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David Choe, Homeless Millionaire

By Daniela Weiss-Bronstein on March 30, 2012 in Culture, Internet, Odds And Ends, Social Media

David Choe is a homeless artist who chose stock options instead of $60,000 from Facebook and now has a payout of about $200 million coming his way. The sum makes Choe’s work the second most expensive piece of artwork in history, right after a Cezanne. The problem with this thrilling rags-to-riches story is that it […]

Homeless People Relegated To Thing Status At SXSW

By Matt Algren on March 16, 2012 in Culture, Internet, Odds And Ends, TV/Film/Video

There are times when my outrage is so great that I lose the ability to adequately express it. Such has been the case this week after news broke that British advertising company BBH labs had the mind-bogglingly offensive idea to use homeless people as WiFi hotspots last weekend during the SXSW festival in Austin, TX. […]

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