Project management consulting and training for social change organisations.
At DrupalCon DC in March I got to meet Kent Bye of Lullabot face-to-face for the first time, which was great (great to meet all the Lullabots I hadn't met in person before, actually, and to catch up with the rest of them).
Kent interviewed me for the Drupal Voices podcast — I got to talk about the Drupal projects I've worked on in the past, about Drupal for NGOs and about Scrum.
I think I'd had a bit too much coffee that morning but Kent did a good job of editing out the bits I was especially worried about — take a listen!
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Like I said in my last post, I'm on sabbatical this year, but today's still the fifth anniversary of Important Projects!
In keeping with tradition, I made a vegan chocolate cake to celebrate :)
If I've worked with you at any point over the last five years, I'm thinking fondly of you today :)
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Photo by fergusonphotography, November 2008
Apologies for recent silence — it's been quite a while since my last post! There are reasons for that, though — some big changes in both my professional and personal life have kept me busy for the past few weeks :)
First: I've left the UK and moved to New York City! My partner has been transferred here to join another group within her company and I've followed — I believe in the benefits of co-location ;)
Next: I'm taking a one year sabbatical from Important Projects. For me, moving to New York has meant getting a work visa, which is pretty difficult to do so if you're self-employed — much easier to do if you find an organisation to hire you for a long-ish contract, work with you on the paperwork, etc.
So: I've taken a one year contract with The Economist to help them move to Drupal and to adopt Scrum!
It's an exciting opportunity for me — the work The Economist will do to move to Drupal will benefit the Drupal community (The Economist has a very progressive open source strategy, IMO), which will, by extension, help NGOs using Drupal. The experience I gain in helping The Economist adopt Scrum will help me help NGOs adopt Scrum (which I believe NGOs should do, not just because of the benefits, but because of the inherent values of Scrum — more on this in a later post).
I'll miss the friends I've made in London over the past 3 years, but look forward to seeing them when I'm back there from time to time, and I'm happy to report that
Drupal for NGOs will live on — thank you in advance for taking over organising responsibilities Robert Castelo et al :)
I still plan to post here when I feel I have something interesting to say, and until then, all the best! And let me know if you're ever in New York :)
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