The blogger that I have found of most interest is Anthony (Tony) from Toronto, Ontario. Most bizarrely he has never seen the Internet, has never touched a computer, nor has had the any of the luxuries most of us take for granted on a daily basis. His blogging will not profit us nor will it entertain us, but it will open our eyes.

Tony is one of many homeless we see, he lives on the street, and he is the face (and now voice) behind what most of try to ignore or are ignorant or fearful of.

His words are brought to us, in blogger format, by Phil. Phil doesn’t edit Tony’s words, nor does he try to make Tony look innocent nor appear as a victim.

We live in a society of irrational fears of strangers and serious phobias of scams and con-artists as well as overwhelming stats, which makes it much too easily overt our eyes from making contact with the homelessness of our cities.

Phil gives Tony a voice, and while Tony’s story is far from complete, and surely will not end with a happy ending, we are better educated and informed by the knowledge he bestows on us. Most poignantly he describes why getting a job is not nearly as simple as we want to believe, and how family is not always about blood and genes and why things like shelters are not always the answer. His words can be found here… http://homelessmanspeaks.wordpress.com/

JaneyRedBrick@gmail.com

The blogger that I have found of most interest is Anthony (Tony) from Toronto, Ontario. Most bizarrely he has never seen the Internet, has never touched a computer, nor has had the any of the luxuries most of us take for granted on a daily basis. His blogging will not profit us nor will it entertain us, but it will open our eyes.

Tony is one of many homeless we see, he lives on the street, and he is the face (and now voice) behind what most of try to ignore or are ignorant or fearful of.

His words are brought to us, in blogger format, by Phil. Phil doesn’t edit Tony’s words, nor does he try to make Tony look innocent nor appear as a victim.

We live in a society of irrational fears of strangers and serious phobias of scams and con-artists as well as overwhelming stats, which makes it much too easily overt our eyes from making contact with the homelessness of our cities.

Phil gives Tony a voice, and while Tony’s story is far from complete, and surely will not end with a happy ending, we are better educated and informed by the knowledge he bestows on us. Most poignantly he describes why getting a job is not nearly as simple as we want to believe, and how family is not always about blood and genes and why things like shelters are not always the answer. His words can be found here… http://homelessmanspeaks.wordpress.com/

JaneyRedBrick@gmail.com

Tim is a gifted speaker and an all around excellent guy. I’ve learned a lot talking with Tim and listening to him help others before and after user group meetings and at Microsoft events. Tim isn’t a Microsoft employee. He doesn’t do it because he has to; he does it for the love of the game. In my book, that’s pretty cool.

You can watch John at: I can’t find the URL anywhere but he spoke at Stanford and MIT a few years back and it was phenomenal. I’ll keep looking.

you can read his (his)story at: http://cervisa.com/

and most recently he spoke at MIT: http://civic.mit.edu/?p=13

John and I are friends and colleagues. I hired him at Habbo in 2004 after he’d sent me his resume. I saw “The Farm” and “The Well” in his cover letter and felt like we’d struck gold.

He’s truly “the man” when it comes to community building and knowledge. He’s lived it, breathed it and walked it for 30+ years.

Rebecca

Definitely, google him, he’s fascinating and a heck of a nice guy.

Tim is a gifted speaker and an all around excellent guy. I’ve learned a lot talking with Tim and listening to him help others before and after user group meetings and at Microsoft events. Tim isn’t a Microsoft employee. He doesn’t do it because he has to; he does it for the love of the game. In my book, that’s pretty cool.

You can watch John at: I can’t find the URL anywhere but he spoke at Stanford and MIT a few years back and it was phenomenal. I’ll keep looking.

you can read his (his)story at: http://cervisa.com/

and most recently he spoke at MIT: http://civic.mit.edu/?p=13

John and I are friends and colleagues. I hired him at Habbo in 2004 after he’d sent me his resume. I saw “The Farm” and “The Well” in his cover letter and felt like we’d struck gold.

He’s truly “the man” when it comes to community building and knowledge. He’s lived it, breathed it and walked it for 30+ years.

Rebecca

Definitely, google him, he’s fascinating and a heck of a nice guy.