Woohoo, finally on Steemit! #introduceyourself

Hey Steemians,

So excited to finally be able to join the Steemit community! I will be active on the Steem blockchain under the alias ‘Nerdi’, as that is what my friends already call me, no idea why……or maybe I do…..(don’t laugh)

You can take this picture as proof that I don't take myself very seriously, I highly recommend it, it makes life so much easier.

I work as an independent contractor in information technology and mostly take on jobs like requirements engineering, information analysis and programming (Java, Python). I love to share my knowledge and help others, and learn new things (hence the title), not only about new technologies (like blockchains!) of course, but also in the area’s of:

Growing my own food (without an actual garden)

My rooftop hydroponics system, I use it to grow herbs and leafy greens

Hydroponics is the art of growing food without soil by feeding them water, containing the right minerals, directly to the roots. As the plants don’t have to spend a lot of energy to extract their food from soil, they can spend all that energy on growing larger and faster. You can also do this indoors, with the proper lighting. Expect a lot of blog articles on hydroponics, on how to grow your own food in an urban environment and on what to do with all that fresh produce. Almost everyone loves food, I’m no exception.

And although my house lacks a garden, the sunset views from my rooftop really make up for it.

I promise I won’t bug you with sunset pictures every day

Photography

I love taking pictures of my rooftop sunsets, the progress in my hydroponics system, the food I cook, the people I meet and the trips I take. I’m planning to share more of that on Steepshot. And speaking of trips, that immediately brings me to one of my other favorite subjects:

Camping

Oh, camping. No snail mail, 4 cups, 4 dishes and a tidy living space in less than 10 minutes. Sipping wine or G&T by a bonfire when it cools down in the evenings. I wish I could camp all day every day, but unfortunately that’s not the case. It’s really too cold in the Netherlands to be able to camp comfortably all winter, still stay warm & dry ánd show up at the office in the morning not looking like a vagabond. Maybe a tiny house would be the solution? Hmmm, who knows…..until then, I happily drag my camp-thing around Europe in the summer.

What you see on the picture above is called a ‘klapkar’ in Dutch. This one is manufactured in 1978, good quality canvas, still waterproof. It’s not a tent, it’s not a folding trailer and it’s not a caravan either. Best translation would be a pop-up caravan. You lift up the hard top, a frame folds out and you’re ready to camp. 3 minutes, really. So, expect some travel posts too!

And now I’m wondering: should I leave it at these 3 main topics? I have a lot of shareable knowledge on more technical subjects as well, and sometimes I am all over the place when it comes to 'current infatuations'. When people follow me because they are interested to see tomatoes growing on my rooftop, I can imagine they do not want to see blog posts on Fun Things To Do With Your Raspberry Pi (that’s a little PC) or Automating Your Personal Workflow With System XYZ or Upcoming ICO XYZ Whitepaper Analysis in their feed. What do you think? Do you have any advice on that? How do you handle blogging about diverse topics on your own blog? I would love to read your thoughts on that.

Last but not least, I would like to thank @projectdiaries for his excellent Youtube video on Steemit, because that’s how I ended up here in the first place. Kudos to you for the great content you create and for being such a friendly guy!

Thank you for reading my #introduceyourself post, if you have any questions, just let me know in the comments!