Blogging Takes Its Toll on TechCrunch’s Arrington
Influential--and often controversial--tech guru Michael Arrington has decided to take a leave of absence from TechCrunch, the Web site he co-founded in 2005. Arrington explained in his decision in an emotional post that described how getting spit on in the face at the Digital, Life, Design Conference in Munich has forced him to reconsider his career.
"In the past I've been grabbed, pulled, shoved, and otherwise abused at events, but never spat on. I think this is where I'm going to draw a line."
Arrington, 38, a former corporate attorney and the man behind several tech start-ups, has withstood and tolerated years of verbal and sometimes physical abuse. Last summer, Arrington wrote, he received death threats from a man with a felony record and a gun. The incident forced Arrington to hide out at his parents' house for a week.
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