Micro ISV Digest

My pick of the Micro ISV news and blog posts this week.

News and Announcements

• Ben released his Authorize .NET component for PHP.
• Ether launched. It's very interesting, it helps you sell time, services, emails, or other content.
• Nick Hebb announced a public beta of his BreezeTree Excel flowchart add-in.
• Ade launched FormSpring an online form building system, and asked for feedback.
• Dave launched Cebase (a service for building and hosting web database applications) he wants feedback too.
• Kyle is building an email application for the Treo 650. JoS feedback link.
• Aaron launched his holiday rentals search engine, juststepsaway.
• Sigurd Rinde has spent 5 years on Thingamy. So far it's all sounding a bit vague and ambitious, but with Hugh on marketing, it probably has a chance. A demo should be available anytime now.

Relevant Blog Posts and Articles

• Rajesh Setty's free ebook: When you can't earn an MBA. Also from Rajesh, two articles on Personal branding for technology professionals.
• Seth Godin on Can't vs Won't, and the quick follow up on how sometimes I'll try is enough.
• J has some SEO tips in Google and the H1 tag.
• Ryan Smyth on MyMicroISV: Aesthetics for Micro ISVs... Ian Landsman agrees: It sucks because it's ugly.
• Still on MyMicroISV, Dharmesh has some advice on finding a partner.
• Fished out of a long JoS thread: an interesting ASP member survey on profits and more.
• Dennis Forbes on The Folly of Targeting the Geek market. My codesnipers' post last week touched on the similar ground: The Right Idea.
• Wil Schroter: Overnight Success takes a long time.
• From 37signals: Is getting real dangerous?
• Late Addition: Seth Godin's speech to Google.

Anything Else?

• Kids Programming Language looks like a fun project. There's an interview with the creators on Channel 9.
• If Microsoft designed the iPod packaging.

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