[consulting] List for Independent Drupal Consultants -- Anyone?

[David Shaver]

I use FreshBooks for my client invoicing it work great
David A. Shaver
D. A. Shaver Web Design
Web Page Design for Small Business
www.dashaver.com
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On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 11:43 AM, Dave Myburgh <davemyb at gmail.com> wrote:

> How about this: we use this list as it does include independents, and if
> the powers that be object to that, then we can start a separate list?
>
> I, for one, would be interested to hear how others manage their time,
> particularly with respect to keeping track of client billable hours. At the
> moment I use a small freeware timer program that can keep a list of
> different timers. So when I start work on a project, I select the timer for
> the project, click the start button and get to work. When I'm done, I stop
> the timer. At the end of the month, I check the monthly total and bill the
> client.
>
> Up until now, I haven't done much on the project management side i.e.
> keeping track of bugs, requests, etc. using an issue tracker system. I
> started looking at creating a system using OG and Project modules, but a
> friend suggested Redmine, which I eventually got installed and started
> using. Now I just need the clients to use it. Does anyone have any ideas for
> this?
>
> Well, I think that's enough to get the ball rolling, so I'll leave it at
> that for now. Looking forward to hearing from everyone else.
>
> Dave
>
>
> On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 12:05 PM, Adam Mordecai <mordecai at advomatic.com>wrote:
>
>> The majority of people on this list are independent developers, to
>> splinter it even more would cause a low traffic list to be even more low
>> traffic.
>> On Jan 10, 2009, at 7:57 AM, Sam Cohen wrote:
>>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I'm an independent Drupal consultant and I have purposely decided to not
>> grow and become a web shop or work for another web shop. I like being a
>> one-person operation.
>>
>> I think being an independent, a one man or woman "shop," comes with many
>> unique challenges and I was wondering if any other Indies out there would be
>> interested in starting a separate email list just for Independent Drupal
>> Consultants, in order to share advice on things like time management,
>> working with clients, managing work load, etc.
>>
>> If so, please email me at sam at samcohen.com and I'll start a list.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Sam
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