Have you considered having some lower levels on Patreon?
I liked the sound of your book so went over to your page, but $30 per month minimum isn't something I would want to pay. I suspect others will feel the same.
Significant whitespace to me is one of the fundamental parts of Python that if messed with, makes it not Python.
Perhaps this will make it slightly easier for people coming from PHP, Javascript or one of the many languages that do use curly braces, but significant whitespace is a selling point, not a hinderance IMO.
I remember when I was a kid, my dad used to line the edge of the bowl with cucumber so he could pile the salad a bit higher. But this is a whole new level.
I doubt that everyone in China was doing this. I imagine you'd be standing at the salad bar a long time making a master piece like that.
I had a screenshot on the front page before, but replaced it with the intro video. I should probably create a tour page, with screenshots of various parts of the app.
It says there are 13,000 licences for black and white TV's, so I wonder how many of those are just trying to get their licences cheap but actually own a colour TV.
Most comment threads that I see on HN, by and large, contain both sides to any argument.
They're like a conversation you might have with a friend, one person gives their opinion, the other perhaps gives the opposing argument and so on.
But of course, if you take any single comment out of context, it's usually either positive or negative. There are exceptions where commenters give a more rounded, thought out perspective, but it's mainly short opinionated comments.
And that's how conversations often are; short, off the cuff remarks. Rarely carefully worded, equal handed monologues.
Thanks Mike, that's helped me see where I need to focus my attention.
I was looking at direct webcam recording, but was going to add that later. But given your comments I think that is a must now, to enable quick and seamless video comments and feedback.
Regarding music teachers paying, I mentioned in the other thread to Matt that I may be thinking more towards making it free for teachers, charging students per course, and taking a percentage.
Re mockups, I am creating html mocks, but I'll look at the quick prototyping mockups so I can pitch to various music schools.
Thanks for the comments Matt. Having at least one person say 'I would use this' is a nice boost!
I wasn't going to have it exclusively for guitar, but musical instrument lessons are an ideal fit for video feedback. I'm sure there are other niches too where video is the ideal medium for this.
I've had the domain lessonboss.com for a while, and I was going to use that for this.
Perhaps I could have the feedback videos viewable by all, and allow peer review/feedback. It would take the pressure off the teacher to feedback, especially in larger class sizes.
And I'm still undecided about the revenue model, whether to charge the teacher, students or both. Moving more towards free for teacher, charge the students, take a percentage. It would be difficult to have a free option due to the cost of hosting video.
Thanks Mike! Would you be able to give me some feedback on a product idea I'm working on?
Its a platform for video tutorials where the student gives their response for a lesson via video also. The first use case that comes to mind is guitar teachers. Students can post video responses to lessons and be corrected/ advised. The teacher would pay for the platform and perhaps charge th students through the site, or even off site.
Do you feel this has legs? Any thoughts or ideas welcome. Thanks! Stuart
I liked the sound of your book so went over to your page, but $30 per month minimum isn't something I would want to pay. I suspect others will feel the same.