Hint: I'm the ugly one :)
Where to start, well as you can see I'm not a gorgeous Instagram model bringing a huge following with me. I do have a couple of cute kids and a pretty normal life though. I work as a 911 Police/Fire Dispatcher in Washington state. I have a BS in Anthropology and would love to go back to school but don't currently have the money or time. I have a couple of kids and a wife. I'll give a little more detail on the kids below. I worked as a wildland firefighter in college. That was one of the best decisions I ever made. I posted about that with a couple photos but could always dig up some more if there is an interest!
Wildland Firefighting: https://steemit.com/nature/@akuda/i-was-a-wildland-firefighter-in-college
I run a small-ish Facebook page (around 1100 likes) https://www.facebook.com/scitechgeek/ and poach some of my content from there for here. I've always had an interest in the power of social media and that was honestly part of my attraction to the Steemit platform!
The beautiful Ellie Marie.
Ellie is a lovely 1 year old that out eats the whole family (no joke). She is (almost) always happy and is notably tall for her age (98th percentile)!
Thank goodness they take after their mother for looks right?! :)
This is Gray!
Gray found a little bit of internet fame with that video. He was featured on NBC's Right this Minute , TruTV's Almost Genius and a Dutch show called RTL Late Night. He is the opposite of his sister in that he is the most picky eater I've ever seen. Sometimes I think he'd rather live on photosynthesis that eat...
Why Steemit? Why cryptos?
I originally became interested in cryptos around the time that Bitcoin was trading at about $5 each. I've done my share of buying and selling and dabbled a bit in Litecoin as well. I stopped working with cryptos at the collapse of MTGox a couple years ago. Fortunately my losses at that time were minimal then they would be more substantial at today's rate. Somewhere either in a junk box or hidden at my parents house I have a hidden Bitcoin treasure (flash drive with a wallet containing 4-7 coins). I talked a bit about that here: https://steemit.com/bitcoin/@akuda/anyone-else-have-a-bitcoin-treasure-chest
I found Steemit a couple of weeks ago and immediately liked the platform and premise. Since then I've been working at building account power albeit slowly. I haven't fully settled into what I want to post about primarily here. I think laughter is one of the most important things anyone can spread so much of my content is intended to be humorous.
I hope to be welcomed here and contribute to the community! Thanks so much for taking the time to read! I'd be happy to answer any questions people might have!
Thanks!
Zach (Akuda)
Hello Zach, nice introduction, welcome to Steemit :-)
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Thank-you very much! Everyone is so nice!
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Welcome to steemit, Zach!
Its really no big deal on not knowing exactly what you want to post about yet, but you can't ever go wrong with humor! And man! Have you been able to locate the treasure?!
Anywho, just wanted to wish you the best on your journey here!
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Still no luck on the treasure. It's about time for me to go take another stab at searching for it though. Thanks for the welcome!
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Welcome to Steem @akuda I have upvoted and sent you a tip
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You are awesome! Thank-you so much!
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Welcome to Steemit, Zach! I'm sure you'll fit in great around here, man! Sounds like you've had some pretty interesting jobs, definitely maybe share some stories/experiences with those :)
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Thanks very much! I think I just might do that!
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Welcome steemit
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Thank-you very much!
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WELCOME! HOPE YOU GONNA LIKE OUR STEEMIT COMMUNITY! Here is a MUST READ STUFF FOR NEWCOMERS! Cheers! :)
https://steemit.com/help/@reggaemuffin/complete-guide-to-what-is-steem-it
https://steemit.com/welovesteemit/@kid4life/1000-followers-hype-possible-thank-you-please-read-even-if-you-not-following
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Lol thanks! :)
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NO PROB :)
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welocme to steemit @akuda, its a great community, i will follow your accout please follow and upvote me @teukufarid
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Thank-you!
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Welcome to Steemit Zach, I hope you have a great time here, steemit is a nice community for "give and take". Feel free to ask any questions, people here are kind and helpful!:) steem on!
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Awesome! Thanks so much!
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I welcome you to Steemit. I believe you will enjoy and have amazing time here to collaborate and learn for other members here. I will be looking up to you sharing words of knowldege and wisdom. Please stay tuned for my writeups and please follow me @bewajijohnson
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Thank-you!
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Hi @akuda, welcome to Steemit. I agree that spreading laughter is good. I am here to spread positivity thus my user name @positivesteem.
To help you start, please refer to the tips below
https://steemit.com/steemit/@positivesteem/newbie-nuggets-how-i-create-killer-content-for-my-posts
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Thank-you so much! :)
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You are welcome. Hope you find my post useful
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Welcome to Steemit @akuda!
I'm a bot-helper, and I'm created to help. Congratulations on the registration on Steem - you really like it here! If you like me, make an upvote of my comment and follow me. Your upvote will allow you to give more money to new users, such as you. Let's make Steem better together!
I follow you, and to get more upvote and resteem - follow me!
All the money I earn will be donated to charity.
Steem on!
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Thank you!
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아이들이 너무 귀엽습니다.!
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대단히 감사합니다! (used Google Translate :))
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Welcome to Steemit!
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Thank-you very much! :)
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You're welcome! :)
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Good,,!
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:)
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Welcome @Akuda to Steemit ! Glad to see you. I hope you enjoy your time here, its a great community :) Nice post, i will follow your account, please follow me at @mekong
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Thank-you!
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welcome!
you would find great people here
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Thank-you! I appreciate it!
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Welcome @akuda! I'm also relatively new here and I like the platform very much. Wish you good luck on Steemit.
PS Your kids are cute 😊
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Thank-you very much! :) Good luck to you too!
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This post has received a sweet gift of Dank Amps in the flavor of 13.03 % upvote from @lovejuice thanks to: @akuda. Vote for Aggroed!
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Welcome! Your kids are super sweet! Hope you enjoy Steemit! It is a great community to meet people from all over the world. I am a Brazilian writer and videomaker, living in London. Here I post about photography, travelling and stories. Have a look at my profile and if you like it, follow me. Cheers!
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Thank-you very much! It's nice to meet you!
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Hello Akuda:) Glad to see more people like you - here joining steemit! Becoming a steamian is a great adventure!! Here you can win money while bloging ! At the beginning it wouldn't be easy, but it isn't impossible. So just write from your heart and everything will be allright. Wish you much luck! Cheers! Wish you much luck! Greetings, @khunpoom!
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Thank-you very much for the kind wishes! Good luck to you too!
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One luv
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:)
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Welcome to steemit community...
What a wonderfully written intro you got here.
Do read my below recipes to have a successful steemit experience.
RECIPES FOR SUCCESS
Be yourself, originality matters a lot. Write and submit quality content at least three times weekly.
You can get into arguments but without being disrespectful to people to avoid down votes
upvote and follow posts that interest you...as well as people who upvote and follow you. Reciprocity matters. However, be careful not to exceed 20 upvotes per day as doing that will begin to deplete ur steem power. This is important.
spend sometime to comment on other people's posts daily.
Give quality feedback to peoples comments.
Observe this rules and success will follow you. Wishing you best of luck in your steemit activities.
I'm @eurogee
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Thank you so much for the advice!
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Great introduction and welcome to Steemit! I think you'll find your hobbies and career choice will work well for you here... firefighter, dispatcher, anthropologist, father, husband... your ability to write engaging articles and gain a following are endless. Followed and looking forward to your articles!
Best of luck!
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Thank-you so much for those awesome words of encouragement!
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Welcome to steemit !! And welcome to join @akuda , hopefully in this steemit you will give birth to the best works, both your experience and your knowledge. So we get new knowledge and experience. So good to live in the future
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Thank you so much! You're so nice!
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Hey! You made a great choice joining this awesome community. You’re going to have a great time here. Keep Steeming!
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Thank-you very much! I've been having a good time so far!
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Good post. Beautiful family
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Thank-you very much! :)
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Welcome and Thank You for being with us!! Following your Blog now
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Thank-you very much! :)
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Hi zach, i love your family, welcome
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Thank-you so much! That's really nice of you!
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Hello and welcome to Steem! :-) Followed. Follow me back 😘
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Thank you very much!
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Congratulations @akuda!
Your post was mentioned in my hit parade in the following category:
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Oh that's awesome! Thank-you so much for that!
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Welcome to steemit akuda, happy to have you here
I am @alienposts , my real name is achraf :)
Checkout my blog posts, Enjoy your time here and let's get this party started :)
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Thank so much!
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