The challenge of the current EVAT is its psychological effect to the ordinary Filipino and companies in the country. It creates a paranoia that next year will be really tough for entrepreneurs, regardless whether they are into marketing of products or services. The need to be flexible and crafty is there.

I already started revamping the membership benefits of the DigitalFilipino.com Club by reactivating the DigitalFilipino StatsReport component. This way, I hope, more members will consider joining, that will also fund our research requirements as a result. I'm finally getting new team members as well who can help in doing the research and write-up the reports too.

In preparation for our 26 ICT Outsourcing Destination Report, I just launched the Philippine Outsourcing Review blog with the intent of providing a glimpse on industry developments as we are writing up the report.

On the positive side, I think the uncertainty today is much like the Internet, where are you are not always sure where the next big thing will really hit. I guess that is what makes this field so great. It keeps your feet on the ground, all the time.