A Chat With The Man Behind HAVIN and SteemBux....This Week On Steemit....Steemians Speak- What Next After SteemFest? ….. SteemMag – Steemit’s Weekend Digest #18 p.2

SteemMag:
How has your journey been so far on Steemit?

@williambanks
My Steemit journey has been incredible so far. I started out with a handful of friends & family I brought over from other social media. Now I have hundreds of friends. You'll notice I use friends, not followers. I like trying to know every person I associate with. I'm not the best at that, it's a life goal though to know each person on that list and have regular interaction with them and that's the difference between having follower and having friends.

SM:
What's Havin? What inspired you create it and how has the journey been so far?

@williambanks
Havin is shopping gamified.

I've always been into fantasy and role playing games. I love live action role play.
I cut my teeth as a programmer working for a company that ported games to portable platforms, back when portable meant powered by 12 AA batteries that had a life span of 4 hrs.

I also worked on a company that built server engines for what we now called MMORPGs.

I've always wanted to get back into game development because it's fun for me.

I saw the popularity of Pokemon Go and honestly what made me realize that shopping needed to be turned into a game was when I was at the grocery store. There were people there, Millenials, GenX'rs and even some baby-boomers that were bumping into eachother. The reason they were crashing carts together was that they weren't watching what they were doing. They were too engrossed in their smartphones, with facebook, twitter, snapchat, instagram. The final straw was when an older gal, must've been in her 70s or 80s ran over my toes so she could catch a pokemon!

At that moment I was standing there scanning UPCs with a shopping list app, looking for the best possible price and realized that what I was doing was a lot like a treasure hunt. But the app I was using was strictly business and kind of boring.

That night I went home and started planning for Havin. The first shopping list, video game. I know it sounds kind of eclectic and it is, but most importantly it makes shopping less of a chore, in fact it makes it a lot of fun!

SM:
You recently created SteemBux. What stands it out from other steem wallet options so far?

@williambanks
Well I think what really makes it stand out is it's the only wallet for steem dollars that is JUST a wallet. No bells, no whistles. Steembux makes managing money, simple, quick and fun.

I actually created it because I was having problems with the library we were using for the wallet in Havin. I couldn't really tell if the problem was something with Havin, or somewhere else. So I built the wallet standalone as a debug exercise. Then I realized, "well gee this is kinda neat on it's own". And that's the story.

SM:
Do you think there is a market for Steem-based developers and in what way can the community support developers?

@williambanks
I'm not sure there really is a market for steem based developers per se. Developers are an important piece of the puzzle but solid application development requires so much more than just developers.

I'm of the opinion that the community can and should show support for any and all projects that seek to expand the reach of the Steem ecosystem.

SM:
How best in your opinion can we change the current downtrend of Steem?

The best way everyone can help reverse the downtrend is to watch the "Promoted Section", if someone is selling products consider buying one, but at the very least reserve a significant number of your 100% upvotes for promoted content and also drop by and comment, good or bad on content that is promoted.

If advertisers see that advertising on steem is an effective way to reach potential customers, the slide will solve itself and we'll have a hard time figuring out whether we want to buy the yach, the ferrari, or the mansion that day. This is no joke. Your steem are not just a crypto currency. They represent your stake in the world's most revolutionary advertising platform and advertisers are desperately trying to find something new and innovative. Expect them to start a bidding war soon. Just yesterday the price of steem doubled. This was someone investing in order to reach out to you. Make sure you reach back.

The other important thing is to make sure you are bringing over all your friends and family to steemit. By bringing everyone over, you expand the number of eyeballs and increase the reach of the platform.

Finally, make sure to post your content to steemit and then use that share button to share it on all your other social media platforms. This brings you eyeballs, and it brings more attention to the platform. You are far more powerful and well connected than you know. There are less than 6 degrees of separation between you and anyone else on earth. All it would take is one post on steemit going viral, making national news, or just becoming a globally trending topic and the value of steem goes to a dollar and stays there.

SM:
Where do you see Steemit at the end of the year?

@williambanks
I believe we'll see dollar parity again. I've said before that the true price of steem should be around $10 and anyone selling lower than that is being foolish.

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Thanks @williambanks for taking the time to have a chat with SteemMag. We look forward to more updates for Havin and even more awesome Steem tools. :)

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Steemians Speak – What Next After Steemfest?

@saramiller
Focus on building the new economy through honorable exchange of SBD for real material goods utilizing Peerhub, donating all earnings towards creating a healthier, more sustainable world for ALL, and funding the expansion of Eden 2.0 with cryptocurrency. Plus, more yoga!
Explain Steemit to as many as possible to support the revolution, maximize its potential and align with the mission of the Garden of Eden and looking very forward to Steemfest 2!

@liondani
Hardfork 16 I guess. So much discussions about the changes. But they are to the right direction... and most witnesses agree on them

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This Week On Steemit

A lot of interesting events happened this week. And in case you missed them, we’ve got your back. Here are some of the most important events that happened on Steemit this week.
~ After a lot of anticipation, SteemFest comes to an end with about 200 Steemians in attendance.

~ @steemitblog outlines a number of proposals aimed at bettering the Steem Economy.

~ Steem drops from last week’s position on the coinmarketcap.com’s crypto market capitalization list. Now at 12th

~ Busy.org –an alternative Frontend to the Steem Blockchain was announced.

~ SteemBoost.com – a web app for monitoring Steem Power ups was released.

~ For a comprehensive list of dedicated Steem apps. check out SteemTools.com

~ Meanwhile, SBD gains from last week’s rates ranging from 1 SD = $ 0.99 -1.01 this week

~$0.10 and $0.15 were the lowest and highest value traded this week for a unit of Steem respectively.

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