First post. Here goes!

A big shout out to all Steemians. Firstly, tooshay to the brilliant team behind that build Steemit. This is Maisam, industrial experience designer by profession and deeply fascinated by cognitive sciences, hyper technologies and art. Thumps to everyone who just posted their first #introduceyourself posts.

As per the tradition, below is tired as fudge, picture of myself below.

Now that my formal, egotistic introduction is out of the way, let me admit this my first time writing to a community and I’ve been wondering since a week how might I introduce myself? Or how should I position myself and adapt an introduction for Steemit.

I am just human, experiencing life like everyone else and trying my best to fit in and stand out from the crowd at the same time. I reckon one can't help but take support of constructs such as interests, drivers, career, beliefs, and so on to cookup some sort of self perception or introduction.

Alright. Enough self abstraction. Here’s how I got to know about Steemit and how it makes me feel and then I’ll jump straight to how I plan to contribute to the family. Ever since I stumbled across Steemit whilst reading an article about new DAO’s on Hackernoon, I’ve been hooked onto it and I cannot stop digging down the rabbit hole. As a content curator the platform is no less than a utopian bliss. Kudos for nailing user addiction #teamsteemit. To a knowledge seeker, the experience is nothing less than discovering an entire new universe with game changing potential.

How I’ve decided to add value to Steemit

Well, I like to think I have a good taste and a knack to build on top niche ideas, concepts and research and express it through words and visuals. I plan to juggle multiple hats (Writer, designer, marketeer, researcher and digital product developer) to share ideas on niche topics that might be of interest to some of you.

Topics I’ll be focusing on broadly fall under the umbrella of “futurism, intelligence and design”. I’ll be sharing some bold ideas, stories, nutshells, memes and deep insights on DAO’s, Intelligence amplification, collective cognition and augmentation, AI democratization and ethics.

Lastly, I’d like to touch upon Neo Cognito a.k.a new form. It's A DAO in conception alongside a group of close friends with a common vision. Another facet to Neo Cognito is an extended team of AI designers, data engineers, IOT champions and experience designers. We’re trying to solve some interesting problems for using data and humane intelligence inspired by human centered design.

It’s a pleasure to be part of Steemit and I humbly look forward to a life changing experience. Welcoming any recommendations on how I can contribute to the platform. Cheers and happy Steaming folks!