There are a lot of new fronts, and a few Side Seems, (not sure what to call PALNet yet). The integration of tools and new options for posting/learning and growing on the steem blockchain are expanding.
I am hoping one day for the easy pay-pal/buy steem system. I absolutely loved it being able to buy steem second hand by buying steem monster cards, that helped my steem growth, now I will check out the PALnet and see how it fares.
there are a growing number of ways to interact here and I have no idea what to call some of them either. I am sure that there are technical terms for them :) Lots of fun on the way.