Blogging To Death

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This cautionary tale in the NYT may be a little over the top, but it illustrates the downside for bloggers trying to publish technology scoops.

I remember when news radio was a major player in the San Diego market. The competing stations — and their reporters driving from story to story — would get the headlines, while the newspapers got the full story with depth. Not long after a few reporters and on-air personalities retired from local news radio, they died of heart attacks and other ailments.

Did the work attract hard-driving people with no regard for their health, or did the jobs do them in? Six years at a technology startup taught me plenty about long hours and stress. It’s just part of the culture. 

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