Road to SteemFest: Shoutouts and namedrops

Steemfest is flying up and I haven't really prepared anything for it. Oops.

I think I might be able to squeeze this post into the right time frame at least. I have been holding off on writing the "Shoutout" post for some reason, perhaps it is the shill of it :D No, it has just been a disjointed week and there is always something else that comes along to interrupt.

By the way, that is kilometers an hour, not miles and I will say, I didn't take the photo while driving if anyone asks.

Really, there are so many people I am hoping to meet at Steemfest that it is hard to really call people out by name without missing so many of them. I will be spending quite a lot of time with a few by default as we already know each other pretty well, even if we haven't met face to face; @anomadsoul, @abh12345, @celestal (we have met), @raj808, @guyfawkes4-20, @fukako, @eveuncovered, @escapist.

@eveuncovered, @escapist, @celestal are Finns so we are able to have secret conversations in Finnish that no one else will understand. Do you know that scene from Charlie's Angels? Yeah, I speak worse Finnish than they did in that movie.

However, there are some other people that I don't know so well that I am also looking forward to meeting if I have the chance. @blocktrades is one (or two) as I would really like the opportunity to thank in person for the support over the last year, it has meant a lot to me and I hope I will be able to do some good with it. This also goes for @pharesim who I have chatted with and had some good discussions over the last year and a half and hope to spend some time getting to know, because I have heard that he is pretty cool ;)

There are others who have supported me heavily I would like a chance to thank also like @acidyo, @v4vapid and @canadian-coconut but I don't think any of them will be at Steemfest so I have to give my gratitude here in writing.

This is my first Steemfest but my plan is to get a better feel for different aspects of the platform so that next year I can spend more time working and developing some projects I have in mind. This of course is dependent on many factors but hopefully getting to know some of the people and sharing some ideas will provide some direction and moral support for some potential changes in approach to the platform for me.

Having said that, I am also keen to hear and get a feel of what some of the people I have interacted with to some degree on the platform and in chats are like. People like @gtg, @lukestokes, @timcliff, @scipio, @meno, @elear, @therealwolf, @revisesociology, @slobberchops, @llfarms, @teamsteem, and @exyle are like and what kinds of personalities they have with a drink in their hand over a casual conversation.

@ned you and your hair are definitely not left out of this so I hope you don't mind when I ask to get a picture of me touching it.

Who am I missing??

Oh, @crimsonclad of course, @evecab, @coruscate and @soyrosa who are all actively around the platform but I hardly see :)

It is interesting how many people come and go around the place on Steem yet we don't run into each other nearly enough. Hopefully Steemfest will be a place where some stronger relationships are built that will lead onto some new projects and initiatives in the coming year. For me at least, meeting people behind the blogs and votes helps make all of this concrete and gives the chance to really understand what is possible here. I hope to see you all there as well as the hundreds of others I didn't mention.

Taraz
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Oh, and since I haven't used it yet, this is @rubencress's banner to close the post.