make this grow 100x!
hahahaah i thought the same. how the heck he remembered all these names?
No notes taken. Must be some magic potion he took :P haha
@kevinwong it's your music + 2 cheesecakes + 1 bar of Lindt 70% Dark Chocolate Truffles + @mammasitta's awesome house which is quiet and peaceful for me to work out of! lol!
I finished the chocolate :)
i need to know his secret. what he eats for breakfast? :D
@thebluepanda I eat a LOT for breakfast and it's driving me broke on my EuroTrip! LOL! I have a huge appetite!
Hahaha!
Wait, is there a plan for steemfest 2017 already?
Glad you had such a good time!
LOL! I think Meghan has a photographic memory.
@funnyman I'm beginning to think so myself haha! But I actually have a good memory! But I can also be absent minded sometimes!
whoa! Awesome buddy! You are sometime absent but I just can't stop thinking about nothing.
I heard the sweet smell of herbs wafting around Amsterdam can be good for memory :)
hahaha! I guess you are right! :D
Your memory is awesome man.
Thanks for the smiles of your teams. you really where the best welcoming party of people we could have.
So @val-a was at steemfest, I missed the chance to meet him.
Thank you so much! It was great to meet you finally! Next time in Greece! :D
Drop the mic... Very Appropriate! Great Post! It was great meeting you man and of course you are always welcome to visit Boston. Visit anytime and we'll go cruising (at reasonably moderate speeds) hmm well for you and me that is... haha
#steemfest-reconnect!
Dude Thank you so much! :D I've seen and read about Boston so many times over the years! It would be fantastic to visit the place and travel around for a bit! Maybe when I visit NYC next year I will make it to Boston! Thanks man! #steemfest-reconnect!
It was great to meet you and listen to your talk. When things have calmed down a bit and you have had time to relax update me about your Grandfather and Step-dad' s work.
Thank you so much for being there!
My grandfather is an artist painting Traditional Indian Art for over 60 years. My Step dad does similar work but has specialised in commercial art for print and companies across the region we live at untiil commercial art got replaced by modern printing press stuff. Now he's specialising in portraits has done thousands of paintings in his career which have gone all over the world! :)
Wow, they sound amazing. So you are used to hanging out with artists!
Totally! I have some friends who paint and sketch for personal and professional reasons! But personally I can't paint to save my life! :D
We all can paint, we just have have to find the right inspiration and tools. Maybe I should have done an art class with you at SteemFest?!?
Guiding people of all artistic abilities is what I do (I'm currently preparing for a workshop next week). Maybe we can do a Steemit art workshop online! Steem On, paint on!
GREAT post on the SteemFest! It was also good to come across some extra tidbits of info concerning so many of us found on this platform. Thanks for sharing. Namaste :)
Thank you so much and Namaste to you too! :D
My pleasure, really. Namaste :)
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Thank you @firepower! I wish we would've had a chance to chat!
I waited till the end of your presentation to come and say Hi but I got busy with some fest work and couldn't catch you after that! Maybe at the next one. Thank you for coming to SteemFest and supporting the event. I hope you enjoyed the conference! :)
Oh, I completely understand! You guys we're really busy that day. Next time, for sure. I couldn't have enjoyed the conference any more than I did. It was perfect, it was an honor to be part of it!
I'm glad to hear that! We did our best!
Great piece on STEEMFEST and an easy upvote. Now following and looking forward to reading more of your posts. Shared on Twitter Twitter✔. Cheers. Stephen
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Thank you so much for sharing! I really appreciate it! :D
You are very welcome. Stephen
THANK YOU @firepower!!! You are a real treasure, and I'm so happy to have met you! You greatly enhanced my Steemfest experience. You have genuine presence with each person you interact with, which is really really special. Will you really come to the Garden of Eden?? It would be such a blessing to host you!
Thank you Sara! I wanted to ensure everyone had a personal experience at SteemFest and tried my best to ensure everyone had a good time! I will come to Garden of Eden for sure! Thank you for the invite!
Yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay YAY!!! Looking so forward to seeing you again! Love to you!
OH my OH my!!! What an extensive post of awesomeness! You are quite the human being. I totally loved being around you and your energy--so positive and upbeat, helpful and spunky. Thanks for sharing yourself and all the greatness that you give to this platform. Truly grateful for you and for knowing you @firepower. Blessed are we all in coming together. Thanks for the shoutout! With you energetically still.
I have been to India (for a month or two with @quinneaker). Loved it!! Would be blessed with another visit with you in it.
Thank you for all the support, love and kind words of appreciation! I certainly feel like I'm on cloud 9 haha! I can't wait for more of these community meetups to happen all over the world and someday we'll have people representing every single country out there!
When you're young there's so much to be accomplished. I'm glad Im giving steemit and it's community my all!
I think cloud 9 has our name on it! I'm excited for all these community meetups and gatherings everywhere too. It is powerful to come together and we all know how great it felt to be sharing with each other like family. I'm so grateful for all those who made Steemfest and Steemit happen. If we all bring ourselves to the table magnificence can happen!! You're awesome @firepower. I hope one day you'll come to the @gardenofeden and play with us here.
Thanks for the awesome job done for getting everyone warmed up in the beginning and taken care of throughout. OMG your memory's awesome detailed lol
Thanks bro! I don't forget someone does something good for me haha! You're music is the catalyst that led to this post!
POWAAAH TO THE FIRE!!! You my man have been instrumental to SteemFest. I can't imagine a SteemFest without you leading the assistance team! You are an amazing guy and I am so glad I got to know you there! <3
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Yay! Dude we had so much fun! Everyone loved you guys and all that you did! I hope I can assemble our A-Team again for the next one! :D Wouldn't that be awesome!
That would be awesome over 9000 man!
haha indeed! :D
<3
I have seen the photographs and I just wonder from how long you have been growing your beard? (looks awesome though)
ha! about a year but i trimmed it constantly. thanks.
to be honest though, LOTS of awesome beards at the SF!
YEP!
He's the awesome beardman! Beware of his powerful beard powers! :P
i'm blushing! Thank you Captain Firepower. It was an awesome experience to be in your team! Can't wait to come to Bucharest :)
yay! Buchoresht in 2017 I hope!
FIREPOWAAAAAAH. It was great meeting you. Thanks for the opportunity and sweet words. Looking forward to seeing you in Berlin!
I'm glad you could make it and thanks for all that you did! See you in Berlin!
Damnnnnnn son! Glad you're having a great time! Awesome write up :D
Dude! You've gotto make it to the next one! Tell you all the stories when I am back home!
Hey buddy!
Met you very briefly at the fest but it was enough time for me to realise you're a top guy and very cool indeed. I look forward greatly to seeing you again and spending more time getting to know you.
Take care, bro! :)
@rea it was so great meeting and hanging out with you guys ! 🌷
Thanks for everything you did to make it such a great success.
I'm pretty sure we will still be talking about this SteemFest for the next coming century.
Thank your for your support! This conference will be talked about for a long time to come! It's the first one of its kind and it rocked! :D
Thanks for mentioning me @firepower! (And my SteemFest post) I know we only sorta crossed paths a few times, but I'm glad for even those times. Following you so we can stay connected until round 2 in 2017! :)
Thanks for following me and likewise. I've heard so many good things about you and @shennanigator. You guys make an awesome pair as well. I hope you reach home safe and sound and soon!
It's pretty cool that we've both fallen in love with Steemit! I keep making the joke, "Couples that Steem together, stay together." :P
Thank you! With the help of a global Steemit community, I have no doubt we'll make it home by the end of the week! We are endlessly grateful for the support.
Haha that's quite apt actually! :D I'm glad things are sorting out for you! I hope in the future we'll have a dedicated team to help our community members when they are in trouble!
What a message! And what a memory! :)
I know. I woke up today and was quite amazed that I still have some fingers left! lol
wow what a post!! It was really nice meeting you in person @firepower. I hope you had a safe trip back home. I will see you on the next steemfest! craaaaazy memory btw
Thank you! I'm in EU travelling around for a bit but looking forward to going back home soon! :D
That was so awesome to meet you and all those people! Also the previous sentence is kind of like the ultimate as far as generic post SteemFest messages could be, so I would like it to be kind of adressed to you, the reader, so that you know, that I care about you enough to do this here, and there is going to be no of repetition of either the original comment, nor this text. Anyay, thank you for reading this far, sorry to waste your time, but I am wayyyyyy to happy, so I just had to do this. Cheers!
First of all Bolshoye Speciba! I appreciate the honesty very much and im glad we met! It was great! I promise to come to Russia and bug you there haha!
Nice article! Of course resteemed.
Thanks man! Appreciate it!
OMG I am speechless that you wrote that stellar post in my Vienna home and to have the chance to hang out a bit more with you , sightseeing tomorrow and maybe we go and see Jean Michel Jarre together to celebrate our friendship . FIrst I need to get off that plane & train 🚂 .......
Hello to everybody I met . Can't express enough in words how unforgettable this trip was visiting @steemfest .
Everybody I met was incredible !
@firepower You are special
Thanks! You're place is incredible! I'm glad we got to hang here although I'm finding it relaxing just to stay home even though I haven't seen the city yet. I'll come back to Austria once again to explore it in detail! Thank you for your love and kindness! :D
@firepower We will look into that India trip! lol awesome :D
Where are you from in India?
Thanks! I'm from Mangalore in India! Just south of Goa and West of Bangalore!
Me and Mr Jack D totally like to party hard :-)
I know! haha! \m/
@firepower you're so sweet. Thank you!
Great post btw. And yes, truly an unforgettable event.
Very glad to have met you and look forward to you visiting! Following you* keep in touch.
Once again, thank you and @originate for your company at SteemFest and also for following me on Steemit. I'll be in touch for sure! :)
You guys all did an amazing job!
Thank you! :D
This is something grandiose! 🙌
So many emotions from your post, I actually feel it!
This makes me regret a thousand times more that I wasn't able to get there.. 😔
Thanks but don't be sad, there will be more of these in the future! The American one should be huge and it may happen within a year from now!
So I can start getting ready! 😂
was nice to meet you too @firepower
i'm sure we will figure out how to help each other very soon on those fantastic projects
see u soon FiyaPowaaaaaaaaa
See you soon @ekitcho and keep me posted! You know how to reach me! Cheers!
Great post of #gratitude.
An ungrateful steemster should be an oxymoron. ;)
haha! Sure must be! :D
hola
Hola
Hola! :D
Keep up the great work @firepower :)
Thank you so much @steemitqa
Like the longest post on steemit but encouraging! May I please ask, are you the one on the Internet with the post testifying to how you made 15k in 12 hours on stemmit?
Hi. Thanks but I'm not the one although Im probably the one who made the longest post so far haha!
yep certainly. i so a post on the internet that linked to your profile. i hope i can still find it. anyway firepower on! i may cover you in a post soon and you will love it!
Wow! Thank you! That'd be a first for me! :D Cheers!
Wow! What a post... firepower for President!
lol! Wouldn't that be awesome! Thanks so much for meeting and spending a few mins of your time with me at SteemFest!
Epic post! Fantastic time meeting and hanging, and can't wait till the next one ;)
Thanks much! See you soon (I hope) at NYC! :D I've never been there and would be awesome for sure!
It was awesome meeting you as well!! I already can't wait for the next one.
Neither can I :D
hahah Thank you! :D
Dont be so shy!!! You can upvote my posts lol :)
hahaha! :D
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Any way to get some swag?
Be at the next SteemFest! :D
Wow this post is so awesome and here we are almost 1 year later!
May it be spectacular again!
SteemOn to SteemFest!