Thanks for the comments, everyone! Many interesting points were made -- I especially like gjs' point that it would be a shame if all the winners are fart-noise apps. Perhaps we should build in a limit on the number of flatulence-related apps that can win a prize. ;) We'll update these groups with more details, as things get finalized.
- Dan On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 11:16 AM, De San Nicolas Jean Philippe < [email protected]> wrote: > Yes Dan, thanks for the clarification. I don't know if I will have time to > do a project for the challenge but it encourages me, and maybe others, to > think that Google support its product. > > 2009/3/20 CnmJbm <[email protected]> > > >> as long as adc2 won't become a race of "the world's most bizzare apps" >> i have no opinion. >> >> the primary goal of android challenge should be more on 'usefulness', >> not on perculiarity or singularity that is like firework -- users >> download it and dump it in short time and the winners take rewards and >> disappear from the market -- w ha t ha f ha ha !!?? >> >> >> On Mar 19, 10:43 pm, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: >> > I see it as a better long-term prospect to include all types of apps. >> > >> > If you only include open-source apps then you're limiting the field, and >> > even if you only include free apps it'll re-enforce users views that all >> > apps should be free which would not help anyone trying to establish a >> > business around Android software. >> > >> > I would mean that in the short term there would be some great free apps >> > as people take a punt at getting revenue from a prize as opposed to >> > getting revenue from sales, but, unless Google offer the prizes every >> > month for the rest of Markets existance, it wouldn't help grow a >> > sustainable application development community. >> > >> > Al. >> > >> > >> > >> > Mattaku Betsujin wrote: >> > > What about only limiting to open-source apps? >> > >> > > On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 3:58 PM, Ivan Soto <[email protected] >> > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> > >> > > If my application sells for like $.99 and the top seller is >> > > selling around 600 to 1000 a month, a lot of developer would be >> > > spending $1500 just to make themselves to the top. The price would >> > > be more than that amount. >> > >> > > Just a thought. >> > >> > > I don't like that idea. I really prefer a challenge that favor >> > > towards the quality and user friendly capabilities. >> > >> > > my 2 cents. >> > >> > > Ivan Soto Fernandez >> > > Web Developer >> > > http://ivansotof.com >> > >> > > On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 3:50 PM, Dan Morrill <[email protected] >> > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> > >> > > We have considered and are considering ideas along those >> > > lines. That is *not* to say that that's what we are going to >> > > do, so don't take it as confirmation. :) But yes, many >> > > different structures are on the table. >> > >> > > - Dan >> > >> > > On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 2:46 PM, Al Sutton >> > > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> > >> > > Dan, >> > >> > > Thanks for the clarification. >> > >> > > How about making the ADC II a set of awards which are >> > > given to the best >> > > selling apps in each category each month for the next >> > > couple of years. >> > > This would allow the Android user community to vote on >> > > what is good for >> > > them, give developers a reason to push their apps to the >> > > limit of what >> > > they can do, and allow Google to focus the prizes on >> > > groups delivering >> > > what people want. >> > >> > > Just a thought. >> > >> > > Al. >> > >> > > Dan Morrill wrote: >> > > > Oops. Looks like that page was collateral damage when >> > > we did the move >> > > > to developer.android.com <http://developer.android.com> >> > > <http://developer.android.com>. We're >> > > > looking into it; thanks for pointing it out. At any >> > > rate the content >> > > > that would be there refers only to the first Developer >> > > Challenge. >> > >> > > > Regarding the second Developer Challenge, it definitely >> > > isn't canceled >> > > > but we haven't announced plans for it yet. We said we >> > > would by last >> > > > year (sorry about that), but we're still working on how >> > > to structure >> > > > it. The world is quite a bit different now than it was >> > > when we ran >> > > > the first ADC, so we want to make sure the new >> > > rules/structure make >> > > > sense, and we are of course taking into consideration >> > > everyone's >> > > > experiences with the first ADC. The second ADC will >> > > definitely not be >> > > > a clone of the first ADC. >> > >> > > > We expect to have all this finalized and announce rules >> > > within a >> > > > couple months. The event itself will likely run in the >> > > second half of >> > > > the year. >> > >> > > > - Dan >> > >> > > > On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 1:07 AM, Al Sutton >> > > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> > > > <mailto:[email protected] >> > > <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote: >> > >> > > > Very very recently though. Googling for "android >> > > developer challenge" >> > > > still brings up the 404ed page as the top result. >> > >> > > > Al. >> > >> > > > Anonymous Anonymous wrote: >> > > > >http://developer.android.com/ >> > > > > try in here.. its moved i guess >> > >> > > > > On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 12:10 PM, Eelke Folmer >> > > > <[email protected] >> > > <mailto:[email protected]> >> > > <mailto:[email protected] >> > > <mailto:[email protected]>> >> > > > > <mailto:[email protected] >> > > <mailto:[email protected]> >> > > <mailto:[email protected] >> > > <mailto:[email protected]>>>> >> > > > wrote: >> > >> > > > > This (http://code.google.com/android/adc.html >> > > ) gives a >> > > > 404 which is >> > > > > weird for a google site. >> > > > > Is this challenge cancelled? 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