Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit | alexanderchr's favoriteslogin


I've mainly been learning by doing (and failing), though I've read these books which helped solve problems I had at the time:

- Badass: Making Users Awesome by Kathy Sierra

- Obviously Awesome by April Dunford

- The Mom Test by Rob Fitzpatrick

- Every book Seth Godin has written, particularly This is Marketing

- Deploy Empathy by Michele Hansen

- Forget the Funnel by Claire Suellentrop and Georgiana Laudi


I thought you all might like to know that we received the following email from Mayron (shared here with permission):

My www.freepianomethod.com website continues to thrive thanks to your generous mentioning of it in your Hacker News. I am receiving emails from all over the world from people who, until now, had no way to learn music or to play the piano. I am 80 years old, and my dream of sharing my piano method, for free, with the world is coming true. Thank you for all you have done!

I just received an email from a music studio in Mongolia; the owner of the studio told me he is now using my extensive free piano method as the only teaching literature in his studio. And several school districts have emailed me that they are conducting "at home" teaching via computer and my piano method for students who are unable to attend school due to Covid lockdowns. You have no idea how happy these emails make me! My piano method is my life's work, and now it will continue to live throughout the world long after I am gone!

--Mayron Cole


Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: