The end of Lopico

I have decided that I am shutting down Lopico in the coming weeks. It was a tough decision, but ultimately the best decision for me. There are two primary reasons for this decision: time and a desire to pursue other opportunities. Lopico has been a great learning experience for me, but I can’t dedicate the amount of time I need to make it what I want it to be. When I visit the site now, I am bothered by its look and its current feature set. While, I was in the process of a redevelopment and redesign of the site, I do not have the time and resources to make it what I want it to be - this is the drawback of having a single-person operation. I have often said (and it’s true) that the site can run on auto-pilot, but that’s not what I want. I don’t want a desolate and static (in terms of features) site. I want something I can be actively involved in - as I was with Lopico in previous years. With my current schedule, it’s unlikely that I can make this commitment to any site - but having Lopico just makes this more difficult. Lopico was a great experience for me - but my heart hasn’t been in the local review space for awhile - I want to move to other projects and projects that are more on the cutting edge. As long as Lopico remains, I will dedicate the time I have to it - time that could be used for other projects. By ending Lopico, I will free up what time I do have to explore other projects - something that is pretty exciting for me. So… yes, it is a little sad for me to be shutting down Lopico, but there’s more excitement in the possibilities of what is next. Thanks to everyone that has supported Lopico, I will also be posting on the Lopcio blog shortly.