Death by Blogging
According to this article in the NYT by Matt Richtel we're not taking enough breaks and it might just kill us.
But boy does this article hit home. I don't know about you but I have started to force myself to take days away from this little screen.
"A growing work force of home-office laborers and entrepreneurs, armed with computers and smartphones and wired to the hilt, are toiling under great physical and emotional stress created by the around-the-clock Internet economy that demands a constant stream of news and comment."
"Two weeks ago in North Lauderdale, Fla., funeral services were held for Russell Shaw, a prolific blogger on technology subjects who died at 60 of a heart attack. In December, another tech blogger, Marc Orchant, died at 50 of a massive coronary. A third, Om Malik, 41, survived a heart attack in December."
"Other bloggers complain of weight loss or gain, sleep disorders, exhaustion and other maladies born of the nonstop strain of producing for a news and information cycle that is as always-on as the Internet."
"Other bloggers complain of weight loss..."
Yeah.... I'm always complaining about THAT.
Posted by: David J. Montgomery | April 14, 2008 at 01:08 PM
Let's not forget the chronic muscle spasms in the neck, shoulders, and back. Why couldn't I get the weight loss side effect? *sigh*
Posted by: Joan Reeves | April 14, 2008 at 04:23 PM
I was relieved to read this post. I thought it would be easy to find time and subject matters to blog about, but neither was true. So I have a silly blog with almost nothing on it. And I'm kind of happy about that after reading this post.
Thanks M. J.
Posted by: Lorra Laven | April 14, 2008 at 05:51 PM
Thanks, M.J.!
Gee, weight loss as a side effect of blogging?
As a side effect of sitting at a computer for hours per day? Is this person in prison and denied solid food, while sitting on a stationary bike instead of a chair while writing long blog posts about hunger?
Posted by: Douglas Clegg | April 15, 2008 at 12:34 AM