Gauri, Actually I do agree about the subjectivity. But I've been in industry and I've seen quite a few good ideas being stifled because "Marketing didn't think so" So it is possible that the judges were acting in the best interests of their organization from a marketing viewpoint. Which makes me wonder. If you want to win ADC II , how do you get inside the minds of the judges to find out what THEY want. Maybe that could form ground for a new thesis :-) "A dichotomy of language interpretation, with specific reference to ORIGINALITY in the ADC judging process." - By KuroshF and GTandon - Proceedings of the first ADC challenge judging criteria.
I hope you don't mind my name being first in the credits. :-) On May 19, 6:22 pm, gtandon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kurosh, > > The most important thing is that you do not base your 6 years worth > work on the results of this challenge. In all likelihood your app > might've got 5-10 minutes of review before being scored. I wouldn't > take the "Originality" points literally either. My take is that there > is a lot of subjectivity in these decisions - regardless of whether > there is a scoring scheme. So if someone likes an app in general, they > might just give a high score to all 4 criteria; and in the same vain > if for whatever reason the app doesn't appeal to someone they might > just spread the final score across all the criteria. > > You should trust your own judgement and like others in the post have > said use other avenues to push your app out. I don't see any reason > for you to "give it away" like you said in one of the other posts. I > am sure there are enough non-profits that might have an interest in > your application. > > All the best. > -Gauri > > On May 19, 3:30 am, 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 - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
