Here at BEYOND THE BEYOND, the people we blog *about* will drop dead

http://printisdeadblog.com/2008/04/07/24-hour-posting-people-bloggers-feel-the-pressure/

Link: Print is Dead: Books in Our Digital Age » 24 Hour Posting People: Bloggers feel the pressure.

Matt Richtel in The New York Times over the weekend had an interesting article entitled “In Web World of 24/7 Stress, Writers Blog Till They Drop.” The article was about how bloggers, Internet writers and Web commentators feel increasingly under pressure to produce numerous large volumes of material for their online audiences, which then leads to fatigue, general burn-out, injury and sometimes even death.

"In terms of cautionary tales, the article cites two recent cases of blogging being bad for your health; one blogger died, while another had a heart attack. (Of course, the part that blogging played in each incident could be debated.) That being said, many everyday bloggers and Internet writers routinely complain that they feel they’re constantly running uphill, fighting a fight they know they’ll never win..."