Micro ISV Digest

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

News and Announcements

• Starr Horne's live chat service, ChatSpring, opened for Beta. Via BoS.
• AJ launched PDF Merger, a tool for combining PDF files. Via BoS.
• Virgil launched Desktop Icons Arranger. Via BoS.
• Guy Kawasaki interview on WorkHappy.
• DotNetInvoice is for sale.

Relevant Blog Posts and Articles

• Getting customer feedback, from Andy Brice.
• 1 tip to make your customers love you, from Ben Curtis.
• Large vs Pancake buttons, from Praveen Angyan.
• How to make it hard to find your startup online, from Onstartups.
• How to stop competing, from Micro ISV Asia.
• What the recession means for the software business, from Business of Software.
• Web Worker 101: Cashflow management, from WWD.
  And, How to be a stress free web worker.
• Sleep deprivation is not a badge of honor, from 37signals.
• Progress update from Ian (six products).

Further (mostly relevant) Reading

• Architecture astronauts take over, from Joel Spolsky.
• Explaining web working to the uninitiated, from WWD.
  And, building a career on bursty work.
• Your equity isn't a payment, it's an IOU, from Wil Schroter.
• Who's doing what when, from Dr Dobbs.

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