I mean can there really be people dying as a result of an overdose of blogging? In what I think is typical media hype, the NY Times is claiming Blogging may be Dangerous, especially when it is done by bloggers who well,just can’t stop blogging.
They cite a few high profile examples:
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.
I agree that too much of anything can be dangerous. It’s not simply the act of blogging though, duh. We did warn you that death could occur just by using your laptop for a very prolonged period of time, e.g. prolonged immobilisation causing deep vein thrombosis which in turn leads to pulmonary embolism.
It is timely that we remind you once again to practice Safe Computing. Here are 10 Health Tips for regular computer users
Post from: Malaysian Medical Resources (Source: Malaysian Medical Resources)