Tony Dinh - Oct 2022 updates: I will write a book!
Oct 2022 updates: I will write a book!Also in October: Speak at JOM Launch Asia 2022, and the thing about Elon Musk.Hello everyone! Tony here 👋 Here is a quick updates from me in October 2022. 🎤 Speak at JOM Launch Asia 2022On October 22nd, I traveled to Malaysia gave a speak at JOM Launch Asia 2022. I talked about my indie hacking journey, and a few lessons I learned along the way. When I asked how many people know what “indie hacker” means, about 15% of the audience raised their hand. It seems to me that most people (especially fresh graduates) don’t know that there’s another way to make money other than working for companies. I’m happy to be there and share with the world that there is another option, and it’s possible to build a 1-man online business as a developer. Hopefully, that will encourage and inspire many more other people to the join the indie community! The video of the talk will be available, I’m waiting for the organizer to share it with me. As soon as I get it, I’ll upload it to my YouTube channel for all of you to see. In the meantime, you can download the slides here: https://tonydinh.com/JOM-LAUNCH-2022.pdf 📕 I will write a book!I’ve been thinking about this for a while. Over the past year, I have experienced and learned a tons of lessons about indie hacking, building an online business, building side projects, and building an audience. I feel like it would be a waste if I don’t brain dump it to somewhere. Especiall while my memory is still fresh about all this. Currently, I don’t have a central place to document all of my methods, lessons, and processes. I do share a lot about everything, but it was random and all over the places (tweets, this newsletter, on podcasts, on the indie hacker forum, etc.) So, I think a book will be a perfect place for this. I have seen how Pieter Levels done it with his MAKE book. To be honest, he has done a great job, and I’m a bit spoiled by his book 😂. But I still think I have some unique perspective and background to contribute to the indie community, for example, the part about building side projects while having a full-time job. I don’t know what to name the book yet, but it will have the following content:
What else do you think I should cover? Also, if you have a book name idea, please share by replying to this email. Preferrable with a dot com domain available 😂 By the way, I have already finished 2 chapters. I hope to finish this before 2023. Stay tuned! 🤖 Updates about AskCommand.comLast month, I built AskCommand.com. Despite having a lot of engagements on Twitter, I don’t have a lot of sales. I have made $100 from the app so far: This is what the traffic looks like: However, I still think this app has value. I still use it by myself, although not as much frequently as I thought. It’s also difficult to find new customers. I have a lot of exciting feature ideas to add to the app, but at this point, it doesn’t have enough traction for me to continue investing more time. I’ll put this app in auto-pilot for a while and come back to it later. It costs me $0 to maintain the app, so no reason to shut it down 😄 🐦 Elon taking over TwitterBecause I make my money from Twitter (via Black Magic), some asked me if I’m concern about the future of Twitter now that Elon starting to mess around with it. On one hand, I’m excited to see the new changes Elon will bring to Twitter. I’m curious about how the future will look like when Twitter is steering toward to his vision. On the other hand, I’m also concerned for my business for sure. Twitter already canceled Chirp – its developer conference. Maybe they’ll start canceling many other stuff that deem “unnecessary” for Elon’s vision, including stuff that affects 3rd party services like mine. No matter what happen, I try my best to be prepared for uncertainties and the recession:
Also regarding recession, as many have said, it is the perfect time to start your business! Good luck for all of us 😄 💫 Other small updates
👋 That’s all for now!Thank you for reading and see you next month! - Tony You’re a free subscriber to Tony Dinh's Newsletter. For the full experience, become a paid subscriber. |
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Sep 2022: I'm on Indie Hackers Podcast!
Tuesday, October 4, 2022
Also in September: $12K MRR, built a small new app, SEO, and other updates...
Aug 2022: One year since I quit my job
Wednesday, September 7, 2022
Reached $10K MRR, launched Xnapper (#1 of the week), went on Indie Hackers podcast (😱), and other updates in Aug 2022...
My new product on Product Hunt today
Tuesday, August 23, 2022
Not the usual monthly update, just a small update about Xnapper - my latest product
July 2022: After math of a viral tweet
Thursday, August 4, 2022
I gained 1500 new users, but how many will convert? And other updates in July 2022...
May 2022: $7,839 MRR, travel, experiments, and a new app.
Thursday, June 2, 2022
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