[Air-L] internet and homelessness

[sarina.chen at uni.edu]

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