When I talk to folks who staff shelters for the homeless, they tell me that they spend a lot of time of the phone trying to reach other shelters. Surely this is a situation that cries out for a web-based solution.more»
Many thanks are due to all the folks responded with thoughtful and very useful commentary about the challenge of building bridges between these two worlds. I am posting a selection of their comments here, having obtained permission to do so from each of the authors quoted here. Additional comments are very welcome! more»
Now that somebody has invented Freecycling, it seems like an obvious way that the internet can be used to bring resources and needs together in a community.more»
It's a powerful archetypal image - the baby left under cover of darkness on the doorstep of an orphanage.
Nowadays, we sometimes see a much less heartbreaking but thoroughly up to date version of this story: obsolete computers are left under cover of darkness on the doorstep of a nonprofit agency.more»
