Micro ISV Digest

A weekly roundup of Micro ISV news, announcements and relevant blog posts. Later and shorter than usual thanks to the European Shareware Conference, expect a bumper edition next Monday morning.

News and Announcements

• Andrea Nagar launched version 1.2 of Direct Access.
• Carson Systems put their DropSend application up for sale and are using Bare Naked App to blog about it.
• Bob points out a free Accounting package from Microsoft for US residents.
• Google bought Jotspot. Dharmesh's comments.
• Wired bought Reddit.
• Some great and very early info from the Shareware Conference, thanks to Bill Rayer. Also see the discussion on BoS.

Relevant Blog Posts and Articles

• Guy Kawaski on the Art of Projections in the Web 2.0 world.
• Selling your software, Gurock interview in Bitwise Magazine.
• Nick Hebb posts his experiences with Bit's Du Jour.
• OnStartups: The Market Rewards Specialists.
• The delicate art of business partnering, from EfCN.
• Bob Walsh on the Microsoft Buddy Program.
• Don't take this advice, from CopyBlogger.

Further (mostly relevant) Reading

• Coloring inside the lines, from Seth Godin.
• The Power of Rough Edges, from 37 signals.
• Bokardo: Is social all about cool? (Or, why teens switch from MySpace).
• Don Dodge on a VC QuickStart program, a different model for financing startups, via BoS.
• The smoking room on KnowHR.

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