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

[Michael Thorne]

I also love FreshBooks.com.  Awesome time-tracking for projects/tasks
integrated with online invoicing.

On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 12:57 PM, David Shaver <d.a.shaver at dashaver.com>wrote:

> I use FreshBooks for my client invoicing it work great
> David A. Shaver
> D. A. Shaver Web Design
> Web Page Design for Small Business
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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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