Verbosity 2.0 ~ Talking about life on Drupal

I have a lot of friends who run small business.  Some run very small businesses.  That means their web options can be limiting.  Yes, they could go all out and do some social media advertising (which is always a good suggestion) but I think a friend of mine nailed it on the head - he needs what amounts to be a "business card" that is posted online.

Initially I thought this was kind of absurd but after some time I am starting to think that he is on to something.  Social media is limited by the form fields big companies place on their sites.  As of yet, none have done a good job of tying information together across services like a custom site can.  But what happens when you are ready to step up to a custom website but you are not quite ready for a full-fledged multi-page CMS site?

The business case for a really small site

When I ran into some old friends in Vancouver this summer we parted with a "see you on Facebook" comment. We had been discussing the popular social networking tool and lamenting that it seems harder to arrange events using the utility. "After about four months you'll get over Facebook" said one of the women I was speaking to. Based on prior experience I knew she was right.

With autumn in the air and a new comptuer on my desk it is finally time to start reaching out and taking on some work on the side. Since my time is limited to the evenings and weekends it will likely be a slow starter but I've narrowed down my scope so it should be pretty easy to manage.

Here's what I've got lined up:

Today I had one of those weird experiences where someone reached out to me from the beyond on Facebook. Sure, you've probably heard stories about the dead living on though tribute profiles and/or groups on social networking sites. This wasn't quite like that. The kind of "dead people" I'm talking about is that associated with technology, ie, those whose accounts have been deleted.