04-13-2008, 04:16 PM
Death by blogging? :blinkie:
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Quote:In Web World of 24/7 Stress, Writers Blog Till They Drop
Quote: They work long hours, often to exhaustion. Many are paid by the piece not garments, but blog posts. This is the digital-era sweatshop. You may know it by a different name: home.They work long hours, often to exhaustion. Many are paid by the piece not garments, but blog posts. This is the digital-era sweatshop. You may know it by a different name: home.]
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Marilynn K. Yee/The New York Times
Matt Buchanan shows blogs may be a young mans game.
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.
Two weeks ago in North Lauderdale, Fla., funeral services were held for Russ
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