Utopian.io Weekly - [August 3 2018] - 100 Beta Testers, Byteball Bounty, Tags In Any Position, European Commission Task Update

It’s been another busy week for us at Utopian.io, with the first round of beta testers for Utopian V2, new and continuing collaborations, and a change that will make it easier for you to use our tags.

In this post:

  • 100 Beta Testers for Utopian V2
  • Collaboration with Byteball
  • Collaboration with the Blockchain Competence Center of the European Commission
  • Utopian Tags in Any Position
  • Utopian.io Open Source Radio Show on MSP Waves

100 Beta Testers for Utopian V2

Since announcing that we have opened the private beta for Utopian V2, we have received over 100 applications.

We’ve been amazed by the number of users interested in testing the Beta, and we have already invited the first applicants to test it out.

If you have experience in testing frontends or are eager to try and provide feedback for Utopian V2, reserve your spot at https://beta.utopian.io

Collaboration with Byteball

We at Utopian are constantly working on expanding partnerships and collaborations with awesome projects, in and out the Steem blockchain. Multi-signature wallet Byteball is without a doubt one of the most promising projects Utopian is currently supporting.

Utopian is working closely with Byteball, enabling them to submit and fund task requests for our community of contributors.

Byteball’s bounty program has been taking the Steem blockchain by storm, and we are proud and happy to take part in it.

Byteball’s first task request with Utopian.io is to create a video tutorial showing how easy the backup process is as well as showing the power of a multi-signature wallet. You can find all the details in our post.

Blockchain Competence Center of the European Commission

Two weeks ago, we ran a task for the Blockchain Competence Center of the European commission. We are happy to report one of our awesome contributors have already completed a big part of it, as presented in this post by @jga.

Our collaboration continues with a new task request for the European Financial Transparency Gateway (ETFG), which has already been submitted and is available for you here.

eftg

Utopian Tags in Any Position

In an effort to make it easier for folks to get their Utopian.io incentives, you can now use the Utopian tags - utopian-io plus the relevant category tag - in any position, allowing you to post using major dapps such as @esteemapp or @dtube. All the details are available in our post.

Utopian.io Open Source Radio Show on MSP Waves

Our fun and crazy radio show is growing in audience and it’s not just because of the awesome giveaways raffled live on air to audience members. This week we hosted @noisy, who spoke with us about his awesome project Wise, which may be the solution for one of the biggest problem on Steem, the up-scaling of voting.

As always, we listened to open source news, and had a great time.

Be sure to tune in text week at 6PM UTC on Wednesday on MSP Waves!

First Time Contributing in Utopian.io?

Learn how to contribute on our website

Utopian Witness

Vote for our witness!


This page is synchronized from the post: Utopian.io Weekly - [August 3 2018] - 100 Beta Testers, Byteball Bounty, Tags In Any Position, European Commission Task Update

Weekly Top of Utopian.io: July 25 - August 1

Our weekly showcase of the best contributions rewarded in the past seven days includes quite a few surprises this week! We had picked a critical bug on the Steem blockchain, a number of excellent tutorials, a guide to submitting great development contributions and, finally, a stellar contribution to the Visibility category.

banner

Staff Picks

Analysis of the Resteem feature by @sintoniz [analysis]

A full analysis of the Resteem feature, with interesting analysis of the average resteems per account and average resteems per posts through the past year. A really well presented contribution.

Total payout: 117.63 STU Number of votes: 69

Create a slideshow using HTML5 , CSS3 and jQuery by @alexendre-maxim [video-tutorials]


Image source

@alexendre-maxim submitted a very straightforward video tutorial on how to create a slideshow using html5/css3/jquery. The tutorial started from scratch and concluded with a final working product. He showed many tweaks and adjustments throughout the tutorial, and took time to explain a great deal of what he was doing so learners would understand the process. When an error was detected in the code, he would explain why the error was there and how he was able to fix it.

This was a very nicely done tutorial and learners will benefit from the methodical approach to teaching the topic.

Total payout: 52.26 STU Number of votes: 59

Machine learning (Keras) and Steem #1: User vs bid-bot binary classification by @jacekw.dev [tutorials]


Image source

@jacekw.dev shared a great tutorial about an aspect often debated on Steemit, bots vs humans. He utilizes python based scripting and particularly keras to pull out and visualize a collection of bot and human users, and builds up an approach to have a machine learning concept to determine the difference. Useful work, clear conclusions and visualizations, and potential for better work experience are all highlighted in this tutorial.

Total payout: 87.33 STU Number of votes: 94

The user guide for a newbie on how to build a private Steem blockchain for corporate projects by @jga [tutorials]

In response to a Task Request by the European Financial Transparency Gateway to well document setting up Steem blockchain for corporate projects, @jga provides a well-written step by step tutorial for those purposes, leading the user across the way to have his own functional steem blockchain, up until producing blocks and initiating witness accounts.

Total payout: 148.17 STU Number of votes: 101

Inclusion of Inventory, Client names, Payment modification and Barcode functionality on Bitcoin PoS by @tykee [ideas]

Bitcoin PoS is a straightforward mobile application that is used by bitcoin merchant to accept payment of goods in bitcoin through this application. The app is convenient and simple to use.

This post by @tykee suggests a reasonable and some necessary features for the application that can improve and increase the app usability.

Total payout: 63.73 STU Number of votes: 15

Steem [HF19] Possible reward pool gaming by cycling delegations by @rafalski [bug-hunting]

The Steem delegations functionality had an interesting Critical bug allowing users to earn 43% more Rewards using the same Steem Power. This bug was make possible by cycling delegations between users and exploiting the code that replenishes your Steem voting_regen_period. @rafalski reported this bug in a well-detailed manner with a useful scenario.

Total payout: 12.45 STU (Not voted by Utopian yet) Number of votes: 48

Promoting Moodle With Facebook Ads - Part 3 by @siersod [social]


Image source

The first contribution to be picked as outstanding in the visibility category to date is a campaign report by @siersod. It is the third part in an ongoing campaign promoting Moodle, an open source tool for the classroom for teachers and educators. With ongoing optimization of the ad message and target audience, this Facebook campaign reached a cost-effective conversion rate, and the post even offers a useful tip in CPC optimization for other contributors to learn from.

Total payout: 1.03 STU (Not voted yet by @utopian-io) Number of votes: 34

How to achieve the highest score for a better Utopian reward for development contributions by @gregory.latinier [blog]

@gregory.latinier , a moderator of development category, explains the guidelines and questionnaire of the category in detail, in addition to his own expectations and approach to reviewing contributions in the category. This post answers most of the questions contributors could ask, and does it with point by point clarifications. It is highly recommended for developers submitting contributions to Utopian to read this how-to.

Total payout: 359.30 STU Number of votes: 528

Steem White Paper Greek Translation Part 7 (+ 1350 words) by @dimitrisp [translations]

The translator goes beyond the requirement of 1000 word volume and the translation is done with high quality and accuracy. The Greek language used is correct in grammar, spelling and syntax.

Total payout: 93.70 STU Number of votes: 50

divider

Utopian.io Post Statistics

The staff picked contributions are only a small (but exceptional) example of the mass of contributions reviewed and rewarded by Utopian.io.

  • Overall, the last week saw a total of 233 posts, with 187 of them rewarded through an upvote by @utopian-io.
  • In total, Utopian.io distributed an approximate of 7374.35 STU to contributors.
  • The highest payout seen on any Utopian.io contribution this week was 697.077 STU, with a total of 637 votes received from the community.
  • The contribution that attracted the most engagement was Steemauto and its problems - Solved!, with no less than 26 comments in its comment threads.
  • The average vote given by Utopian.io was worth 57.61 STU.

Category Statistics

|Category|Reviewed|Rewarded|Total rewards|Top contributor| |:-|:-|:-|-:|:-| |ideas|15|9|134.50 STU|@tykee| |translations|72|72|3035.63 STU|@samhamou| |blog|24|12|599.29 STU|@rosatravels| |analysis|5|5|425.69 STU|@jingis07| |bug-hunting|23|17|187.76 STU|@tobias-g| |development|40|35|1862.08 STU|@justyy| |graphics|16|13|683.51 STU|@iqbalhood| |video-tutorials|5|3|51.65 STU|@alexendre-maxim| |tutorials|22|14|322.27 STU|@onepice| |social|5|4|51.65 STU|@siersod|

divider

First Time Contributing in Utopian.io?

Learn how to contribute on our website

Utopian Witness

Vote for our witness!


This page is synchronized from the post: Weekly Top of Utopian.io: July 25 - August 1

Now Use Utopian Tags in Any Position To Get Your Incentives

At Utopian.io, we are constantly working to simplify the review process and allow more and more open source projects to access our incentives. In order for your contributions to be reviewed by our moderators, you only need to use two relevant tags using any frontend, such as busy.org or steemit.com. Until now, you had to use them as your very first two tags. Now you can use them in any position you want.

While this may seem like a small change, it brings great benefits. Major dapps, such as @esteemapp or @dtube and others can now keep using their main tag, while still allowing access to the Utopian incentives. Curation guilds and other projects may decide to integrate the Utopian tags to enable additional rewards for their users, as we recently did with Fundition.io.

How to use Utopian tags

By using the correct Utopian tags, your post will be found and scored by our moderators as per our community guidelines.

Utopian has a set of categories where you can publish your work and each category has a specific tag.

Blog

Tags: utopian-io, blog (in any order)

Do you love blogging about Open Source projects and news? Do you own an Open Source project and are willing to get rewarded for your generic updates? The blog category is the one for you.

Tutorials - Video Tutorials

Tags: utopian-io, tutorials (or video-tutorials) (in any order)

Do you love to use your skills to teach and improve those of others? Start writing and recording awesome tutorials for your favourite Open Source projects.

Development

Tags: utopian-io development (in any order)

Are you interested in getting rewarded for your development effort on an Open Source project? The development category allows you to publish your dev contributions and get rewarded for them.

Graphics

Tags: utopian-io graphics (in any order)

Are you an exceptional graphic designer willing to contribute to Open Source projects? Utopian will reward your work in the graphics category.

And more…

To learn all about Utopian and how you can get rewarded for contributing to Open Source projects, visit join.utopian.io/guidelines.

First Time Contributing in Utopian.io?

Learn how to contribute on our website

Utopian Witness

Vote for our witness!


This page is synchronized from the post: Now Use Utopian Tags in Any Position To Get Your Incentives

Utopian.io Weekly - [July 27th 2018] - Partnering Up with Fundition, Celebrating a Record in Number of Followers and more

This past week was packed with new partnerships, ongoing progress in the development of the new frontend for Utopian.io, and updates on our ongoing @fundition campaign to fund the SteemSTEM and Utopian.io international meetup in Italy.

banner

In this post:

  • Collaboration and Partnership with @fundition
  • Utopian.io v2 Beta Tester Update
  • @utopian-io with 10,000+ Followers on Steem
  • Meetup Fundition Campaign Updates
  • Adding @oracle-d to the Utopian.io Innovation Trail
  • Utopian.io Open Source Radio Show on MSP Waves

Utopian.io & Fundition Partnership

A partnership between two like-minded initiatives like crowdfunding platform like Fundition and Utopian.io is only natural, so this week we were proud to announce an official collaboration plan between the two.

With the aim of empowering open source projects and initiatives, Utopian.io offers rewards to open source projects crowdfunding their development on Fundition. Joining is simple, and you can find all the information in @fundition ‘s latest post.

Utopian.io v2 Beta Testers Chosen!

The massive support of - and response to - our announcement of the closed beta for Utopian.io v2.0 has taken us by surprise! While we may, eventually, be able to accommodate all volunteers, we have selected a handful and have contacted them already to get them started with their initial review.

We hope to expand the beta to additional members of the community as soon as we’ve located and fixed critical bugs and issues that will surely be spotted by our selected beta-testers.

Ten Thousand Followers Strong!

On July 24th (this week) the @utopian-io account marked 10,000 followers on Steem. Although this number is comprised of a percentage of inactive users and bots, we still feed accomplished at having made it into the 5-digit-number-of-followers club.

Fundition Campaign Updates: Accommodations Booked!

As the SteemSTEM and Utopian.io Italian meetup Fundition campaign continues, we make sure to keep our supporters (that’s you!) updated. This week we booked the accommodations for the Utopian.io team to also serve as the location of the Utopian.io mini-hackathon, scheduled to take place during our stay in the villa.

The location chosen, between Pisa and Florence and within short driving distance from Vigro Labs, is the scenic and historic town of Lucca. We invite you to support the campaign and discover all about Lucca in our latest update post to the campaign.

Oracle-D Joins the Utopian.io Innovation Trail

Oracle-D, founded by @anarchotech and @starkerz, is a platform connecting STEEM investors with content creators to provide professional content and marketing services to the agency clients. To help @oracle-d grow and to encourage content creators to cover the topics of technology, innovation and open source, we’ve added @oracle-d to the Utopian.io Innovation Trail.

It is important to note that only relevant content upvoted by @oracle-d will be included in the upvote trail, same as with all other initiatives included in the Innovation Trail.

Utopian.io Open Source Radio Show on MSP Waves

Our fun and crazy radio show is growing in audience and it’s not just because of the awesome giveaways raffled live on air to audience members. This week we hosted @punqtured to speak about the Byteball airdrop to Steemians and @holger80, author of open source Steem Python module Beem.

As always, we raffled out two Udemy courses to members of the audience, listened to open source news, and had a great time.

Be sure to tune in next week at 6PM UTC on Wednesday on MSP Waves!

divider

First Time Contributing in Utopian.io?

Learn how to contribute on our website

Utopian Witness

Vote for our witness!


This page is synchronized from the post: Utopian.io Weekly - [July 27th 2018] - Partnering Up with Fundition, Celebrating a Record in Number of Followers and more

Weekly Top of Utopian.io: July 19 - 25

As always, our community of contributors is hard at work authoring innovative and important contributions to open source projects on and off the Steem blockchain. This week, we’ve chosen to showcase an interesting tutorial series, a new app for publishing to the blockchain and other contributions from various categories that were deemed worthy of an especially high reward.

banner

Staff Picks

Creating RPC Server on Web Browser - part 2: Listen to browser Tab activity on the server side by @drsensor [tutorials]

This post is an addition to an ongoing tutorial series by @drsensor for his project on Creating an RPC server on node.js. In this second part, @drsensor highlights how to allow listening to browser tab activity, sending said activity as beacon data and utilizing it between 2 layers of abstraction, as well as creating webhooks using both koa-router and koa-body.

The tutorial is quite extensive, well written and well-documented in terms of process, screenshots and illustrations. Limitations are also properly highlighted towards the end. The tutorial provides a clear path towards the progress of the series.

Total payout: 96.78 STU Number of votes: 85

Beem: Unable to get replies to an account via discussions.Replies_by_last_update by @stmdev [bug-hunting]

Image source

Beem is an unofficial easy-to-use Python wrapper (library) for Steem developed by @holger80, with a great set of advantages like thorough unit tests, more complete implementation, Steemconnect integration etc. It is very popular and many developers use it in their projects. @stmdev found that one of the methods, discussions.Replies_by_last_update(), could not be used to get list of last replies from a given author. Specifically, it provided false information. This was due to using start_author instead of start_parent_author in the rpc call. He wrote an excellent report with demo scripts to prove his bug.

His fix was merged https://github.com/holgern/beem/pull/53

Total payout: 42.30 STU Number of votes: 52

Steeditor development update: communities, new core, and new editor by @jakipatryk [development]


Image source

Steeditor is an amazing Steem post editor by @jakipatryk, with all the advanced options you could ever need! Setting beneficiaries or custom JSON metadata has never been easier, and it even includes the templates for Utopian contributions as well - if you aren’t using it already then you should definitely check it out!

Total payout: 179.64 STU Number of votes: 184

Steem White Paper Translation #2 (appr. 1542 words) by @laylahsophia [translations]


Image source

A translation staff pick contributed by @laylahsophia, translating a portion of Steem White Paper.

This German translator has done excellent work in her translation. She translated a high volume of 1,542 words, beyond our expectations from a translation contribution. Even with such a high volume of words, she proved her excellent skill in translating difficult texts with high accuracy.

Total payout: 123.66 STU Number of votes: 46

FreeCAD - Greek Translation (Part 4 - approximately 1240 words) by @lordneroo [translations]


Image source

FreeCAD is a customizable parametric 3D CAD modeler aimed at real life product design and mechanical engineering. Due to its accessibility to Python programming, it offers a wider range of use cases on the architecture and general engineering fields.

When talking about CAD modelers it’s inevitable to think in expensive proprietary software as the AutoDesk suite. However, there are viable and ever evolving open source alternatives, which are by far lead by FreeCAD. A cornerstone of open source usage is the capacity to spread it widely across potential users in a way that can satisfy their needs completely. Therefore constant and highly accurate internationalization efforts such as @lordneroo’s are invaluable for the FOSS community. His translation was done with strict accuracy standards based on engineering-oriented vocabulary.

Total payout: 3.00 STU (Not voted by Utopian yet) Number of votes: 48

New logo to the app BIGDIALER by @ggabogarcia [graphics]

Big Dialer is a very helpful app for people with visual or mental disabilities. @ggabogarcia created a very nice symbol for them. It’s a nice play on the symbols for heart, B and phone. Perfect discovery, construction and presentation make this work stand out.

Total payout: 102.428 STU Number of votes: 177

SteemApp 2.0 here we go - iOS Released to the App Store by @yuriks2000 [blog]

One of our VIPO club members, @yuriks2000, announced a new update for SteemApp-iOS, an application for writing Steem posts on iOS mobile devices. Thanks to critical changes in UI and functionality, it’s now possible to browse the feed on a smooth interface. If you wish to give it a try, you can find the app in the AppStore.

Considering the proper usage of sections and supportive visuals for each feature in the update, including GIFs, it’s obvious that the post does the presentation part well. It’s a good example of a blog post about project updates.

Total payout: 183.33 STU Number of votes: 66

divider

Utopian.io Post Statistics

The staff picked contributions are only a small (but exceptional) example of the mass of contributions reviewed and rewarded by Utopian.io.

  • Overall, the last week saw a total of 216 posts, with 135 of them rewarded through an upvote by @utopian-io.
  • In total, Utopian.io distributed an approximate of 7810.95 STU to contributors.
  • The highest payout seen on any Utopian.io contribution this week was 433.388 STU, with a total of 314 votes received from the community.
  • The contribution that attracted the most engagement was DBlog.io - Decentralized Blogging Platform - Frontend and Backend improvement, with no less than 14 comments in its comment threads.
  • The average vote given by Utopian.io was worth 57.86 STU.

Category Statistics

|Category|Reviewed|Rewarded|Total rewards|Top contributor| |:-|:-|:-|-:|:-| |video-tutorials|5|5|209.48 STU|@official-hord| |ideas|11|2|43.52 STU|@tykee| |blog|8|7|243.35 STU|@to-the-sun| |bug-hunting|23|12|277.19 STU|@stmdev| |analysis|6|4|288.52 STU|@abh12345| |graphics|36|24|1527.91 STU|@zuur| |development|34|22|1875.56 STU|@luschn| |translations|65|44|2750.71 STU|@samhamou| |tutorials|16|9|472.26 STU|@onepice| |social|3|2|41.86 STU|@siersod| |copywriting|1|1|62.87 STU|@harry-heightz|

divider

First Time Contributing in Utopian.io?

Learn how to contribute on our website

Utopian Witness

Vote for our witness!


This page is synchronized from the post: Weekly Top of Utopian.io: July 19 - 25

People of Utopian #9 - @amosbastian

The Community Manager of the Development category on Utopian.io, @amosbastian, loves beer, football, gaming and (obviously) programming. With his vast experience, humble nature and expertise in Python, it’s hard to believe how young he is.

amosbastian

On Github: https://github.com/amosbastian

Who are you, @amosbastian?

I’m a 24 year old computer science student, half English (born there) and half Dutch (lived there the majority of my life), currently living in Lisbon. I’m really interested in programming (which is quite obvious), football (Glory Glory Man United!), gaming (1v1 me) and, if I can be bothered, lifting weights.

I don’t think I have any special talents; I can’t play any musical instruments and it’s a wonder I can speak more than one language (English and Dutch). I guess I do have a lot of knowledge about beer, if that counts for anything.

One may say I’m a pretty open guy who enjoys meeting new people, talking to them and joking around. I’ve had people tell me that I am one of the most laid back people they have ever met (maybe it’s just my laziness), which I tend to sort of agree with since it’s pretty hard to phase me.

However, since I’m half Dutch (maybe it’s just an excuse), I’m quite straight-forward or “blunt”. I dislike people who beat around the bush without getting to a point. Also, despite my laid-back nature, if I disagree with something I will make sure to let you know, and can get quite passionate when that’s the case (sorry!).


Walking to the remotest pub in the UK

How long have you been involved in Open Source projects?

I actually wasn’t really involved in open source projects before joining Utopian. I was mainly busy with stuff on Reddit, though I have created some things for the post-match thread team on /r/leagueoflegends, and a bot for /r/fantasypl. They were all kept closed source - the main reason being my embarrassment at my admittedly shitty code. Looking back at it now I wish I was a bit more confident and had gotten involved in open source projects years ago. It’s a great way to improve your programming skills while meeting cool people, so I would definitely urge people who feel the same as I did to just say “fuck it” and take that leap.

Do you own / manage one or more projects of your own?

Currently I have a few projects that I have been maintaining, as you can see on my GitHub profile, and have a few plans for projects I want to further improve or create over the next few months. I’m really excited about them, but will keep them under wraps for now.

What does your professional skill-set offer the Open Source community and what type of contributions do you normally make?

I actually started on Utopian.io by contributing mostly tutorials (collaborating with a friend on the account @steempytutorials). At the time, I was learning how to use steem-python, so I thought it would be a great way to help people solve the problems I was encountering myself.

I feel I was burnt out writing tutorials and also came to the conclusion that I really wanted to focus on myself more and get additional experience actually developing stuff. So nowadays I mostly submit contributions to the development category, but sometimes I also report bugs to the bug hunting category.

Which programming languages / platforms do you feel most at home with?

As you may have guessed, I am most comfortable programming with Python - I use it daily and it has pretty much become my bread and butter. I’m still far from satisfied with my skill level, so I will soon be buying a physical copy (I hate reading PDFs off a screen) of Fluent Python, as I’ve heard great things about it. I have also been busy with learning some more JavaScript and a bit of Vue.js, as I really want to be able to help out Utopian internally (and also some of my aforementioned planned projects require this as well).

How did you discover Utopian, and how do you think Utopian affects your relationships with the Open Source community and ecosystem?

I’ve always been interested in helping others by either showing them how to do or create something. When I saw that you could get rewarded for doing exactly that by contributing to Utopian I thought that was really cool. So I joined.

I am, without a doubt, more involved in the open source community than I was before I found Utopian, which makes me feel really grateful. It has really incentivised my thirst for learning new things. Previously, I used to spend a lot of my time playing League of Legends, but now I mostly spend it on actively learning about new things (by either reading, programming, discussing etc.), so I definitely don’t feel like I’m wasting my time as much as I was before. Obviously this also feels very rewarding, especially when it makes me feel like my personal growth isn’t stagnating and that my time is spent on more valuable things. So yeah, I would definitely say it has affected my relationship with the open source community in a very positive way: I’m more involved, learning a lot, which in turn means I can contribute more value - it’s amazing!

Utopian.io also changed the way I see the impact of the open source movement. As I mentioned earlier, I didn’t want to share my code when people asked, mostly because I was embarrassed at its quality. I also didn’t really understand why they wanted me to share it. Now my mindset is completely different and I feel like I really do understand why code should be shared. This makes me feel very passionate about open source in general, but also regretful I didn’t come to this conclusion sooner. Well, let’s just say I’m more than happy I found Utopian.io and made it part of my life.


Watching Manchester United play for the first time

What made you decide to take on additional roles in the organization itself?

When I first started contributing I just had this overwhelming sense of excitement and inspiration. After everything sank in and I realised how great Utopian’s vision actually, was I applied to be a moderator pretty much straight away, as I knew I needed to be a part of it.

I was initially rejected by @mkt because his team was full (😭), so after two weeks of bugging @jestemkioskiem I finally got my foot in the door and was allowed in as a tutorial moderator. I actually still vividly remember my first day moderating as back then contributions could be any language and a large part of tutorials were really below par. I spent most of my time busting plagiarists and rejecting low quality contributions. This became some kind of routine for me (also tag teaming contributions with @roj) and I guess I sort of built up a reputation as a “strict” moderator, as I took quality over quantity quite seriously.

During a weekly management meeting @elear mentioned that there might be a need for a new supervisor (as they were then called). Out of nowhere, @espoem suggested it should be me, which came as a very pleasant surprise. I was asked if I would be interested, and of course I answered yes - to me it seemed like a great opportunity to get myself in a position where I could have some more influence within Utopian and try to help guide it in the “right” direction, in my own way.

A few weeks passed and it wasn’t really mentioned again until @mkt announced he was stepping down. After having a voice call with him (where we mostly talked about recreational activities :^)) I found myself in the position of development supervisor/community manager - a position I have latched onto ever since.

How do you see the future of Utopian? What would you want it to be, and where would you like to see yourself in it?

I really think the future of Utopian.io is bright, especially when I consider all the amazing people that are already involved in the organization. It would be really great if it could break through to a broader audience, though, as I’d love to see every open source contributor receiving some kind of support from us. There’s definitely a long road ahead, but I’m sure we can do it. I’m bad at expressing my feelings properly (unless beer is involved) so bear with me - I’m trying my best to get across how excited I am about its potential!

Where I see myself in the future… at THE TOP after having ousted @elear! Just joking! As I mentioned earlier I want to work hard on improving my programming skills so I can help more on that front, but other than that I have no idea - I’ll just go with the flow and see where this crazy ride takes me!

What is your favorite thing about Utopian?

This is a really difficult question as there are so many different things. I would say that it’s really amazing that people can get rewarded for contributing to open source projects, which has some kind of benefit to at least someone - I think that’s a great goal. Also, all the cool people involved! There are all kinds of people from different countries that all bring something unique, be it their personalities, skills or knowledge. I just love meeting new people and we definitely already have a great bunch. Huge shout-out to the development moderators in particular - you guys are the best!

Was it Steem first and Utopian second for you, or did you discover Utopian before steem?

Actually, the person (@juliank) who I collaborated with on @steempytutorials is also the person who brought me onto the Steem blockchain. We know each other from university and one day, out of nowhere, he asked me if I wanted to help him out with a project he had planned. During the call where he was explaining what the Steem blockchain actually is, he showed me some projects he thought were cool - including Utopian.io, of course.

I guess I “discovered” both sort of simultaneously, and so I started contributing to Utopian pretty soon after actually joining Steemit.

Are there any particular projects on Utopian you’re a fan of?

There are quite a few projects that I’m a fan of, actually. They are also made by some of my favourite developers on Utopian:

@miniature-tiger’s Archipelago game has been improving with each contribution, and he’s really a great example of someone who always submits quality contributions!

@sambillingham is also great. He is constantly churning out amazing projects, but if you only have time to check out one I would definitely recommend checking out his Finally Comments project!

Our very own @emrebeyler always has cool projects as well, and is definitely a source of inspiration for me!

@mkt’s The Magic Frog (@the-magic-frog) is such a great idea and really a lot of fun - go participate if you haven’t already!

There are so many more great projects on Utopian, so I can’t mention all of them (sorry!). I really look forward to seeing what kind of projects the future holds for us all.

Steem is the home for many apps aside from Utopian. Which are your favorite and why?

Admittedly I don’t really keep up with the Steem world outside of Utopian as much as I should, so I don’t actually know. Steem Monsters seems like a pretty cool idea, but other than that I can’t think of any.

What other Steem communities / initiatives are you part of? Any you would like to create?

I wouldn’t say I’m really involved with other communities, but I’m mostly (outside of programming) interested in football, so I always participate in predictions and similar things to that. Especially fantasy football is something I’m very interested in! Actually, the first thing I did when I joined Steem was looking for something related to the Fantasy Premier League and found out that @acidyo was hosting a league - I even wrote some articles about it back then with hints and tips, which I might start doing again in the future… maybe.

Utopian Witness

Vote for our witness!


This page is synchronized from the post: People of Utopian #9 - @amosbastian

Your browser is out-of-date!

Update your browser to view this website correctly. Update my browser now

×