Work - Life Balance ....!

So I'm at the Web 2.0 conference in San Francisco this week, and sitting in on a workshop about pitching to VC's. In addition to Christine Herron from First Round Capital and Bryce Roberts from O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures there were some guest entrepreneurs and CEO's, one of whom was Jeff Bonforte who recently became CEO of Xobni ("Inbox" spelled backwards), an exciting startup with a plug in that helps you organize your email inbox.

Jeff is quite a character (take that however you like) but he spent some time talking about life in a startup and how important it is to get a good "work-life" balance. For instance, he quoted a study someone did to show how a software programmer's productivity drops dramatically after 50 hours in a week. He also noted how ridiculous it is that so many startup people wear their 100% commitment to their idea or business as a badge of courage (I'm paraphrasing but that's the general idea).

Shortly after, Jeff starts getting distracted by checking his mobile device while still doing his talk (another typically silly multitasking thing everyone does here) and then tells the audience he's keeping an eye on it because he and his wife are due to have their first child that day.

Am I the only one to see the irony in this?