Episode #61
Bringing the Internet to Public Housing, Your Neighbors and a Unicorn
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
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NYCHA digital van (NYCHA Flickr)
This week on New Tech City, we're crossing the digital divide.
First up, some residents New York City's Housing Authority who use free WiFi vans
run by the city to apply for jobs, shop online, pay bills and take care
of other odds and ends on the internet. Then, there's Mike, a
50-something owner of a diner in Brooklyn who's never surfed the web.
According to a recent Pew poll, there are millions of people just like
Mike all around the country (h/t to our friends at TLDR,
a new WNYC podcast about all things internet). Finally, your home WiFi:
Should you nix the password and let anyone in range surf the web for
free? Tech writer Brian Hall did. Maybe he'll convince you to do the
same.
Scattered Knowledge
Artist: Revolution VoidAlbum: The Politics of Desire
Music Playlist
WiFi on Wheels Rolls Into Public Housing
In areas of the city where New Yorkers don't have easy access to
broadband, it can be difficult to find a job – or even a build a resume
to get started. The New York City Housing Authority is trying to help
some of its residents by rolling in WiFi on wheels.
Flowchart: Should You Open Your Home WiFi?
To open your home wireless internet, or not, that is the question.
And to help you decide whether or not to do away with that long string
of garbled letters and symbols allegedly protecting your internet, we
made you a flowchart.
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