One of my favourite authors and imaginary property activist Cory Doctrow has written an excellent column in Internet Evolution where he describes the bliss of Uninterupted Communications.

 From the Article:

“You see, I love communicating too much to be interrupted. Whether I’m writing an essay or a novel, composing an email, or chattering with someone by voice, the last thing I want is to be given a jolt of useless adrenaline every time something new lands in my queue. Indeed, the oppressive weight of the knowledge that the queue is lengthening is enough to stress me out — any time I go away for a day or a week, all I can think of is that mountain of mail accumulating on my server.”

“Linda Stone recently coined the term “email apnea,” to refer to the involuntary holding of the breath on confronting such a mountain. Stone went on to note all the negative health effects arising from breathing irregularities and speculated that the stress of coping with mail-mountains would eventually come to light as a major health-risk.”