I personally think fluid nexus is brilliant in concept, and design.
On May 17, 11:14 pm, nick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I submitted one, Fluid Nexus (http://fluidnexus.net), an application
> for activists or relief workers to communicate independent of a
> centralized mobile phone network. My ranking is below. One of the
> reasons for me spending time on the application was because of this
> desire by Google for applications directed towards humanitarian needs,
> even thought my target users are going to likely be using lower-end
> phones from Nokia and others. But it seems like it was an empty
> desire on the part of OHA, as no humanitarian applications won. Oh
> well, I guess it means I won't have to explain to my users why I was
> taking money from a company that censors search results in China...
>
> Effective use: In the 25th to 50th percentile of all submitted
> applications
> Polish: In the 25th to 50th percentile of all submitted applications
> Indispensability: In the top 25% of all submitted applications
> Originality: In the top 25% of all submitted applications
>
> Overall: In the top 25% of all submitted applications
>
> nick
>
> On May 16, 10:37 pm, gtandon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
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> > Google's initial ADC announcement that among other applications, they
> > would also be looking for humanitarian applications, or apps helping
> > economic development, was a bit surprising at first, but also
> > refreshing. This gave an impression that this business giant is also
> > looking at "doing good" with the challenge.
>
> > But the following entry that was ranked in the lowest quartile for
> > every category (originality of this app is below the weather app)
> > broke all the illusion.
>
> >http://groups.google.com/group/android-challenge/browse_thread/thread...
>
> > At first I questioned why ADC put "humanitarian/economic development"
> > as a category. As a business entity what would google gain by putting
> > this as a category? I had answered my own question that Google does
> > everything different, and possibly it is doing so again. There is no
> > application from this category (except if we consider the family
> > safety type of apps) in the first 50.
>
> > I want to find out how many applications submitted to ADC fall in this
> > category, and how they are ranked.- Hide quoted text -
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