Ned and everyone: As promised, @kevinwong and I hereby release our "Simply Steemit" guide (link below) into the public domain for the purposes of helping start this Wiki guide. Everyone, please feel free to use it, cut and paste it, re-write it, revise it, whatever. This was designed as a basic guide until something else came along, and now the Wiki will take over that role. I am thrilled NOT to have to write any more How To materials for Steemit! -Tom @donkeypong

EDIT: This comment was upvoted by Kevin (co-author) also, indicating his agreement to make this guide "public domian".
https://steemit.com/steemit/@donkeypong/simply-steemit-your-no-nonsense-guide-to-getting-started