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In-person is a good idea but too hard to scale in my opinion. I would really be looking for students who WANT to learn rather than students who just sign up to

In-person is a good idea but too hard to scale in my opinion. I would really be looking for students who WANT to learn rather than students who just sign up to poke around and never use it.

goldfeld 14y ago
I think the problem with a newsletter of design lessons is that there is too much game in town already, so it becomes harder and harder to pick and choose (except for people who know who you are, if you think there's a good market for that then by all means go for it.) Lessons tailored to feedback on the customer's already designed product, however, is something I'm yet to see. And it ensures you get people who WANT to learn, since they even built something already and tried their best. You could start doing it yourself, but if you think from the get go of a domain and brand, you can easily scale by creating a marketplace for this kind of instruction down the road. And really, I think personal lessons coupled with design critique is a sorely needed service, and would set you apart. As the GP said, I also already subscribe to Hack Design but I've had the first lesson, the Objectified documentary, open here for weeks now. I'm yet to take the time to go past that. I'm busy designing and building my app. Sneak into the MVP builders' workflow and help them, and I think you're gonna find the best customers in as much as you're looking for people who are self-motivated and wanting to learn. There's just not enough time for everything we want to do. Take the time to filter the chaff out of the enormous amount of material for learning design out there, and pick the best stuff that I need right now, as per the horrendous mistakes I made on my app, and I'll pay you premium for it.
kaens 14y ago
All I do is learn. I love learning. This is a field that I've found hard to learn about without someone who is passionate about it around. As long as it was clear that the person providing the service was really rather passionate about their field and considered competent by their peers, I would pay a premium for in-person ... tutoring. Mentoring. Whatever. One-on-one or with a small group (max of around 7 people). If I had the money, I'd say fuck scale and buy and staff a Socratic sort of Hogwarts for the neckbeard, and live the rest of my life happy.

In-person is a good idea but too hard to scale in my opinion. I would really be looking for students who WANT to learn rather than students who just sign up to poke around and never use it.

goldfeld 14y ago

I think the problem with a newsletter of design lessons is that there is too much game in town already, so it becomes harder and harder to pick and choose (except for people who know who you are, if you think there's a good market for that then by all means go for it.) Lessons tailored to feedback on the customer's already designed product, however, is something I'm yet to see. And it ensures you get people who WANT to learn, since they even built something already and tried their best. You could start doing it yourself, but if you think from the get go of a domain and brand, you can easily scale by creating a marketplace for this kind of instruction down the road. And really, I think personal lessons coupled with design critique is a sorely needed service, and would set you apart. As the GP said, I also already subscribe to Hack Design but I've had the first lesson, the Objectified documentary, open here for weeks now. I'm yet to take the time to go past that. I'm busy designing and building my app. Sneak into the MVP builders' workflow and help them, and I think you're gonna find the best customers in as much as you're looking for people who are self-motivated and wanting to learn. There's just not enough time for everything we want to do. Take the time to filter the chaff out of the enormous amount of material for learning design out there, and pick the best stuff that I need right now, as per the horrendous mistakes I made on my app, and I'll pay you premium for it.

kaens 14y ago

All I do is learn. I love learning. This is a field that I've found hard to learn about without someone who is passionate about it around. As long as it was clear that the person providing the service was really rather passionate about their field and considered competent by their peers, I would pay a premium for in-person ... tutoring. Mentoring. Whatever. One-on-one or with a small group (max of around 7 people). If I had the money, I'd say fuck scale and buy and staff a Socratic sort of Hogwarts for the neckbeard, and live the rest of my life happy.