The best feedback is that which informs judgment going forward. There is no purpose in developing something identical to something now well funded.
What matters to our team is: what needs are left unaddressed? What needs to be done? Understanding the winning entries and assessing clarity of vision is the next step. Ed On May 11, 6:28 pm, Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I at first thought releasing scores could be a good idea, but then I > started thinking of what some people would think when they sawthey got > a 2.4/10. Of course it would be the judges fault, and of course they > would demand recourse, and it could just turn into more of a mess than > leaving it confidential. > > On May 11, 5:23 pm, "Cow Bay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > diagree. > > > my mother cannot comment on anything of adc. > > > why not release scores? there seems no politics or business issue. > > > if the judging process is as automatic as google declared, publishing scores > > of top 50 and releasing scores to all losers is not hard at all. > > > losers can compare scores of each criterion to learn where to improve or > > discard. it is positive to android app development. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Apache787" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Android Challenge" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2008 11:18 AM > > Subject: [android-challenge] Re: Take losing in stride... > > > > True, everyone could have gotten a little feed back, but everyone > > > needs to realize that Google is a business, not your mother. > > > > There are 2 things that comes with a business, success, and failure. > > > In Google's eyes, this competition could have gone a lot smother than > > > it had, but overall it was a success. 1788 UNIQUE submitters(Correct > > > me if I am wrong) and many of the submitters made more that 2 > > > applications. So how can anyone organize GOOD feedback for more than > > > 2000 individual submissions? In small scale operations, things can be > > > controlled easily, while such a large operation that was ADC could > > > barely meet it's Week of May 5th deadline. > > > > So instead of complaining about how you didn't get any feed back from > > > the OHA judges(It was not just Google running the show here), can it > > > really hurt that bad to ask for suggestions from the community where > > > you can most certainly get great feed back from people like Muthu and > > > Chris(Even though I'm going against his post right now.) > > > > PS. I and my team didn't win, no feedback, no server to even know that > > > it was being looked at. Congratulations to the winners, and ALL > > > participants of the android community. You do not know how much every > > > one's questions and answers have helped us.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
