Robert Scoble pointed to this interesting post by Linda Stone on Email Apnea – “a temporary absence or suspension of breathing, or shallow breathing, while doing email.” Apparently, for a variety of reasons, it’s pretty common for us to hold our breath while working in email, and this can have a far-reaching impact on our stress levels, health, etc.. Honestly, I was a little skeptical, but now that I’m aware of it, I have found that I’m not breathing regularly when composing messages, reading through my Inbox, etc.. I see some breathing exercises in my future…
Read the article for more detail and see Robert’s comments here.
Clive Thompson’s Take on Email Apnea
A couple of weeks ago I referenced Linda Stone’s post on Email Apnea, “a temporary absence or suspension of breathing, or shallow breathing, while doing email.” Late last week, Clive Thompson pondered why the condition occurs: “It’s so metaphorically rich
Posted by ClearContext Corporate Weblog on February 26th, 2008.
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