Michael Lehman's Independent Innovation

Joe Wilcox over at Microsoft Watch today wrote a piece entitled "Operating Systems Don't Matter". As I wrote in the comments to that post, I was a partcipant in a concrete example of his thesis: Digital Research, Inc. DRI wrote and distributed operating systems starting in 1977, beginning with CP/M and then MP/M, CP/M-86, MP/M-86, ...

Ok, this is just too fun to pass up: http://putthingsoff.com/ In Nick Cernis' own words: "Put Things Off (PTO) helps freelancers, entrepreneurs and busy people just like you work smarter, play harder and live the lives they love. PTO talks about productivity, freelancing, running your own business, making money online, setting goals, ...

Steve Rubel, with whom (and a few others) I once tried to form a Mastermind group (our schedules never could mesh), has a great new post about Three Ways To Mitigate the Attention Crash. Summary:Inbox Zero -  www.inboxzero.com - A technique to use "email dashes" instead of on-demand reactivenessInvest in Search - Both Web and ...

Independent Innovators face marketing challenges in ways funded startups do not.  Most Indies (at least the one's I've met) have extensive domain experience and little marketing background.  A blog, smartly written, can be invaluable.  How to write a "smart" blog?  Read what others have done, experiment and be ...