The Original Microblogger

1 · James Smith · June 13, 2008, midnight
I’ve just been reading an article about the diarist Robert Shields, who sadly passed away last year, describing his amazing “condition”. Robert was thought to have hypergraphia, an overwhelming urge to write, and detailed every action of his life meticulously in a collection of diaries. The entries chronicled every 5 minutes of his life. Every mundane, boring detail, such as the following gem: July 25, 1993 7am: I cleaned out the tub and scraped my feet with my fingernails to remove layers of d...