Tag: #ManagerOnEdge
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By Ken Hollow, survivor of 4,000 Slack pings and counting I have seen the face of hell, and it is a recurring calendar invite labeled “Quick Sync.” There is no such thing as a quick sync. There is only the slow death of my soul as six people talk in circles for 45 minutes, then…
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By Ken Hollow, unwilling stream tech and chaos manager Here’s a sentence I never wanted to say: I am now the livestream producer for a fox spirit influencer who thinks buffering is a personal insult. Yes, Nana has decided that the world must see her live. Not pre-recorded. Not edited. Not safely tucked away behind…
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By Ken Hollow, podcast producer by blackmail Let me start by saying: I don’t hate podcasts. I hate this podcast. The podcast that was never supposed to happen. The one my fox spirit client, Nana Vix, manifested into existence with a combination of soft threats, velvet cooing, and one very cursed crystal mic she claimed…
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By Ken Hollow, professional overthinker and part-time emoji decoder Feedback is supposed to be constructive. Helpful. Collaborative. Instead, it’s often delivered in the most emotionally ambiguous format possible: the single “LOL.” When a client replies “LOL” to something I’ve sent, my brain doesn’t hear laughter. My brain hears: 🔹 The Problem With Digital Tone Tone…
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By Ken Hollow, part-time diplomat, full-time liar-for-hire Here’s the first rule of freelancing: every client needs to feel like they are your one and only. The Beyoncé of your roster. The sun around which your entire creative orbit revolves. And here’s the second rule: that is a complete and utter fabrication. In reality, you are…
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By Ken Hollow, freelance chameleon and reluctant trend hopper Every Monday, I check my analytics like a responsible content creator who pretends to enjoy numbers. And every Monday, the platforms collectively decide I am no longer the person I was last week. Last week? Oh, I was a motivational lifestyle guru. The week before that?…
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By Ken Hollow, freelance prisoner of pastel purgatory The text came in at 8:14 a.m., right when I was pretending to do my morning routine and not just staring at my phone in bed. “Hey, it’s just a quick edit.” From Nana Vix. Those six words are the freelance equivalent of “We need to talk.”…
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By Ken Hollow, AI wrangler, burnout survivor, and reluctant personal brand When GPT-5 dropped, I thought, “Perfect. Finally, an assistant who can handle my tone so I can stop writing captions at 1 a.m. while half-watching reruns of Kitchen Nightmares.” The dream: teach it to write like me, minus the spiraling panic that I lace…
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By Ken Hollow, now officially the unpaid brand ambassador for AI GPT-5 is here. The internet’s buzzing, tech bros are frothing, and I just watched three YouTube thumbnails promise it will “change EVERYTHING.” And to be fair… it might. It can write better than your average LinkedIn “thought leader,” code entire apps faster than you…
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There’s a romanticized image of “working in digital marketing” that gets passed around on LinkedIn — all minimalist coffee shops, sleek laptops, and people in turtlenecks nodding thoughtfully over pie charts. In this fantasy, you spend your days “driving engagement” and “leveraging data,” occasionally pausing to sip an oat latte and update your personal brand…