Kia Kamgar

Apple Consultant & Tech Minimalist @ MacJunky
January 2, 2026

Friday Fury: What do you do?

If you can’t explain what you do within five words or less, you have no idea what you do and wasting time trying to sell your BS to a prospect. Watch the video on Odysee or YouTube Transcript “So this is a Friday Fury episode and as again if you don't like me swearing go and watch all my other awesome videos this one I'm going in. Toda...
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January 1, 2026

Fearing tech isn’t the answer

We all need to use tech in our lives, whether for work or personal use. Even though many fear using technology altogether, some fear using it due to the wrong choice rather than the tech itself. Watch the video on Odysee or YouTube Transcript “There are many people out there that don't like tech. They don't like using it. They don't li...
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December 31, 2025

Too busy to fix your busyness

Busyness is nothing to be proud of. If you’re too busy, there must be a friction point that needs to be fixed. No one should be too busy not to have time to do things they truly need to do. Fix your ‘busyness’. You’ll be happier for it. Watch the video on Odysee or YouTube Transcript “You should never be too busy to fix your busyness. ...
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December 30, 2025

How secure is your client’s data?

Your data is critical and should be secure and away from prying eyes, hacks and phishing attempts. But have you considered the client and project data you hold for your clients? Watch the video on Odysee or YouTube Transcription “When it comes to data, privacy, etc., and you're working with your clients, I would say that your client da...
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December 29, 2025

Cheers!

I’m starting the New Year early. Kia.
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December 26, 2025

Tech that’s easy to use and simple to maintain

Having the tools, you need to do your work should be as easy as everything else you do during the day. Life is hard enough already. We don’t need our tech adding more friction. Watch the video on Odysee or YouTube. Transcription “Life is already difficult enough. So what we try to do is make things simpler, easier, more comfortable for...
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December 25, 2025

Does your tech bring you joy?

Doing something that doesn’t bring you joy is no fun. Doing work with tools you don’t like is no different. There’s nothing worse than doing your work with apps that suck and are challenging to use. Watch the video on Odysee or YouTube Transcript “We all want to do things that we enjoy doing. There's no point doing something that we do...
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December 24, 2025

Chilling with Woof!

Kia.
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December 24, 2025

Backup is great, but offline is better!

We all know that having a backup of our data is essential. So why is it that when you’re posting something long-form, you use an online tool/platform that could easily not save/update or store your data correctly?! Watch the video on Odysee or YouTube Transcription “Earlier this morning, I was in a audio room on LinkedIn. It's like Clu...
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December 23, 2025

The best lazy email workflow

Many small businesses struggle with email and how it’s used to collaborate. But there is an easy, dare I say it, lazy email workflow that might work for you too. Watch the video on Odysee or YouTube Transcript “Recently, I did a project with one of my clients. He's been actually quite a long-term client. And the first time he called me...
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December 22, 2025

The importance of not having a job

We all need a purpose; otherwise, we aimlessly drift and waste our time on the mundane. So doing something we enjoy and getting paid for is the ultimate goal. Watch the video on Odysee or YouTube Transcript “I hate the word 'job'. I can't stand it. It annoys me, it irritates me. It always has irritated me. I always wanted to be my own ...
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December 19, 2025

It's ok to just use the stock Apple apps

Sometimes we need to get a third-party app to get our work done. However, using the stock Apple apps can be easier and save you time and money. Watch the video on Odysee or YouTube Transcription “I'm one of these people that like using stock apps, so stock Apple Notes, Calendar, etc. But there are apps that you can get that are skins t...
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December 18, 2025

Tonight view

Motril, Spain. Kia.
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December 18, 2025

Not all technology is good technology

There's a different between wanting something and needing it. When it comes to technology we use in our daily lives nowadays, I feel it's more of a want through great marketing rather than the need for it. This is a video reply to a post I made on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7406312699187511296 Watch ...
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December 17, 2025

Productivity is a lie

The longer you look for a way to be more productive by learning everything under the sun, the longer it’ll take for you to actually get off your ass and do it. Watch the video on Odysee or YouTube Transcript “So if you've been following me for a while, you'll know that I hate using the word productivity, and there's a lot of reasons fo...
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December 16, 2025

I was a little naive

It’s not often you release that you’ve gone down the wrong path. But you can always steer back into familiar territory when things become clearer. Watch the video on Odysee or YouTube Transcription “Okay, well my eyes are still kind of irritating me, so I'll be rubbing them now and again. I want to talk about how naive I've been, and I...
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December 15, 2025

Monday Muse: Create art, not content

There is no ’best practice’ with art or what’s now called ‘content’. Art comes from the love of what you like and your interpretation of it. Watch the video on Odysee or YouTube Transcript “You know I'm privileged in being able to wake up pretty much at any time of the day and effectively do what I want on that day. I've never set myse...
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December 12, 2025

Friday Fury: Cheesy newsletter shit

I think we’re all getting fed up with newsletters and how they try to manipulate you into buying something. Not even that, but they all look the same! Watch the video on Odysee or YouTube Transcript “In today's Friday Fury, I want to talk about email. Not emails that you and I send, as in, you know, communication, but email as in newsl...
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December 11, 2025

No one likes an audit

It doesn’t matter what kind of audit it may be, they’re always annoying, stressful and intimidating. But at times they're necessary. Watch the video on Odysee or YouTube Transcript “Well, today I'm doing something slightly different, as you can see. I'm in the forest. I've got a small tripod, but I can't put it down anywhere. So let's ...
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December 10, 2025

Stop having meetings

Having too many meetings can be more of a headache than many realise. The best way for you, the team, the project or even the client to know what’s going on is to have a single source of truth. Watch the video on Odysee or YouTube Transcription “This might be an unpopular opinion, but I actually personally like meetings. But it doesn't...
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December 9, 2025

How can adding something can help you simplify?

It’s so counter-intuitive, especially when Tech Minimalism tells us the opposite, but sometimes it’s better to add something to your toolkit that helps us simplify our business. Watch the video on Odysee or YouTube Transcription “It's been a while. I can't believe it's been, what, a couple of months. I haven't made a video now. And I w...
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December 8, 2025

Saving money is simpler

There are plenty of gurus out there telling you how you could make more money. But have you thought that simply not wasting money could be more beneficial? Watch the video on Odysee or YouTube Transcript “I think we all understand the difference between making money and saving money. Making money, i.e. working, hustling, doing whatever...
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December 5, 2025

Never fear the unknown

It's all too common to fear the task than actually doing the test itself. As a result, we sometimes fall into a place where we feel anxious about trying something new. Even though, deep down, we know it's probably better for us. Watch the video on YouTube or Odysee Transcript “The fear of doing the thing often outweighs doing the thing...
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December 4, 2025

Complicated tech shittery

Getting frustrated with tech is annoying and infuriating, so when a company thinks of making a product, they never think about the shittery they’re creating when it has a problem or issue. Watch the video on YouTube or Odysee Transcript “You know, one thing I hate, there's many things I hate. One of the things I hate about tech is comp...
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December 3, 2025

Tonight’s view

Location Kia.
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December 3, 2025

Email is the only constant

Often the thing you use most and take for granted is the most important in your life. However, we don't often consider it important until something goes wrong. Think about having a cut at the end of any finger. Watch the video on YouTube or Odysee Transcript “Since the dawn of the internet, the only constant has been email. Using it, s...
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December 2, 2025

If it’s clunky it’ll make you unproductive

The more clunky the app, the less likely you will use it. It’s a simple fact. How do I know? Well, it comes from the clients I work with. Not only that, but it also comes from my personal experience. Watch the video on YouTube or Odysee Transcript “I don't think anyone likes complications and friction. Everyone wants to get rid of it. ...
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December 1, 2025

Building dreams

A dream is only a wish if you don’t act on it. I’ve been lucky throughout my life where I’ve lived the dreams I’ve wished for. With a little work, you could too. Watch the video on YouTube or Odysee Transcript “It's been exactly a year since my last video. So last year, July 4th, was the last video I made. Now why did it take me so lon...
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November 28, 2025

Stop hacking your tools!

The best solution is the simple one. So if you’re constantly fixing the ‘hacks’ that are supposed to make your life easier, then what’s the point? You’re only ’Sellotaping’ a fix and not fixing it permanently. Right? Watch the video Transcript “As you know, my computer tech career started when I was really young. When I got into the mu...
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November 27, 2025

Are you using automation because you’re busy?

I’ve often said that automation is for the lazy and unorganised. However, I also know that it’s a tool to help the busy get organised. The issue I find is that often it’s used due to people being too busy rather than their need for it. Watch the video Transcript “If I asked you what was the single thing that would identify you as being...
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