"In the last few months, two among their (bloggers) ranks have died suddenly. … 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."
—Author Matt Richtel in a recent article in the New York Times
"The fact I have a few thousand people a day reading what I write — that's kind of cool. And, yes, it is exhausting. Sometimes, I just want to lie down." —Matt Buchanan, blogger for Gizmodo
"I haven't died yet. At some point, I'll have a nervous breakdown and be admitted to the hospital or something else will happen. "
—Michael Arrington, founder and co-editor of the technology blog TechCrunch
Source: New York Times
This article appears in Apr 9-15, 2008.