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April 25 Blogito, ergo sum (Latin: "I am blogging, therefore I exist", or traditionally "I blog, therefore I am")
The BBC runs a story about a homeless in London, living in her car almost a year now, cut off from her home, but in touch with people from all over the world.
For eight months, no one notices her, because she makes sure she looks respectable, taking showers and even ironing her clothes in public places like hospitals. She has made herself invisible, out of touch from anyone she used to know - and keeping separate from other homeless people. But this is the information age. And even though she doesn't speak to anyone, she can go into a library where she can access the internet and write an online journal - a homelessness blog - which she uses to describe all her unspoken experiences and feelings. (BBC)
From low visibility in daily life to high visibility online. From being cut off to being connected. From not sharing her story with people she knew, to sharing it world wide with people she comes to know.
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