I'd love to, but am moving house next week, and have already been blasted out by my wife for over committing to stuff... :-(
Perhaps in a fortnight? Is there a jelly on somewhere at some point? On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 2:28 PM, Daryl Manning <[email protected]>wrote: > Anybody in Sydney available for a meetup next week to chat about this in > person (or online... ). Kinda interested to see how this could flesh out. > (I'm more interested in interesting projects outside of my day job... since > some of my outside consulting gigs could benefit from having extra people > involved). > > D > > > On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 3:19 AM, Jonathan Chang < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> As someone running a development studio, I can empathize the comments in >> this post. There is an opportunity for a matching service which could >> remove the friction involved in marrying developers and clients. When I'm >> chatting to people they mention that they want someone reputable who they >> can trust. That's really important as I would only consider an introduction >> if that person is going to benefit the network they're being introduced to. >> >> I'd be interested to see how this takes shape outside of posting up gigs >> on the mailing list or self organizing at the meet ups. >> >> Jonathan >> >> On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 2:03 PM, Dave McPherson <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> I agree with Mikel here. >>> >>> The ability to pass off possible work to a group of individuals, that >>> have a range of skills and abilities, that are trustworthy is great. There >>> are lots of ex-clients, and friends of ex-clients that constantly pass me >>> work, that I have to pass up. >>> >>> It's something I think non-tech folk would get. A co-op, of sorts. Like >>> where you get fish. Only a web site. Kinda. Ha. >>> >>> But, on the negative side. Like all committees it's could get thrown >>> into the "tomorrow I'll do that" basket. Time is a difficult thing, when >>> you're already juggling multiple jobs, a wife and kid (like me). >>> >>> Cheers >>> --Dave >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 12:46 PM, Mikel Lindsaar <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> This is an interesting idea, and I am saying that while heading up >>>> http://reInteractive.net/ which you could think is encouraging >>>> competition. >>>> >>>> From my point of view, I get projects coming in the door all the time, >>>> which are under our minimum budget cut off. Some want a brochure site, >>>> others want a dev person who can do ongoing work for them. There are a lot >>>> of these people out there. Just yesterday we turned down a job for a >>>> client that was in the $20-30k range. This would be pretty good for a full >>>> time freelancer to do. Would have taken them 2-3 months to get done >>>> depending on how good they were and probably has some ongoing work for >>>> them. >>>> >>>> But for us as a development shop, it was not worth taking the job. >>>> Because we would not be able to deliver everything we do and sets us apart >>>> from a freelancer for that price. >>>> >>>> Having someone or some site I could refer these clients to and I has a >>>> fairly high confidence that they would get looked after would be good. It >>>> would also provide a way for me to tell clients I can't help them, but they >>>> can get help from this team. >>>> >>>> But I think trying to formalise the structure would be hard. If you >>>> have it as a non-profit business, then people have to be on staff to handle >>>> sales enquiries, match developers with clients, public liability >>>> insurance, professional indemnity insurance, etc, etc, etc, and that ends >>>> up looking like a development shop :) >>>> >>>> Anyway, that is my two cents worth. >>>> >>>> Mikel >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> This message has been scanned for viruses and >>>> dangerous content by MailScanner, and is >>>> believed to be clean. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> David McPherson >>> Ph: 0404 071 385 >>> email: [email protected] >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Silverpond Pty Ltd >> >> email: [email protected] >> mobile: +61 411 727 819 >> phone: +61 3 9008 5929 >> fax: +61 3 8621 8996 >> address: >> Level 10 >> 50 Market Street >> Melbourne VIC 3000 >> Australia >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en. > -- David McPherson Ph: 0404 071 385 email: [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. 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