What an uplifting read this was.
Good to see.
Next time a hobo asks me for spare change, I’ll ask him what his email is so I can email him some cash.
Sphere: Related ContentLas Vegas is a great city for Wi-Fi, Barbieux said: You can connect from outside most any hotel or casino, and the homeless keep each other informed about the best hot spots. Technology has helped him collect donations through a PayPal button on his web page instead of having to panhandle.
When he first got online in 1997, he saw a world where one could interact with people without awkward looks and hold conversations without difficult social interactions.
“I have social anxiety issues, and being able to communicate with folks without having an attack was great, and I discovered that I actually had a personality that people liked when I chatted with them,” he said. When friends at an internet discussion group suggested he start a blog in 2002, Yahoo tagged it one of the top 10 “new and notable” sites on the web. Suddenly he felt he had the world’s attention. “I could be doing other things with my time,” he said, “but I can’t think of anything else that could be so vital.”
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