javqui, efontana, zero, all of you. Thank you. Thank you so much for your encouragement.
I have spent several years in R&D Automation and worked extensively on In-Circuit Emulators, data acquisition systems and PLC based automation. I chose to leave all that and branch out on my own because I felt that I had much more to offer creatively than a 9 to 5 job which severly restricts your domain expertise to industry requirements. One very interesting conversation I had with my superior went like this. "Boss: Why do you want to leave?" "Me: I want more flexible timings. I cannot explore all the ideas in my head from 9 to 5. I get some of my best ideas in the middle of the night and sometimes it keeps me awake till 3 a.m. in the morning. I will deliver the project on schedule. I just need more flexible daily timings. I don't want to waste 25% of my working hours just commuting. I can collaborate in a distributed environment." "Boss: You're stark, raving mad. You're fired." "Me: Well, since you've fired me, I don't think I need to answer your first question anymore." Of course there is a lot of parody in there, and that's not exactly how I made the switch, but a little comedy never hurts. :-) The truth is that I had been playing around with a new approach to handwriting recognition for almost a week and was just not getting the result I desired. In the middle of the night to release the days frustration, I went out to get myself some fresh air. I was staring at the stars absent mindedly, when the 100% accuracy thingy just hit me straight in the face. I have developed quite a few things during my career, but it was the first time I felt the "Eureka" sensation. And I have never felt that way again even after I developed my 2-mouse SOCCERnPOOL game (www.kdfinfotech.com). The actual point I am trying to make is that, you can't put a lid on creativity. And I know I'm going to get a lot of flak on this from some of the Marketing guys around here. But that's just the way I am. And speaking about lateral thinking, 9 to 5 is the biggest enemy of lateral thought. I have seen a refreshing sort of work ethic at Google from some of the news items, in the way they encourage employees to play around with ideas. Don't restrict yourself to convergent engineering decisions. That is what drives innovation. I thought that maybe in Google I would find someone who understood the significance of what I had done. I was wrong. And its not just about the money. K-NFB Reader has been developed as an extra-ordinary tool for the blind http://www.knfbreader.com/ Maybe I can take it to the next level and offer them not just reading but writing capabilities as well. If Mr. Kurzweill is interested of course :-) And if I can find my N82 and get back to my Symbian IDE :-) Thank you for all your encouragement. I have seen some brilliant ideas in this ADC and I do hope that they take a cue and go ahead with their dreams. kurosh On May 19, 3:25 pm, zero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > kurosh, > i wonder why you bother with the Challenge so much. > did you develop an application for a one-shot contest, > with a possible absolute maximum earning of 275k U$D ? > or did you develop an application because you think > it is usefull, because you have a vision , and it has potential to > open a market much bigger than just that bit of money? > > if your app does what you say, from what i have seen until now, > you have a part of the market completely for yourself. > and if you realy did 6 years of research, you'll propably have > the connections to do some marketing and generate some buzz. > > there's already a couple of portals out there, who will help > distributing & selling apps for android. put your app there, > maybe hire someone to do the marketing for you, and i believe > you will do just fine. > > don't loose your spirit, man ! > > zero > > On May 19, 10:38 am, kurosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > If anyone thinks it is not a totally worthless solution, feel free to > > contact me. > > > KDF Infotechwww.kdfinfotech.com > > > On May 19, 1:20 pm, kurosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Here is a link on how difficult if not impossible it is for the blind > > > to write. The test study used an advanced haptic force feedback > > > device, and special paper for tactile feedback of what is > > > writtten.http://www.slideshare.net/crossana/mcsig-chi-2008 > > > > The other methods for data input are > > > 1) Braille keyboards > > > 2) Chorded keyboards > > > 3) Touch typing on a PC keyboard > > > 1) and 2) and 3) all have steep learning curves > > > 1) and 2) exist as standalone handheld devices in one embodiment but > > > cannot be integrated as intuitive methods into existing cell phones > > > > I have offered a system that allows blind users to actually stroke > > > characters on a cell phone. Note that this was extremenly difficult > > > for them to do as stated above even with a complicated PC setup. > > > > My score on ORIGINALITY: In the lower 25% > > > > On May 19, 12:34 pm, kurosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Six years of research and incubation. Countless iterations. Exhaustive > > > > testing. Breakthrough algorithms. All down the drain. > > > > I'm finding it extremely difficult to come to terms with that. > > > > > On May 19, 12:30 pm, kurosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > The reason I made this post is because in the past 24 hours I have > > > > > actually begun believing that the judges might be right and that my > > > > > application is truely worthless. > > > > > > Maybe I should change my profession or something. :-) > > > > > > On May 19, 11:32 am, kurosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > I stand corrected, > > > > > > "Marketing would probably laugh at me" :-) > > > > > > > On May 19, 11:30 am, kurosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Having said all that, Marketing would problem laugh at me. :-) > > > > > > > Where in heaven's name did this idealist come from? > > > > > > > Just had to express my thoughts. That's all. :-) > > > > > > > Marketing reality, truly, is so far removed from idealistic > > > > > > > notions! > > > > > > > I rest my case. > > > > > > > > On May 19, 11:23 am, kurosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > To put it another way, > > > > > > > > If you want to be a true champion, you have to rush to the net > > > > > > > > even > > > > > > > > when it is break-point, set-point, match-point, > > > > > > > > championship-point. > > > > > > > > If you play percentage tennis you can never be a true champion. > > > > > > > > Take > > > > > > > > the risks and reap the rewards. Or be relegated to mediocrity > > > > > > > > forever. > > > > > > > > > On May 19, 11:01 am, kurosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > The biggest problem, as I see it, is the irreparable > > > > > > > > > psychological > > > > > > > > > damage that might have been done. > > > > > > > > > Truly gifted developers, people with true creativity, the > > > > > > > > > lateral > > > > > > > > > thought process, all have to be nurtured, if techonlogical > > > > > > > > > progress is > > > > > > > > > to move in leaps and bounds. > > > > > > > > > Mediocre applications will not make a platform great. > > > > > > > > > Suppressing genius will only leave a long-term negative > > > > > > > > > effect in the > > > > > > > > > minds of those who felt that they could make a difference. > > > > > > > > > Those very > > > > > > > > > same people will have no more reason to contribute, to create > > > > > > > > > something out of nothing, to do the impossible, to make the > > > > > > > > > platform > > > > > > > > > greater than ever imaginable. > > > > > > > > > The scenario at present is similar to the one Hank Rearden > > > > > > > > > faced in > > > > > > > > > the novel "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand. > > > > > > > > > Who will hold up the World if Atlas shrugs?- Hide quoted text > > > > > > > > > - > > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Challenge" group. 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