sem teto, com blog
Na Wired, hoje, uma matéria sobre sem-tetos americanos que levam uma vida virtual mais ativa do que a minha. Graças a laptops, conexões Wi-Fi em bibliotecas públicas, hotéis e cassinos, eles mantêm blogs, perfis no myspace, no flickr, no youtube, o diabo.
Terri Hellerich’s connection to the information superhighway is all that made life livable on the streets. "It kept me sane and provided my income," she said. Hellerich found herself homeless after a landlord in West Sacramento kicked her out and kept her belongings to make up for a debt. She didn’t have a change of clothes, but she did have an old cell phone that she could use to stay online and check her inbox.
Hellerich slept on benches but she frequented a women’s shelter with a cluster of internet-connected computers used mostly by the children who arrived at the safe house with their mothers. She started blogging and conducting a business. As an independent internet marketer, she was able to maintain bank accounts, nurse existing client connections and forge new business relationships. The business brought in only about $100 a month, but that was enough to help get her life back on track.
