Yukidoke Consulting
free, libre, and open source software consulting, project management, design, and services

About Us

The Yukidoke Project — from which Yukidoke Consulting has grown — has been supporting FOSS development by providing support and development resources for Free and Open Source software (FOSS), documentation, and project management without charge since 2001.

Yukidoke Consulting was established in 2002 by Benjamin "Mako" Hill to offer services and consulting to companies interested in developing Free and Open Source Software as a way of increasing the responsiveness of their software to their users and to free themselves from the limitations of proprietary software.

Yukidoke Consulting draws on Hill's more than a decade of experience in the Free and Open Source Software communities to harness development methods and software proven successful in the Free Software community and in businesses and non-profit organizations.

Led and staffed by Hill, Yukidoke Consulting is well connected to FOSS development communities and can mobilize additional competent and experienced resources where necessary. Other Yukidoke Project participants are also involved in the project.

Based in Seattle, Yukidoke consultants have done extensive work in Boston, Amherst, and Rome, Italy. On-site work requiring travel is always possible.

Services

• Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) project management with special experience in:
  • Coordinating and designing FOSS releases;
  • Designing and implementing development strategies, infrastructure, and process to facilitate user and community involvement;
  • Migration from closed-source development to open source development;
• Licensing consulting especially in regards to the selection, application, and research of FOSS licenses. Specific expertise is in regards to the GNU GPL;
• Debian development, infrastructure, customization, and implementation with specific expertise in regards to Custom Debian Distributions, the creation of customized Morphix/Knoppix-style bootable CD-ROMS.
• FOSS in NGOs and Non-Profit Organizations with a high level of expertise in development, deployment, and harnessing community based development of software in non-profits.
• Database-driven Web Application design, project management, and implementation with specific expertise in building from existing web application frameworks (like Zope, slashcode, and others) in Perl, PHP, and Python.
• Talks, seminars, workshops, and classes on FOSS, project management, or any of the topics listed above.

Experience

Benjamin Hill has more than a decade of experience using, developing, and supporting Free and Open Source Software. Detailed information can be found at:

• Summary of Hill's Relevant Experience
• Hill's Homepage with links to and information on many of his FOSS and academic projects as well as to his talks and papers.

References and Rates

Rates are available by request and, in many cases, are negotiable. Reduced "charity rates" are available for many non-profit organizations and civil society groups.

References and resumés are available upon request.

Contact

Benjamin Hill

Email:	hill@yukidoke.org
Phone (US):	(+1) 206.409.7191
Phone (IT/EU):	(+39) 348.3256632
Other:	More Contact Info