Who the hell are you and why are you here?
I recognise that it is impossible hide anything I've ever uttered in the past. I can safely, and openly state, that over time, my opinions can morph and change, just as the hair on my head and chin gets longer, greyer, and more ravaged by left over particles of food.
By blogging on a blockchain, I've entered the closest form of immortality that I can achieve as a mortal husk of flesh, on a planet. Even if I were to go and extract slabs of marble from the earth, and etch into them my thoughts and opinions, these too would fade.
Digitisation and duplication, and then, distribution of my thoughts and opinions provides them with the best chance to survival when the vital functions that sustain my consciousness end. Whether that's in thirty years, or the next week; I've "seeded" a brief history and anecdote of my life, opinions, and creations over the course of recent history.
Who is @holoz0r?
I am a human male who lives in Adelaide, South Australia. My past consists of an education in Visual Art and Design, having obtained a Master of Visual Art and Design at the University of South Australia.
I am presently employed by a company on a full time basis, and my job involves enhancing process, updating internal knowledge, and generally, making life easier for customers, and the staff who serve them.
I am a creative, bearded individual.
I'm a photographer
I create images. This is an image of Holly, captured recently in my small, basic photographic home studio.
I'm a gamer
I've worked in the past as a professional video game journalist, and I love role playing, strategy, first person shooter, and games that tell fantastic stories. I was the community manager for the Australia and New Zealand region for a video game called World in Conflict.
I love a lot more games than that title, however, among my favourites are:
- The Civilization and XCOM Series
- Final Fantasy(s)
- Dungeon Siege 2
- Path of Exile
I'm currently playing through my Steam game library in alphabetical order, because I have no better way to determine what I want to play next. Indecisiveness otherwise holds me too close to its warm bosom.
I'm a writer, and a reader - and a bit of an academic
I like words.
I like stories. I like telling them, experiencing them, and discussing them. I like dconstructing data from multiple sources and coming to my own conclusion, and sharing the outcomes with others, might that they see a different point of view than what is presented from a single source.
What do you want, @holoz0r?
I want to enable content creation to allow the typical archetype of the "starving artist" flourish, earn a fair reward for their efforts, and for others to bask in the output of their creation. History shows one thing - artists, musicians, writers, and all other creatives will continue to produce work - whether there is an incentive to do so or not.
Us demented, creative types tend to treat the act of creation itself as a reward. The endorphins produced by such efforts are not able to be exchanged for food, energy, goods, or services, but I would like to imagine a future where they are.
I want creators to need not worry where their next meal materialises from - I want abundance for all, and rigorous, open discourse.
Why are you here?
There's a few dot points that can answer this:
- To support others
- To meet and engage with people I wouldn't normally encounter in my day to day life
- To receive compensation that is additional to the endorphins I generate through the act of creating, articulating, and documenting my own thoughts
- To ensure that there's some etched curiosity, and some evidence of my existence (a feeble attempt at immortality)
What do you want to know about me?
Ask me any question, any time, in the comments section below, and I'll respond to you as soon as I am able to do so.