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

[Proxous]

http://sidejobtrack.com/ is another good site.

-Anthony



On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 3:01 AM, Michael Thorne <thorne.michael at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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
>> www.dashaver.com
>> Prairie State Runner
>> Illinois Running & Racing Calendar
>> www.prairiestaterunner.com
>> PO Box 594 Galesburg,IL 61402-0594
>> 309.343.0027
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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