Micro ISV Digest

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

News and Announcements

• Simon Shutter launched Schemax Calendar, a group calendar viewer for outlook. Via BoS.
• Alexis Christoforides launched Time2Play, an announcement player for small businesses. Via BoS.
• Anshuman Mishra launched ivontu, an automated financial news analysis site. Via BoS.
• Ken Kaczmarek launched Kirix Strata, a data analysis tool. Via BoS.
• Patrick interviewed on Startup Something.
• Andy points out a domain name scam.
• Registration is open for the Business of Software 2008.
• Joel Spolsky and Jeff Atwood on stackoverflow.com.

Relevant Blog Posts and Articles

• So you want to start a business, from WWD.
• What every freelancer should know, from Salon.
• What is ALM? from Eric Sink.
• How to elicit negative feedback, from Neil Davidson.
• The scariest day of a software release, from Follow Steph.
• 5 mistakes startups make with their logos, from Startup Spark.
• Managing technology in a startup, from KC.
• What the youngsters are up to and why you should care, from Bob Walsh.
• Fostering Innovation, from FoundRead.
• Pithy insights on the business of software, from OnStartups.
• Progress updates from Ian (six products), Follow Steph, Bob Walsh, Patrick.

Further (mostly relevant) Reading

• How to get links, subscribers and comments, from Skelliewag.
• Do you really have to do anything? from Pam Slim.
• Amazon SQS, from Tim Haughton.
• Carnival of Business and Entrepreneurship.

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