Sometimes it’s easy to get lost in the day-to-day decisions. Not just resolving problems with a particular client, or a bug just won’t get fixed. Not even whether you should be focusing on Drupal, WordPress, Joomla or something else entirely.
There are much bigger trends and decisions to make. If you’re reading this there’s a good chance you’ve already made a very smart career choice … building an Internet business. It’s sad but I’m reminded why every time I leave the office.
We live in North Georgia, less than an hour’s drive from Atlanta. It’s a fairly prosperous area but I was able to take these photos along one small stretch of road just outside the town center. I could have kept driving and snapping all day, but you get the bigger picture … this recession is absolutely killing bricks-and-mortar business models. Even if it doesn’t feel like it every day, and even if you’ve made a few mistakes, the chances are you answered the big question correctly: