Hi Holly, I emphatically recommend lessaccounting as a serious Quickbooks alternative. Great people-great product. For versioning check out Subversion and Github.
Aaron aka Lolight On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 9:26 PM, Holly Fortenberry < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi folks, > > I've been a web hobbyist since 1997 and have finally decided to bite the > bullet and start a 1-woman web shop. I plan on staying small, perhaps never > growing larger than 5 employees. Over the years, I've designed on pc's and > macs (I stuck with the mac), I've used at least 10 different editors and > ended up mostly hand-coding or using Coda or Dreamweaver. I am passionate > about web standards and progressive enhancement. I am also really getting > into database work and am looking forward to building small business sites > for the folks in my moderately-size town. > > So, for those of you who have been where I am now, do you have any > suggestions on the best Mac hardware to buy? My laptop won't cut it > anymore. I'd like a tower but perhaps that's overkill when you can get > those little boxes more cheaply. > Then I wonder how to handle separating the development from production > environments. That is one of my biggest concerns. What software do you > recommend for that? > > And, what about versioning, billing and accounting software? I'm thinking > about going with Quickbooks but using Billings to track my time. Any > thoughts about that? > > Finally, any other advice you want to give would be welcome. I'll take > advice on any aspect of this. > > Thanks! > Holly > > -- > Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Refresh Austin" group. > > [ Posting ] > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy > We do not accept job posts from recruiters. > > [ Unsubscribe ] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<refresh-austin%[email protected]> > > [ More Info ] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin > -- AARON DECKLER LOLIGHT DESIGN ++++++++++++++ T: 512 · 587 · 7590 [email protected] www.lolight.com -- Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Refresh Austin" group. [ Posting ] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy We do not accept job posts from recruiters. [ Unsubscribe ] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] [ More Info ] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin
