Micro ISV Digest

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

News and Announcements

• Chris launched Omni Customer Support, a support database. Via BoS. Chis reviewed the BoS review on his blog.
• Thomas launched a mac version of Pretty Good Solitaire. Via Blog.
• Two threads on failure and calling time, on BoS.
• Cameron Hinkle reviewed last week's Business of Software conference on his blog.
• Google announced Open Social, some comments (pmarca Andrew Chen Ian Landsman).

Relevant Blog Posts and Articles

• Knowing what your customers want, not what the critics say they will want, from TJ Etherton.
• It's time to get right, and Are unorginal ideas bad, from Wil Schroter.
• Multitasking for the entrepreneur, from Raj Dash.
• Why you should (almost) never rewrite your software, from OnStartups.
• Things they don't teach you about running your own company, on BoS.
• The secret formula of Micro ISV success, from Bob Walsh.

Further (mostly relevant) Reading

• Learning from Gordon Ramsey, and Risky Decisions, from 37 signals.
• Your Google Search Results Suck: Flow Chart, from Nick Hebb.
• The other side of the interface, from Andy Brice.
• The pros and cons of freelancing, and Pricing freelance projects successfully, from Instigator.
• Bootstrappers Halloween tips, from BootStrapMe.

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