Blogging – slowly becoming a cause of death

ANUDAW?

Recently, i wrote about the excessive use of the Internet (which includes blogging ) and texting are to be included on the list of mental disorders. This time, its worse than just an illness.. we’re going to talk about death.

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.

To be sure, there is no official diagnosis of death by blogging, and the premature demise of two people obviously does not qualify as an epidemic. There is also no certainty that the stress of the work contributed to their deaths. But friends and family of the deceased, and fellow information workers, say those deaths have them thinking about the dangers of their work style.

The pressure even gets to those who work for themselves — and are being well-compensated for it.

Source and More about this article on the New York Times.

I haven’t heard yet of a pinoy blogger who died while blogging or the cause of death is blogging related. Like too much stress – article deadlines, or gained too much weight, or was killed because of a controversial post in the blog.

Death due to blogging.. creeeeeepy!

Are you a blog addict?  I’m 91% addicted to blogging…. YAIKS!