True. However. Losing does not make success easier.
On May 6, 1:37 am, "Muthu Ramadoss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>> "Winning guarantees only 25K. Nothing more, Nothing less."
> >> Thats not exactly true. Winning will guarantee some press.
>
> Ha, let me rephrase. Winning does not guarantee success even though it might
> guarantee some press ;)
>
>
>
> On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 11:03 AM, Kevin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I hear you. Reread my post. I'm going forward regardless. I was
> > just saying to those who thought expanding the prizes beyond the 50
> > would be unfair. I doubt it would happen, but if it did, unfair or
> > not, I'll be happy to take it.
>
> > "Winning guarantees only 25K. Nothing more, Nothing less."
>
> > Thats not exactly true. Winning will guarantee some press. It will
> > also help you get more funding, because people are far more likely to
> > fund an app that google thinks is a good idea. I have a list of
> > numbers at the ready. Getting that top 50 nod would've made that
> > phone call a lot easier. That's far more valuable than 25k.
>
> > On May 6, 1:25 am, "Muthu Ramadoss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Kevin,
>
> > > Agree, there might be more than 50 great ideas. You can't take anything
> > for
> > > granted by winning or losing. Just like there would be successful ideas
> > > outside of the top 50, there will also be failures in the top 50 winning
> > > applications.
>
> > > Your idea might be good. You might have won the challenge. You might
> > have
> > > lost the challenge. Your application kicks butt. Your application bites
> > > dust. Your application might have been treated fairly. Your application
> > > might have been prejudiced.
>
> > > But will any of the above is going to seriously enhance or hamper your
> > > vision? I doubt so.
>
> > > Winning guarantees only 25K. Nothing more, Nothing less. We can
> > guarantee
> > > something more for ourself. We can guarantee something that no one will
> > be
> > > able to take it away from us. We can guarantee something that we can
> > > control. We can guarantee something that is realistic.
>
> > > We can work hard at being the best. We can work hard to change the
> > world. We
> > > can work hard to build something that makes people happy. We can work
> > hard
> > > to build something that our folks find it easy to use. We can work hard
> > to
> > > keep at it as long as we can, as long as it takes.
>
> > > Your success or failure is not something others decide. Its you, who
> > does
> > > that.
>
> > > Good luck.
>
> > > On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 10:34 AM, Kevin Galligan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > wrote:
>
> > > > "coding my submission took just few days" ... "I think we get
> > > > understandably nervous"
>
> > > > What are you nervous about? A few days?
>
> > > > What I've wanted since the beginning was a fair shake. As stated all
> > > > over the place, my app got like 1 to 2 looks max. I put far more than
> > > > a few days into it. My life was on hold for quite a while. I've
> > > > blown off a number of people and lived on 5 hours of sleep a night for
> > > > a long time.
>
> > > > I plan to go forward regardless of what happens with the contest,
> > > > although I have no idea what I'm going to do about supporting that
> > > > financially. I'll take any cash (or a phone, or whatever) to help
> > > > with that effort, and if somebody thinks that's unfair, I'll send you
> > > > a cheese plate and a nice hand written apology/condolence card.
>
> > > > I don't expect anything. I'd be surprised if I got a direct email
> > > > from anybody, much less anything of substance. Like I said up top,
> > > > though. What if there are more than 50 good ideas?
>
> > > > On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 4:58 PM, Eugene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > > On May 5, 10:34 pm, SatG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > > As we all participated in the ADC and we all now excelled the
> > skills
> > > > > > in Android. how about GOOGLE thinking of employing the persons
> > > > > > developed application for ADC?
>
> > > > > Let's not be overly enthusiastic. E.g. coding my submission took
> > just
> > > > > few days, after a week of studying docs. Which can suggest two
> > things:
>
> > > > > - Barrier for entry was pretty low, since the framework/toolkit was
> > so
> > > > > usable for newcomers
> > > > > - Not all, but likely many of us have only cursory experience with
> > it.
>
> > > > > I think we get understandably nervous with announcements
> > approaching,
> > > > > but let's keep ourself cool and our expectations in check. We knew
> > the
> > > > > rules when we rolled it, let's not expect things that weren't
> > written
> > > > > there. Then if Google donates anything over - power to them. If
> > not,
> > > > > we'd not be in for any disappointment.
>
> > > --
> > > take care,
> > > Muthu Ramadoss.
>
> > >http://mobeegal.in
> > > find stuff closer.
>
> --
> take care,
> Muthu Ramadoss.
>
> http://mobeegal.in
> find stuff closer.
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