curatorcat.pal in #hive-150329 • 7 days agoHive Rising: A Moment of Perspective, Before We Get TOO Excited!Wow... how cool it is, to see so much of the Cryptosphere in the green, for a change! Bitcoin has set a new All Time High, and even our own Hive token is trading at levels we…curatorcat.pal in #hive-150329 • 13 days agoThe Sad "Fizzle" of Hive-Engine Communities — Is it Inevitable?What is the "success rate" of communities? More specifically, what is the success rate of Hive's Hive-Engine based communities and their attendant tokens? Sadly, it seems…curatorcat.pal in #hive-150329 • 18 days agoThe Strange Quests to Discredit Other People's Narratives...Maybe I'm being overly sensitive about this, but sometimes I can't help but feel that there are people in the world whose entire lives revolve around discrediting other people's…curatorcat.pal in #hive-150329 • 21 days agoA Skeptic's Look at Blockchain Projects and Web 3.0I have to admit that sometimes I feel a little disappointed in what seems like an ongoing downward spiral in the world of alt coins. And sometimes I am given to pause and…curatorcat.pal in #hive-150329 • last monthWeb 3.0 and the Importance of Supporting Hive-Engine Projects!These days we talk a lot about Web 3.0 and what it will entail. There seem to be a lot of different opinions about that, and I have to admit that I sometimes find the whole thing…curatorcat.pal in #hive-150329 • 2 months agoDoing Things "Nicely" and "Properly" Takes Time!One of my personal traits might be best described as a desire to "do my best" at whatever I undertake. If we consider something like Hive — or perhaps any journal — I…curatorcat.pal in #hive-150329 • 2 months agoA Look Back at 2023, and Some Hive and Community Goals for 2024!Another year has come to a close, so it's time for the "obligatory" Hive Goals update post! Well, "obligatory" is pretty tongue-in-cheek because I consider these posts…curatorcat.pal in #hive-150329 • 2 months ago2024: Onwards, Into the Void!I had intended to write my "2024 Goals" post, but got distracted by intermittent flickering of the lights. Will we lose power? It's a very blustery night out there... I…curatorcat.pal in #hive-150329 • 3 months agoHive's Layer 2 Communities, Getting Traction and Developing Long-Term ViabilityAs regulars to these pages might remember, my primary objective with this particular Hive blog was to explore the world of Hive's Level 2 communities. As I continue to dive…curatorcat.pal in #hive-150329 • 3 months agoContent Creation vs Content Consumption: Both Matter... But Are They TWO Groups?Around here, we mostly tend to think of ourselves as content creators. After all, Hive and her surrounding communities are substantially focused on the process of creating content. Incuratorcat.pal in #hive-150329 • 3 months agoDo The Best You Can... With What You Have!Lately, I have been rather more absent from contributing than I had hoped. Of course, you pretty much "get what you pay for" in this setting, and I have resigned myself to…curatorcat.pal in #hive-150329 • 4 months agoSpeaking of Commerce and Human Gullibility: Some Choices Are Difficult to Explain!Departing a little from my usual inquiries and musings today to touch on the quite "analog" business of people buying and selling stuff. Of course, there are lots and lots…curatorcat.pal in #hive-150329 • 5 months agoMicroblogging and Micropayments: The Wave of the Future... or a Wishful Boondoggle?Ever since the reveal of what was LeoFinance's "Project Blank" as the now operational InLeo "Threads," I've seen a lot of posts and conversations about this whole concept…curatorcat.pal in #hive-150329 • 5 months agoThe Tiny Investor: Up-Front Payments, Barriers to Access... and Why I Love Hive!Because I spend a fair amount of time looking at "investment stuff" and crypto related information — and Google knows it! — I get served up the invariable does of…curatorcat.pal in #hive-150329 • 5 months ago"Toxic Thinking" Puts Our Focus in the WRONG Place!As I continue on my "adventure" in the Cryptosphere, I have grown more aware of a certain edge of contentiousness I often encounter. That is, a lot of the "players"…curatorcat.pal in #hive-150329 • 5 months agoThinking About Hive: Articles, Pages, Wiki, Bookmarks and Personal UseLately, there have been some posts discussing the idea of Hive as a collection of "pages." It seems like an interesting idea, and in some ways ties back to some comments by…curatorcat.pal in #hive-150329 • 5 months agoHive: So Many Communities — Loyalty to ONE, or Sampling the MANY?As I have mentioned a few times before, my Hive Journey is more about our 2nd layer communities than it is about top level Hive. As a sort of "pet project," I have slowly…curatorcat.pal in #hive-150329 • 5 months agoRevisiting and Adjusting My Hive Goals as Year End Grows Closer!Although I don't do New Year's resolutions, I do like to set goals for each year. In addition to that, I like to check in with my goals from time to time to see how I'm…curatorcat.pal in #hive-150329 • 5 months agoAll Those Tokens and What They Each Do...A while back, I promised myself I would make an effort to gain a better understanding of Hive's second layer communities, along with all the many tokens we have that are…curatorcat.pal in #hive-150329 • 5 months agoOut of Time! Why Do We Always Seem to Be "Out of Time?"I suppose most of us have had the experience — at one time or another — that we feel like we have run out of time. I can certainly count myself in that boat, whether it's…
