[Reader-list] Top international blogger of India repute gets heart attack; blogging blamed :)

[Shivam Vij शिवम् विज्]

not a heart attack yet!

On 1/9/08, Pawan Durani <pawan.durani at gmail.com> wrote:
> Shouldn't you be more worried about what it has done to you ?
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> On 1/9/08, Shivam Vij शिवम् विज् <mail at shivamvij.com> wrote:
> > sorry, yes. see what blogging does to you!
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> > On 1/9/08, Pawan Durani < pawan.durani at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Shouldnt the Subject have been "Top Indian Blogger of International
> repute "
> > > ...........???
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> > > On 1/8/08, Shivam Vij शिवम् विज् < mail at shivamvij.com> wrote:
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> > > > Some Brand-Name Bloggers Say Stress of Posting Is a Hazard to Their
> > > > Health
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > By DAN FOST
> > > > The New York Times, January 7, 2008
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> > >
> http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/07/technology/07blogger.html?ex=1357362000&en=5ab6ac4566c0cc92&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
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> > > > Om Malik's blog, GigaOm, regularly breaks news about the technology
> > > > industry. Last week, the journalist turned blogger broke a big story
> > > > about himself. Mr. Malik, 41, blogged that he had suffered a heart
> > > > attack on Dec. 28.
> > > >
> > > > "I was able to walk into the hospital for treatment that night and
> > > > have been recovering here ever since," Mr. Malik wrote. "With the
> > > > support of my family and my team, I am on the road to a full recovery.
> > > > I am going to be O.K."
> > > >
> > > > His heart attack — and his blogging about it — raises the issue of
> > > > what happens when a blogger becomes a name brand.
> > > >
> > > > "The trouble with a personal brand is, you're yoked to a machine,"
> > > > said Paul Kedrosky, a friend of Mr. Malik's who runs the Infectious
> > > > Greed blog. "You feel huge pressure to not just do a lot, but to do a
> > > > lot with your name on it. You have pressure to not just be the C.E.O
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> > > > but at the same time to write, and to do it all on a shoestring. Put
> > > > it all together, and it's a recipe for stress through the roof."
> > > >
> > > > Mr. Malik has 12 employees, including a chief operating officer, and
> > > > editors run some of his blogs, Yet, "It's his name on the door," Mr.
> > > > Kedrosky said. "People want to know what Om Malik thinks. People want
> > > > to see posts with Om Malik's byline."
> > > >
> > > > Paul Walborsky, the chief operating officer for Mr. Malik's company,
> > > > Giga Omni Media, played down stress as a factor in Mr. Malik's health.
> > > > He noted Mr. Malik's incessant smoking of cigars and cigarettes was a
> > > > more likely cause.
> > > >
> > > > In his post last Thursday, Mr. Malik blamed a variety of vices.
> > > > "Friends and family have purged my apartment of smokes, scotch and all
> > > > my favorite fatty foods — I am even going to be drinking decaf," wrote
> > > > Mr. Malik. His online avatar features a drawing of him wearing a press
> > > > fedora and chomping a cigar, and until he rented an office last year
> > > > he worked largely out of a Starbucks in San Francisco.
> > > >
> > > > The day after his blog, more than 800 people had posted comments on
> > > > Mr. Malik's site wishing him a speedy recovery and offering lessons
> > > > from their own health ailments. The sympathy rolled in from fellow
> > > > journalists, start-up chief executives, venture capitalists, public
> > > > relations professionals and, naturally, other tech bloggers.
> > > >
> > > > Despite joining the exhortations that "we need you," Mr. Kedrosky also
> > > > warned, "If you come back to blogging before I give you permission,
> > > > I'll be at your door to take away your MacBook."
> > > >
> > > > Mr. Malik, a native of India, has written for tech and business
> > > > magazines including Forbes, Red Herring and the recently shuttered
> > > > Business 2.0. GigaOm started as his personal blog, but he left
> > > > Business 2.0 in 2006 when venture capitalists financed his idea to
> > > > turn the blog into a business.
> > > >
> > > > It now operates several Web sites, including Web Worker Daily,
> > > > NewTeeVee, Earth2Tech and Found/Read, each of which has its own
> > > > arsenal of staff and freelance contributors.
> > > >
> > > > Michael Arrington, who founded the popular TechCrunch blog, said he
> > > > did not know to what extent stress had to do with Mr. Malik's attack,
> > > > "but the stress is crushing in what we do."
> > > >
> > > > "I was a corporate lawyer and an entrepreneur, and I know about
> > > > working all the time. But now, you're always worried a big story is
> > > > breaking in your e-mail, and if you wait an hour, you'll miss it.
> > > > Every morning when I wake up, the panic hits and I have to see my
> > > > e-mail as soon as possible."
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