So, you guys just launched... are those testimonials made up?
Learn Web Design, Web Development, and iOS Development - Treehouse
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Re: Learn Web Design, Web Development, and iOS Development - Treehouse
#12looks nice, minor suggestion - some of the fonts look like hell on XP/Chrome and they're very hard to read. Congrats on launch
Re: Learn Web Design, Web Development, and iOS Development - Treehouse
#13Soooo excited to launch this :) Would love to hear your feedback.
I like it already, and am already working on the xcode badge. Curious: what's the business model?
+1 - Very curious how they plan on turning this around, with a good amount of employees, hired teachers, and 6 investors.
Either way, a great idea looking forward to seeing more material soon!
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#14This looks amazing, and I'll be signing up immediately when I arrive home from work today. Really great job, and congrats on launching.
My only question thus far: Is there an easy way for me to be informed when new badges/topics/videos are available? Either a digest email or some sort of RSS feed that I could customize based on personal interests would be fantastic.
Re: Learn Web Design, Web Development, and iOS Development - Treehouse
#15Please add subtitles to the videos. I don't always watch with sound and would like to be able to read as I go along.
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#16Feedback: Have no idea what Treehouse is, clicked the site, took 300ms to look at the 3 giant buttons. Clicked "web design" (the site looks very nice BTW) ... and started learning about web design. Watched the first video, hit the only button "Let's Go" and found a collection of other videos to get me further down the path of web design, letting me skip directly to my problems areas instead of grinding through things…
I totally agree with your point. However, unlike you, I didn't click on anything because (a) my time is valuable and I can't waste it on a site which may not provide value to me and (b) I don't trust web sites which don't explicitly tell me what they do or have an obvious "About" link on the home page.
Please add a sentence or two at the top of the page to tell me your target audience and why I should use the site.
Re: Learn Web Design, Web Development, and iOS Development - Treehouse
#17So, you guys just launched... are those testimonials made up?
Treehouse used to be called Think Vitamin Membership. It's been around for about a year and a half, and the testimonials are from current customers.
Re: Learn Web Design, Web Development, and iOS Development - Treehouse
#18Soooo excited to launch this :) Would love to hear your feedback.
I like it already, and am already working on the xcode badge. Curious: what's the business model?
That's exactly the first question that came to my mind. When I don't see a "plans and pricing" link, I always start wondering where's the catch.
Re: Learn Web Design, Web Development, and iOS Development - Treehouse
#19Feedback number deux:
1. From first glance this is an education website
2. No free tier, so you can't actually take any of the quizes without paying at least $25.
3. This is when I closed the tab
Re: Learn Web Design, Web Development, and iOS Development - Treehouse
#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
I like it already, and am already working on the xcode badge. Curious: what's the business model?
+1 - Very curious how they plan on turning this around, with a good amount of employees, hired teachers, and 6 investors. Either way, a great idea looking forward to seeing more material soon!
Treehouse has been around under the name Think Vitamin Membership for about a year and a half. We charge a subscription (from day one), and reached profitability before we took on our investors.