Instapaper'd this. No way I can read that article on that website.
The Way I Work: TechCrunch's Michael Arrington
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Re: The Way I Work: TechCrunch's Michael Arrington
#72> For example, in July, a CNN journalist was fired for tweeting her opinion about a Hezbollah leader. I wrote a piece about how ridiculous it was that she could not have an opinion. I know someone who works for CNN. It is in his contract that he cannot blog or otherwise express his opinion (and I assume not Tweet - contract predates Twitter).
> It is in his contract that he cannot blog or otherwise express his opinion
Exactly what is so ridiculous. That it wasn't a arbitrary decision doesn't make it a good one.
Re: The Way I Work: TechCrunch's Michael Arrington
#73I'd love to know what doctor told him it's better to sleep 4 or 5 hours and wake up on an alarm than to sleep 8 or 9 hours and wake up whenever. Sounds like something out of a Rodney Dangerfield joke.
I've seen a study that people who sleep 8/9 hours a night typically don't live as long. Of course, correlation vs causation and all that.
It's actually bracketed: 7-8 is ideal. Anything less or more is bad for you (usual disclaimers, etc.):
http://longevity.about.com/od/sleephealthandaging/a/sleep_du...
Re: The Way I Work: TechCrunch's Michael Arrington
#74"But then at some point in the past year, I suddenly lost my short-term memory." Has anyone else here run into this experience?
Actually, yes. Not completely (as in, not forever), and it's not very serious (I get the feeling of a failing short term memory in times when I'm more stressed out) but it's definitely cause for concern. I guess it is the combination of sleep deprivation and way too much stress.
This happened to me in my closing months of the old day job. I found myself at home, with no memory of how I came to be home, or of eating the dinner whose receipt was in my wallet.
Salaryman life, banzai.