On December 15th I helped organize an event in the Tenderloin neighborhood of San Francisco that was a great success. It was a partnership of several nonprofits: SF Connect, St. Anthony Foundation, San Francisco Network Ministries, Reliatech and Goodwill. Participants brought in their equipment and a dozen computer technicians were available to assess and repair them completely free of charge. While their computer was being fixed, participants could spend their time working one-on-one with volunteers on the computer to learn more about the computer and internet. I worked with three people who had never used the computer before, it’s such a great feeling to introduce someone to the internet.

CNET was there and created a nice video the gives a great overview. Here’s a link to the video.