Another hazard of blogging: death
April 7, 2008
Off topic, but worth noting: there’s a great article in the New York Times talking about how bloggers are working themselves to death.
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The surprising thing for me about that article is how hard these bloggers work and how little they earn.
The NY Times compared it to sweatshops.
The bloggers profiled did more work that the startups they covered–and they’re not getting nearly as rich.