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2009 Epic Fail. Glad Its Over. Towards 2010

By scott kane | Published: February 3, 2010

If 2008 was a good year, and in many ways it was for me, 2009 was an Epic Fail. I mean EPIC. It began with good intentions. An application to finish that was six months overdue and the core of my start-up. By years end I’d made less progress than in the last six months [...]

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Yahoo And Download Sites – Looks Like A Pogrom – But Is It? Micro ISV's Beware.

By scott kane | Published: August 7, 2009

magine my delight today when I see the search term from Yahoo for "free live sound mixing software" and got the following result, page after page, for the download sites:

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Guest Blogger – Terry Whalen On PPC Marketing For Micro ISV's

By scott kane | Published: July 2, 2009

PPC marketing can be a powerful online marketing channel for software products. But there are several ways to help make your marketing dollars work harder for you. For those of you that already have active PPC campaigns, here are a few tips for better PPC campaign management.

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Urgent Threat Message – An Outbreak Of Mono On Linux Or Has Swine Flu Infected Fanboys?

By scott kane | Published: June 23, 2009

The threat to Linux is not Mono. The threat to Linux remains, after all these years, the fanboys and FOS fruits who hold it tighter to their heaving bosoms than a distressed four year old desperately clutches "blanky".

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