Consulting and Business

I am posting to ask two questions regarding nonprofits, consultants and Drupal
shops, and the general direction Drupal is headed.  In short, I'd like to
hear your thoughts on whether Drupal is heading in a direction that benefits
nonprofits or leaves many behind. I feel that I need a disclaimer: I'm asking
these questions because I don't know the answer and think some of you will have
great feedback that helps answer the questions, and more importantly improve
Drupal and its community.

1. Is Drupal development getting too expensive, and as a result, pricing many
   smaller (Drupal entry level) NPOs out?
2. Is the professionalization of Drupal -- more modules and themes being
   developed by Drupal shops for paid jobs -- causing more modules, themes and
   improvements to get back to the community and Drupal.org?  Or, are more
   and more improvements becoming for clients only?

Hi guys,

Just read that Apple's new iPhone are making available docs to allow web 2.0 developers to interact directly with iphone applications

Hi, my employer is in the process of developing and deploying six Drupal based websites. Quite a bit of the work needs sub'ed out and I am preferring members of the Drupal community.

As stated in the title, we will be working with Template development (we provide the graphic design), Organic Groups, and Econ along with the other usual suspects. We will also need to slurp data from an existing forum in to OG and use Econ / user profiles for an application on demand access control.

Us: A decent sized Drupal development firm, working with some of the biggest sites in the Drupal Community

You: A talented individual with php skills, MySQL skills, CSS skills, Drupal skills, sword fighting skills, etc, etc.

The offer: A short term 1 month contract working on a client site, leading to full time employment in March if you know your stuff.

If you like us and we like you, the possibility to join the company on a long term basis, or if you don't want that, a sweet 1 month gig.

Hi Everyone,
I just wanted to write in and link to Steven's excellent post titled "Drupal's Designer Future" in case you didn't see it:

http://acko.net/blog/drupals-designer-future

Let's work together to make Drupal better for designers! There is a lot that can be done that will make our lives easier and benefit the entire Drupal community. It's not an easy task, but let's figure out a game plan and priorities to get some enhancements done now so they can be included in the next release.

Your thoughts?

FYI. Saw this ad on Craigslist. WP -> Drupal conversion

http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/cpg/284215583.html

I was wondering if people could please list their consulting sites. I may have to offload some work and wanted to look at various people before I make any decisions, examples of work, skills, etc.

Hey Y'all. I tried getting out of computers after the dot com bust. But Drupal pulled me back in because it's so F*%$ing useful, and so many people need it's functionality. So I'm starting up a one geek consulting business doing XHTML/CSS based Drupal setups. I'm just starting out, and plan to work primarily with smaller businesses and non-profits. I'm trying to figure out how to base my rates. Here's my considerations:

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