Attention Annoying and Condescending Web Masters:
Your days are numbered.

We know your tricks. We know why you still use straight HTML instead of CMS. We know how you scare us into worrying about site breakage. We know how you hack together poorly written HTML files with half-done CSS and deprecated style tags. We know why you have thrown us into the dark pits of Go Daddy and Network Solutions… all so you can be the one, the only guide capable of navigating us through your obnoxious mix of bad design, arcane coding, and poor user interface. Shoot- if my only option was Go Daddy, I’d probably pay someone else to do things, too.

But as I said, your days are numbered. The rise of easy to install, easy to customize, and easy to maintain CMS solutions means that your clients can and should be able to make updates, add content, and do minor tweaking without your hourly rates. At the same time that technology has made the job of web self-mastery much easier, the economy has made the monthly expense of a “Guru” incredibly unappetizing.