Richard Sherman ("Mr. Modem") is an author, syndicated columnist and technological humorist. President of Get-the-Net, Inc., Sherman is the creator and publisher of the award-winning, albeit Pulitzer-lacking, computer-help newsletter "Ask Mr. Modem" (www.MrModem.com). With subscribers in 39 countries, Mr. Modem provides geekspeak-free PC and Internet tips, Web site profiles, electronic gizmo tips, virus and hoax alerts, news and related information, all presented with his unique, occasionally skewed, sense of humor. He has appeared on more than 400 radio and TV talk shows, co-hosted the weekly "Gutsy Geeks" radio show, and hosted the Emmy-lacking "Mr. Modem Minute" on FOX-TV. As a nationally syndicated columnist, his "Ask Mr. Modem!" column appears in more than 300 publications. An Internet pioneer, Sherman first ventured onto the Internet in 1988, and as "Mr. Modem," has been providing an online helping hand to millions of computer users worldwide ever since.