Micro ISV Digest

A weekly roundup of Micro ISV news, announcements and relevant blog posts.

News and Announcements

• Andrea Nagar released a new beta version of Direct Access.
• Jose released a new version of Procx.
• $500 Startup Blog: theWebLogWire.net
• Patrick McKenzie's Micro ISV Blog- Micro ISV on a Shoestring.
• You might remember DabbleDB from a digest in March, this week they found some funding.
• OISV added press releases, file hosting and PAD file generation.
• Google's Account Authentication API: login users using their Google account.
• Google Checkout. Why from GigaOM
• Welcome baby Landsman.

Relevant Blog Posts and Articles

• Seth Godin: 10 things programmers might want to know about marketers and 9 things marketers ought to know about sales people.
• Paul Graham: The Power of the Marginal.
• The Stormhoek guide to blogging on gapingvoid.
• 37signals: Growing in vs. Growing out.
• OISV, from concept to launch in 10 days.
• Dharmesh comments on the CouchSurfing crash.
• Also from Dharmesh, why students make great entrepreneurs.
• Quit your day job on Startup Nation (quick summary, it's easier if Oprah helps).

Further (mostly relevant) Reading

• The A-Z of Professional Blogging, from Problogger.
• Do you make these mistakes with your blog? on CopyBlogger.
• The CellarTracker story.
• Finding Great mentors, from Escape from cubicle nation.
• The Independent Games festival and it's cash prizes might be of interest to any gaming oriented Micro ISVer's out there.
• Interesting forum discussion on the SMS space, some useful links.
• Fjax anyone?
• Blackmail 2.0: Etortr.

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