My thoughts just might surprise you. Or they might not. April 15, 2026 | By Kevin Slimp A lot of folks who haven’t known me for a long time – let’s say more than 20 years – probably think I would get pretty excited about AI and all the things we can do with it. …
Relocating for the winter meant making plans for a mobile officeTitle February 4, 2026 | By Kevin Slimp This column is for my friends who enjoy reading about technology. There was a time, before some of you were born, when I wrote almost exclusively about technology. Many of the big software companies would send me …
Recent conversations have ignited my passion January 6, 2026 | By Kevin Slimp If I were to ask you to mark a spot on a line with a “1” on the left end and a “10” on the right end – with “10” representing “extremely passionate” and “1” representing “no passion at all” – how …
Kevin discusses software, not distribution methods November 6, 2025 | By Kevin Slimp Peter Coleman – managing editor at GXpress Magazine – an Australian-based publication focused on the newspaper industry – sent this email to me yesterday: “Hi Kevin, I hope you are well and doing well! I see an announcement today that our Aussie heroes …
How Kevin makes the most of his schedule without feeling stressed October 8, 2025 | By Kevin Slimp While I sit in front of my computer at 1:00 a.m., I ask myself, “Who am I to give anyone advice about time management?” I suppose you should know a few things before you judge me too quickly. …
and 21,000 LinkedIn followers are all worked up about it September 8, 2025 | By Kevin Slimp I once joked that if I were hosting a birthday party and wanted to be sure no one would attend, I’d send out the invitations on LinkedIn. More about that later. Around 12 years ago, a young man, around …
August 7, 2025 | By Dale Gentry, Jefferson City, Tennessee A few days ago, I was waiting to cross the street at a new crosswalk in front of a popular downtown Jefferson City restaurant. The pick-up to my right immediately stopped when he saw me at the edge of the street. Another vehicle coming from the …
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July 1, 2025 | By Kevin Slimp A benefit of experience is understanding that you probably don’t know nearly as much as you once thought you did. One of the things I love most about leading focus groups is being surprised. Let’s face it, not much is surprising anymore. With that in mind, I’d like to …
June 1, 2025 | By Kevin Slimp I’ve had such a great time visiting publishers, editors, designers, and ad reps at conventions over the past few months. At most conventions, I’ve sat at tables pulled together to accommodate 20 or more publishers and editors as I critiqued their newspapers. My most recent stop was at …
May 10, 2025 | By Kevin Slimp I love seeing newspapers thrive. The more people tell me things aren’t possible, the more I enjoy it. I guess it comes from years of being told things were impossible. Take the PDF printing method. In the early ‘90s, when I started tinkering with the idea of creating a …
Newspaper growth impossible? Don’t even get me started. Read More »