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So back on Jan. 2nd I’d just had my power and heat put back on after it going out on me on New Years Day. The house needed some warming up from the rather chilly 30F it was inside and I needed something to eat. 

I’m sitting in my vehicle warming it up, still in range of my home WIFI and *ding* off goes my Facebook messenger. It’s a local friend I’d not heard from in a while. He’s got some information he wants to share. Could we meet for coffee later? Sure thing, not only had I not  seen him for a while, but more time for my house to warm up. 

So, where else do you meet for coffee in Canada but the local Timmie’s? We get our coffees and settle into a table to start swapping stories. As I listened to the many things he’d been up to, the thought crossed my mind that he needed a place to talk about this. 

Really, the fellow’s a talented musician, has a great sense of humour, willingness to chat, has more interests and ideas than I can count. Most of his design ideas would relate to the preppers and homesteaders who are growing in numbers on the platform. 

I started sharing with him what I’ve been up to since August 2016. At first, I could see the puzzled look on his face and then the smile as he decided that he wanted to check out this brave new world of Steemit and cryptocurrency. 

We talked about the platform. I told him some of the pros and cons, cautioning him to expect to need to grow before getting any real success on the platform. That would take time and effort. 

That evening, he messaged me, could he have the link to the site I told him about? Sure thing. I sent it to him, but, failed to comment that he should ignore the Trending page. The next day, he messaged me again. What’s with these whale wars and flag wars on Steemit? 

OH dear, I mentally kick myself. That DAMN Trending page! 

I reassured him to ignore the Trending page and asked him to go download Discord. I’d introduce him to some real people on the platform. He gets it installed and needless to say, I invite him into the Steemit Ramble and explain Pimp Your Post Thursday that would take place the next day. 

Then we hopped over to @thewritersblock and introduced him to the folks there. It didn’t surprise me they were very welcoming as they always are. 

My friend decided to apply for his account. Whew, we dodged that bullet. Now, let’s hope Steemit doesn’t take too long approving his account. 

The next day during PYPT that he’s sitting in on, he gets notice his account has been approved. 

# YEAH!! Steemit meet @TheBugIQ and the introductory post it only took him a week to write: 
# https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@thebugiq/you-don-t-know-me-yet-and-neither-do-I
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He published that six days ago and since then has published six others. He’s on a roll. 

Tuesday he showed me a [post he had just put up that showed people how to find the mic for inputing text into a Google document](https://steemit.com/writing/@thebugiq/confessions-of-a-steemit-noob-gdocs-mic-input). A great idea for entering the first draft of a post before refining with fingers to keyboard. 

You’re almost setup to run some of your posts through The Writers’ Block workshops @thebugiq. *hint hint* 

Saturday I introduced him into PAL through the @mspwaves forum with @aggroed and Sunday he joined @SirCork on the Steemstar Radio and then @beanz on her Steemstar Radio podcast on the VOTU server. Then I left him exploring. 

Monday, I suggested he join @thealliance. @topkpop welcomed him into the Alpha syndicate after [he posted his application post](https://steemit.com/thealliance/@thebugiq/my-alpha-syndicate-walking-dead-post). 

So, there we go. The first person I’ve successfully onboarded to the platform and it looks like @thebugiq is off to a great start. If you see him around, tell him *hi* and maybe give him a follow. 

The SBD from this post will go to him to give his account a bit of a boost. 


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