Micro ISV Digest

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

News and Announcements

• Andrey Butov and I released Antair BlackBerry Call Screener, a call screener for the BlackBerry. Via BoS.
• Phil unveiled his new project, Tripzard, a site to help people pick their holiday destination.
• Joshua Volz released a free productivity/organizer tool. Via BoS.
• A new version of the Krypton Toolkit was released.
• Eser runs a site of open source website demos.
• Neil released the results of the Micro ISV survey.
• An interview with Kevin Hoctor of MoneyWell.
• Judi Tyabji Wilson on the latest Micro ISV Show.

Relevant Blog Posts and Articles

• Selling your own software vs working for the man, from Andy Brice.
• What's Antair been up to lately? from Andrey Butov.
  Follow up from me on the Micro ISV joint venture.
• Treat their customers like your customers, from Patrick.
• Focusing is difficult, from Jon.
• Why you should trust your gut. Always, from Found Read.
  Also, success hacks from serial founders.
• Free labor ain't free at all, from Wil Schroter.
  Also, dealing with friends, family and foes.
• How to price your web application, on Vitamin.
• 10 ways for a web worker to acheive work life balance, from Web Worker Daily.
  Also, if you can't beat the outsourcing movement, join it.

Further (mostly relevant) Reading

• Carnival of Entrepreneurs.
• An interview with Seth Godin, on UX Pioneers.
• 10 steps to building an Online media empire, from Instigator.
• Taking product photos like a pro, from Starr Horne.
• Grow Island.

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