Blog posts and art roundups from Hika/Tām—the OC Art/Comics/Zines guy that loves to yap.
"Content" and the Engagement Wars
Why the word "content" has always been a red-herring, and comments are even better than Retweets.
From 2025 to 2026
Things I'm leaving behind in 2025. Things I've learned. Did I even accomplish anything? Yes, but it doesn't feel like it.
An Ode to Email
Internet friends are real. But moots and oomfies are not friendship at its fullest potential. Once again, it's the UX's fault.
Alienated Impostor
What if OCsky was an accident? What if Graphic Design was a fluke? My achievements feel like prisons.
Double Digital-Detox Report
I feel like Social Media detoxing was supposed to make me recentered and rejuvenated for a return to it… Now I just want to Quiet-Quit and be a Social Media visitor instead of a Social Media resident.
Small-Web Survival Guide for Social-Web Dropouts
SocMed Brain-Poison makes the Small-Web one hell of a withdrawal experience, but it'll be for the best.
Manifesto: An Online Creative's Social Web Dethroning
"Oh great, now he's writing manifestos…" Don't worry. It's just a personal one to solidify and manifest how I want to use the Social Web once my detox concludes.
My Posting Pains
Sharing became a stage, my peers became unwilling judges, and I developed a phobia of tomatoes, and even silence.
On Audience: Posts are Like Farts in the Wind
How micro-blogging, feeds, and algorithms leave us disappointed sometimes, and what we can do to fix it.
Hello World! A Leaflet Exclusive
How I plan to use my Leaflet account, and some feelings on micro vs macro-blogging in general.