Dan, Thanks for the answers. It helps us keeping sane.
When is the next SDK, btw? On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 7:27 AM, Dan Morrill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Great questions! Here are some answers. > > On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 12:15 PM, finnk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> 1. How many judges on each panel? > > > "Panel" can mean multiple things, so the most accurate way to phrase it is > that each application will be reviewed by at least 4 judges. > > >> 2. Will there be one or more Google staff on each panel? > > > Not necessarily. Applications are assigned randomly to judges. Since > there are many more representatives from other Alliance companies than there > are from Google alone, most applications will not have a Google employee as > a judge. > > >> 3. How much time will a judge spend reviewing each application? > > > This depends on the judge. We expect judges to spend as much time > reviewing each app as it takes to satisfy themselves that they understand it > well enough to fairly score it. > > >> 4. Will there be more than one test session? (for the first phase) > > > I am not sure what you mean by a "test session", but each judge evaluates > the application once, and scores it based on that experience. > > >> 5. Do the judges collaborate in scoring? > > > Definitely not. Each judge does his or her reviews alone, and we will > aggregate their scores once all reviews are in. > > >> 6. Are judges allowed to contact a contestant? > > > I don't know if there's a specific prohibition against it, but I expect > not. The judges judge whatever .apk file was submitted, in a clean > emulator. It's reviewed on its merits, meaning that they review it based on > whatever appears in front of them when they start the app, good or bad. > > - Dan > > > > -- take care, Muthu Ramadoss. http://mobeegal.in find stuff closer. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Challenge" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-challenge?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
