to help clarify the vision, i guess that an idea to win adc 2 must be one as odd as how to kill an e.t. by android phones instead of how to maximize daily use of an android phone >:-|
----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Android Challenge" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2008 4:02 PM Subject: [android-challenge] Re: Take losing in stride... 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
