As announced on their website http://js-montreal.org/ I gave a presentation about Utopian. For this I took last year presentation deck I made and combined it with a newer deck I was provided by @techslut.
My presentation was more focused on the mechanics of making a contribution, the post on Steem, the moderation and the reward. There were more than 60 people in the audience and everyone had a GitHub account, so that's a good start.
I showcased three recent contributions as good examples of articles, task request and reviews.
- https://steemit.com/actifit/@mcfarhat/actifit-io-website-signup-and-referrals-development-update-1546003312169
- https://steemit.com/fpl-plus/@amosbastian/fpl-plus-0-8-0-popup-fixtures-and-statistics
- https://steemit.com/utopian-io/@helo/development-task-request---a-mobile-desktop-and-website-app-with-the-same-code-for-the-verto-wallet-from-volentix
The picture below is not of me but of Arnaud Buchholdz, the other presenter of that evening, who gave a great presentation on his own open source project https://github.com/ArnaudBuchholz/node-ui5
At the end of my presentation, as I asked if there was any question, as certain as I am that the earth is round, someone asked the inevitable question when crypto-currencies are involved; Where does the money come from?
While revealing the secret of money creation: inflation, I found it important to highlight the simplicity of use of the blogging platform Steem provides and not get stuck in the complexities and paradigm shifts that crypto-currencies induces in the critical minds.
A tradition of the Monthly meetup is to head to the Waverly Bar and socialise with the other participants after the meetup is over. I had a great time there as well and had the time to answer more questions about Utopian.
Repository
https://github.com/utopian-io/join.utopian.io