{"id":116,"date":"2012-03-13T23:30:57","date_gmt":"2012-03-14T06:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faithandtechnology.org\/blog\/?p=116"},"modified":"2012-03-13T23:30:57","modified_gmt":"2012-03-14T06:30:57","slug":"homeless-hotspots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/faithandtechnology.org\/blog\/2012\/03\/13\/homeless-hotspots\/","title":{"rendered":"Homeless hotspots"},"content":{"rendered":"

There’s a bit of controversy surrounding this idea that a marketing firm had of turning homeless people into wireless hotspots<\/a> during the SXSW technology conference in Austin. They go around selling wi-fi access to attendees of the conference, techies who can’t stand to be away from the Internet.<\/p>\n

<\/br>[Image source: The Daily What<\/a>]<\/br>
\nSome folks think it’s exploitation of the homeless:
\nForbes<\/a>
\nFOX News<\/a>
\nReadWriteWeb<\/a><\/p>\n

Others think it’s a pretty good idea, better than the alternatives, etc:
\nCNN<\/a>
\nMashable<\/a>
\nThe Verge<\/a><\/p>\n

Others have looked at “the homeless cloud” from both sides now (apologies to Joni Mitchell):
\nNPR<\/a>
\nVancouver Sun<\/a><\/p>\n

I think it’s brilliant. Perhaps not as well executed as it could have been, but it sounds like the people involved as mobile hotspots enjoyed it and felt honored to be part of this experiment. I hope it gets tried again.<\/p>\n

What do you think?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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