For Some, the Blogging Never Stops
May 26th, 2004As I was reading this article, I realized that I recognized the name Richard Wiggins. He was one of the keynote speakers at Internet Librarian 2003. And he has a blog. I also got a chuckle after reading the latter part of the article:
“Some compulsive bloggers take their obligation to extremes, blogging at the expense of more financially rewarding tasks.”
“Mr. Wiggins has missed deadline after deadline at Searcher, an online periodical for which he is a paid contributor.”
“Barbara Quint, the editor of the magazine, said she did all she could to get him to deliver his columns on time. Then she discovered that Mr. Wiggins was busily posting articles to his blog instead of sending her the ones he had promised, she said. “Here he is working all night on something read by five second cousins and a dog, and I’m willing to pay him,” she said.”
“Ms. Quint has grown more understanding of his reasons, if not entirely sympathetic. “The Web’s illusion of immortality is sometimes more attractive than actual cash,” she said.”
Guilty as charged as well. Sometimes I’m writing to my weblog (like right now) rather then doing some consulting work that I actually get paid for. Actually, I have completed all of my tasks for the evening, and will get all of my consulting work in on time (as usual) thank you very much. This is a must-read for weblog writers with day (and night) jobs. Fascinating.