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

[Michael Booth]

I've been using Harvest Solo (harvestapp.com) to track time and issue  
invoices. It's got all the features I need, including a timer widget  
that you can download and install on the Mac OS Dashboard to track the  
amount of time you spend on different tasks. (It also has widgets for  
Windows and the iPhone, and perhaps others as well...)

Before that I was using a timer program which logged to a file,  
dumping the file to a spreadsheet, and editing that into a bunch of  
invoices. But I think I'm saving enough time with the Harvest method  
to justify its cost.

   Mike B


On Jan 10, 2009, at 12:43 PM, Dave Myburgh wrote:

>
> 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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