{"id":2320,"date":"2009-05-31T12:34:02","date_gmt":"2009-05-31T12:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the19thfloor.net\/?p=2320"},"modified":"2009-05-31T12:34:02","modified_gmt":"2009-05-31T12:34:02","slug":"digital_nomads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the19thfloor.net\/?p=2320","title":{"rendered":"Digital Nomads"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you need further evidence that the Internet is changing the way we live, check out the Wall Street Journal<\/i> article on people who manage to get on-line even though they are homeless<\/a>. Some use inexpensive laptops while others get on-line using computers at libraries or shelters. And some use a little homespun ingenuity: <\/p>\n

For Skip Schreiber, 64, an amateur philosopher with wispy white hair
\nwho lives in a van, power is the biggest challenge to staying wired.
\nMr. Schreiber tended heating and ventilation systems before
\nwork-related stress and depression sidelined him around 15 years ago,
\nhe says.<\/i><\/p>\n

For his 60th birthday, he dipped into his monthly disability check
\nto buy a laptop, connected it to his car battery, and taught himself to
\nuse it. “I liked the concept of the Internet,” says Mr. Schreiber,
\n“this unlimited source of opinion and thought.”<\/i><\/p>\n

Keep in mind that the people interviewed for this article live in San Francisco, one of the most wired cities in the world. And I suspect that technological savviness isn’t a skill that most homeless people possess. But computers are only getting cheaper and most major cities will eventually have ubiquitous wireless networks that are dependable and fast. Once getting on-line is as easy as making a phone call (and we’re nearly there already), we’ll probably see more widespread Internet use among the homeless. That may not get them off the streets, but it might make them a little more visible and connected to a society that has largely ignored them. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you need further evidence that the Internet is changing the way we live, check out the Wall Street Journal article on people who manage to get on-line even though they are homeless. Some use inexpensive laptops while others get on-line using computers at libraries or shelters. And some use a little homespun ingenuity: For […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sfsi_plus_gutenberg_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_show_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_type":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_alignemt":"","sfsi_plus_gutenburg_max_per_row":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-1-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9Iwau-Bq","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/the19thfloor.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/the19thfloor.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/the19thfloor.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the19thfloor.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the19thfloor.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/the19thfloor.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2320\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/the19thfloor.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the19thfloor.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the19thfloor.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}