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The Last Bastion of the Digital Divide May Have Fallen follow this blog post

He has accounts on Facebook, Myspace and Twitter. He runs an Internet Forum on Yahoo and keeps in touch with the rest of his friends via email.

He is 37 and homeless. He lives under a bridge in NY City.

"Mr Pitts may lack a mailing address" according to a May 30/31 Wall Street Journal feature by Phred Dvorak but you can certainly find him virtually.

Roughly half of some 200 shelters in the city (run by various non-profits and the city itself) offer online access.

When was the last time you required a mailing address to make a hire? Gotta love it.

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  • 1 point 5 months ago

    Nice find, amigo... and if Bill Gates or some other foundations start donating those $100 computers that use hand-cranking or solar power, and you're located in a metro area with free wifi, the homeless may not even need to go into a shelter for Net access!

  • 1 point 5 months ago

    How was your Job seeker webinar?

     

  • 1 point 5 months ago

    Will he take the Night Train Express to work?  Ripple Effect.