Micro ISV Digest

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

News and Announcements

• Paul launched seeed, web app developer forums, via BoS.
• Chris released Omni Customer Support, via Blog.
• Yanic was looking for last minute feedback on Trace Modeler, a UML diagram editor. Via BoS.
• Happy 3rd Blogiversary KC.
• Watch Ezell and his Micro ISV experiment, via Patrick.

Relevant Blog Posts and Articles

• Learning Hard Business Lessons, from Bootstrapper.
• On giving up and starting something else, from Tim Haughton.
• The marketing nitty-gritty, from Wil Schroter.
• Why design matters, too, from Found|Read.
• Why some software is not simpler, just suckier, from OnStartups.
• Knowing what to charge, from EfCN.
  Also, Learning from your mistakes.
• How important is intellectual property for startups, from Instigator.
• Why do we work on things that don't matter, from Evhead.

Further (mostly relevant) Reading

• GTTFD (language NSFW?), from Visible Monsters.
• If you don't feel like working, from Web Worker Daily.
  Also, Web Worker 101: Insurance.
• How to name a name, from Guy Kawasaki.
• SEO for bloggers, via Patrick.

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