The Tyranny of E-mail (30 page)

and Internet,
91

newspapers in,
72
,
74
,
176

study of schoolchildren in,
148

telegraph/telegrams in,
68
,
76
,
77
,
83

time in,
66

universities,
118
,
173

Usenet,
93
,
122

variable interval reinforcement schedule,
136-37

viruses,
117
,
119-20
,
123
,
127

War Games
(film),
118

watches,
78-79

WebWorkerDaily,
211-12

Western Union,
21
,
43
,
59
,
61-62
,
66-67
,
79
,
83

whereness, computers as tool for,
95

White House, e-mails from,
182-83

Wikipedia,
102

work breakdown between personal life and,
195
,
209

burnout from,
161
,
196
,
210

as continuously available,
205

convenience of,
164

and Don’t Send,
207-8

excessive,
159-66
,
209-10
,
214

group,
218-19

and manifesto for a slow communication movement,
195

and “now,”
184-85

stress in,
161-64
,
220

World War I,
75

World War II,
89

writing, as means of communicating,
146-47

Y2K,
170

Yahoo!,
11
,
149
,
175

YouPorn.com,
145

YouTube,
2
,
17
,
145
,
156
,
157
,
178
,
220

Zilliacus, Laurin,
23
,
27
,
29
,
100

zip codes,
24