J. Gerry Purdy

I have written three books, and I still get royalty checks from my publishers. I open the envelope typically every six months to find money that rewards me for my original work. It’s like someone is printing money and sending it to me. Although my royalty checks are printed from a rather small printing press, […]

In the United States, there are 55.5 million kids in K-12 and another 11.5 million students in two-year or four-year colleges, according to statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau. With an average of four textbooks per student, that’s close to 67 million textbooks sold a year. At an average of $25 per book, that’s a […]

I hate going to large trade shows like CES. You get tired-really bone dead tired walking for what seems like 100 miles going from one meeting to another. Did I forget to mention that I actually also love shows like CES because when I get home from major shows like this, I realize that they […]

Recently, I stated my predictions for 2012. Here, I provide my wish list. The difference is simple: In my earlier column, I predicted things that have not happened yet. However, for this list, I wish for things to be fixed or for things that would make a good extension to something that’s already in the […]

Most people are likely saying “good riddance” to 2011. It wasn’t a very good year on the global economic front. However, the tech world seemed to weather the world’s economic uncertainty better than other industries. In the mobile and wireless market, the pace of innovation continued to accelerate with the advancement of Google’s Android operating […]

Are you aware that we’re creating another Internet? It’s one that is mobile-centric rather than Web-centric, and it’s going to continue and become more important in the years to come. The reason that a good part of the Web is being recreated right before our eyes is summed up in one word: mobile. If you […]

With the AT&T acquisition of T-Mobile now dead, the future of T-Mobile is uncertain. The wireless carrier doesn’t have enough wireless spectrum to compete in the 4G market, and the company lacks what every other major carrier now has-the iPhone. T-Mobile also doesn’t have anywhere near the large number of subscribers as Sprint, Verizon Wireless […]

Mobile is a term that is very quickly taking on new meanings. Only five years ago, mobile just used to mean laptops. Then, the term expanded to include the ubiquitous BlackBerry devices that everyone carried. Now, it’s more of a general term that not only includes laptops and BlackBerry devices, but also the ever-increasing offerings […]

I watched a replay of the Dec. 6 news story reporting that actor Alec Baldwin had been thrown off an American Airlines flight in Los Angeles for continuing to use his smartphone since the flight was delayed at the gate for approximately 15 minutes. Baldwin was reportedly told by the flight attendant to turn off […]

The National Transportation Safety Board has issued a recommendation that states pass laws to ban the use of cell phones for all drivers. The recommended ban, which the NTSB officially announced Dec. 12, has merit, especially in light of the tragic accident Aug. 5, 2010, in Gray Summit, Mo., in which the driver of a […]