THis reminds me that there is a classic story of homeless in california, written up somewhere, It may have been santa monica, but i think the network was PEN and the googe shows http://www.mckeown.net/PENaddress.html there is likley more about. On Feb 18, 2009, at 7:35 PM, sarina.chen@uni.edu wrote:
Years ago, a homeless person (obviously, with no snail mail address), in Des Moines, Iowa, utilizing only his e-mail address, found himself a job (and thus, a home) using the Internet in the public library.
After that, I told my students that you did not need a snail mail address to land a job, but you would need an e-mail address; and that if you were not online, you were not in America (referencing a service provider then, America Online).
Shing-Ling Sarina Chen Dept. of Communication Studies Univ. of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA 50614
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