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"I don't have home but I have a blog"

Kaliya Young · June 25, 2006 · Leave a Comment

This is interesting how technology can actually help the homeless from Wired.

Helping the homeless get e-mail addresses has been a priority for years at shelters across the country. And in an age when most every public library in the nation offers internet access, the net has proven a perfect communication tool for those without a firm real-world address.
“Because of technology, people are able to keep in contact with their families,” Stoops said. And perhaps most importantly, they are able to get some footing in society regardless of how removed from it they may feel.
Las Vegas vagrant Kevin Barbieux runs a blog that’s brought him a dose of digital stardom. He’s been writing The Homeless Guy since 2002. “It’s the only real success I’ve had in my life,” he said. Barbieux’s site garners 12,000 to 15,000 hits a month. He attributes that to the storytelling ethic of his posts, which detail not only his own travails, but those of colleagues in shelters and city parks. Technology has helped him collect donations through a PayPal button on his web page instead of having to panhandle.
Having a presence online can be a problem. Hellerich deleted most blog posts from her homeless days when a prospective employer Googled her and found the page (it cost her the job).

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