Class Action

"In Web World of 24/7 Stress, Writers Blog Till They Drop"

By Kimberly A. Kralowec

An article on the front page of today's New York Times reports that "In Web World of 24/7 Stress, Writers Blog Till They Drop":

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.

Of course, the bloggers can work elsewhere, and they profess a love of the nonstop action and perhaps the chance to create a global media outlet without a major up-front investment. At the same time, some are starting to wonder if something has gone very wrong. In the last few months, two among their ranks have died suddenly.

....

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.

I haven't heard of that level of stress among law bloggers, although I've always wondered how Howard manages to be so prolific. Blogging is definitely a lot of work and can certainly cut into sleep time if you let it.

Full post as published by The UCL Practitioner on April 06, 2008 (boomark / email).