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thibaultj | 4 years ago | on: How I Practice Piano

Hey honkycat,

I'm currently trying to solve the exact same problem you're describing, since I also got frustrated by the current state of music teaching.

I'm still in an early stage of development, currently trying to fetch proofs of interests and working on a prototype, but I should be able to release a MVP by the end of the year.

If you want to have a chat about it, or want to be on the list for early access, feel free to reach me.

https://mamie-note.dorik.io/

thibaultj | 5 years ago | on: Basic Music Theory

This is the least useful way to explain music theory IMO: listing a set of rules and conventions that are used in music theory. If you know nothing about music, you won't be able to make music after learning all of this.

It does not actually EXPLAIN anything. Where do these rules come from, and how to use them? Why are there white and black keys? Why does some notes have several names? What are modes for and how to use them?

When I started learning music a few years ago, stumbling upon this kind of content made me so frustrated it inspired me to start https://www.mamie-note.fr, a website to actually explain music theory.

It's in french but I'm considering releasing an english translation. Shoot me a message if you'r curious or interested.

thibaultj | 6 years ago | on: Ask HN: How can I pick a side project and stick with it?

I used to be like you.

Back in my early career years, and even before when I was a student, I used to have a lot of cool side projects that would only interest me for so long. I would spend a few hours or days on them, and then throw them out or forget them.

It was ok because I did not care about the project in itself. It was interesting to try new techs, or methods, or just spend some time doing something I loved.

It stopped being ok when something shifted in my mind : I subconsciously decided that I wanted to stick to a project. But it was for the wrong reasons. I wanted to make money. I wanted to have a cool startup. I wanted to be able to stop working. Too much Hackernews hype. But since I did not really care about the project itself, I never managed to stick to it.

After years of frustration, I quit wasting my time and took on some other non IT related hobbies.

Two years ago, I picked a side project for the first time in years: it's a cool music theory related website.

https://www.mamie-note.fr in case you're curious.

I've managed to keep working on it (and being interested to do it) since then. It's the longest time I've ever spent on a single project.

Here are the things that are different for me today:

  - I do care about the project in itself: it's the site I wish existed when I started learning music, and the site grows as I'm growing as a musician.
  - I really enjoy the daily process of working on it, I don't fantasize about how great the end result will be in a few years.
  - I don't care about the tech, I care about the topic.
  - I'm turning the site into a business, but making a living with it will be a cool side effect, not the main objective.
  - Since I do have a family now (and we are in lockdown), I have much less time to work on it. It's easier to stay motivated when you spend two or three ours on a project instead of 15 or 20.
  - Working on this project is a hobby, but it's not my only hobby, I take interest in other things, so when I'm bored and don't sweat it and take breaks for some days or weeks.
My two cents.

thibaultj | 12 years ago | on: Show HN: Pmdr is a neat Pomodoro time tracker

Hi HN users,

Since I'm a big fan of the Pomododoro technique, but never found a satisfying web app, I decided to build my own as a quick pet project.

Since you always have great advices and interesting opinions to share, I'd be glad if you could give it a quick look and share your opinions (criticisms are welcome).

Did I mention it's open-source?

thibaultj | 13 years ago | on: Ask HM: How do you get good sleep?

Here are a few things that work for me:

  - Limit the number of hours you're in front of a screen during the day.
  - Don't look at any screen past 5 p.m
  - Don't exhaust yourself mentally during the day, stay focused.
  - Exercise regularly.
  − Go outside.
  - Don't concentrate on hard problems a few hours before going to bed. Relax.

thibaultj | 13 years ago | on: Show HN: EasyPost - the Stripe for postage

In France, you can connect to « La Poste »'s website to send letters from the web. Problem is this site is particularly painful to use. UX is awful, error messages are useless, and so on.

I could totally use a simple rest api to print and send a pdf as a physical letter

thibaultj | 13 years ago | on: How to be Remarkable

I find quite ironic that a submission with such a title did'nt receive a single vote on HN.
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