Thanks! I really appreciate it :-) nick
On May 17, 2:30 pm, kurosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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: > > > > 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 - > > > - 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 android-challenge@googlegroups.com 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
