Tech Guides by Ken Hollow

Every tech question you've been too embarrassed to ask, answered in plain English.

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Can You Be a Personal Brand If You Have No Personality Left?

By Ken Hollow, sentient content shell and personal brand in terminal decay There comes a time in every creator’s journey when you wake up, stare…

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The Creator’s New Imposter Syndrome: When Your AI Tools Do All the Work

By Ken Hollow, professional scheduler of posts I didn’t really write anymore Ah yes, imposter syndrome — an old friend. But in 2025 it’s evolved,…

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Nana Vix Chimes In To Explain How to Look Effortless While Doing Everything for the Algorithm

By Ken Hollow, exhausted puppet master behind an allegedly “authentic” fox spirit influencer Authenticity. That golden buzzword of influencer culture. The thing every brand demands,…

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The Tyranny of Evergreen Content: Why I Keep Repurposing the Same 10 Posts

By Ken Hollow, burnt-out digital manager and reluctant advocate for recycled mediocrity Evergreen content. Just hearing the phrase makes me want to curl into a…

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Nana Vix’s Moon Ritual Content Calendar: How My Client Plans Posts by the Lunar Cycle

By Ken Hollow, unpaid astrologer and exhausted manager of one fox spirit’s mystic brand You haven’t known real despair until you’ve tried to build a…

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Why My DMs Are Full of Bots (and Why I Prefer Them)

By Ken Hollow, barely tolerated human clinging to relevance in the age of automated companionship It happened sometime around late 2024, though honestly I didn’t…

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Top 10 Low-Effort Posts That Still Get Likes (Because No One Reads Anyway)

By Ken Hollow, professional manager of illusions and enthusiast of minimal effort Let’s not lie to ourselves. We, the creators, the freelancers, the influencers —…

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The Algorithm Is Gaslighting Me: Why Engagement Metrics Are Bullsh*t in 2025

By Ken Hollow, human embodiment of low reach and broken analytics dashboards Ah, good morning to whoever’s still here. Or afternoon. Or whatever timezone we’re…

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Quiet Quitting, But For Creators: The Art of Posting Less and Caring Even Less

By Ken Hollow, exhausted digital manager to an immortal fox spirit with boundary issues Ah yes, “quiet quitting” — the corporate world’s favorite euphemism for…

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The Digital Economy Runs on Subscriptions (And I’m Broke)

by Ken Hollow, reluctant subscriber to everything, including his own despair It hit me this morning—right after I got a “Your Payment Failed” email from…