In the new movie Julie & Julia, a young journalist in Queens nearly destroys her marriage when she becomes convinced that her blog's readers had become vitally dependent on her for something ultimately inconsequential: kitchen recipes. Nikki Finke, the powerful blogger on the film industry, is portrayed in a New Yorker magazine profile in October as a vengeful woman who rarely leaves her home to meet any of the industry titans she so often attacks. Ditto for writer Emily Gould, whose controversial New York Times Magazine cover story last year shows that she, too, cycled through two relationships as she allowed herself to be drawn too-deep into her job as a blogger for leading media gossip site Gawker.Readers: What's it like to be a 21st-century worker, where BlackBerries and other devices mean you are expected to work anywhere, anytime? Please post your replies in the comments section, below. To e-mail confidentially, write jimhopkins[at]gmail[dot-com]; see Tipsters Anonymous Policy in the green rail, upper right.
[Image: the NYT cover for Gould's "Blog-Post Confidential" article]
Just an aside, If you posted 310 times I probably logged on three times that many times to see if you had done anything new. And what the commentators had said about what you posted earlier. I was very, very attached to everything Gannettblog. Withdrawal was very hard and I was still checking back now and then ... just in case. And then, one day ... NEW POST. Here we go again!
ReplyDeleteIt's all how you manage things. BBs have a nifty feature/setting to turn the thing off at set times. You just have to be self-aware and manage yourself - that's called emotional intelligence. Appaprently, many don't have it.
ReplyDeleteturn off my bb with a setting? that's crazy talk. upload news from wherever you are and build your name -- we're all individual brands despite the company we work for. it's about being fast, first and known.
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