I hear you. Reread my post. I'm going forward regardless. I was just saying to those who thought expanding the prizes beyond the 50 would be unfair. I doubt it would happen, but if it did, unfair or not, I'll be happy to take it.
"Winning guarantees only 25K. Nothing more, Nothing less." Thats not exactly true. Winning will guarantee some press. It will also help you get more funding, because people are far more likely to fund an app that google thinks is a good idea. I have a list of numbers at the ready. Getting that top 50 nod would've made that phone call a lot easier. That's far more valuable than 25k. On May 6, 1:25 am, "Muthu Ramadoss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kevin, > > Agree, there might be more than 50 great ideas. You can't take anything for > granted by winning or losing. Just like there would be successful ideas > outside of the top 50, there will also be failures in the top 50 winning > applications. > > Your idea might be good. You might have won the challenge. You might have > lost the challenge. Your application kicks butt. Your application bites > dust. Your application might have been treated fairly. Your application > might have been prejudiced. > > But will any of the above is going to seriously enhance or hamper your > vision? I doubt so. > > Winning guarantees only 25K. Nothing more, Nothing less. We can guarantee > something more for ourself. We can guarantee something that no one will be > able to take it away from us. We can guarantee something that we can > control. We can guarantee something that is realistic. > > We can work hard at being the best. We can work hard to change the world. We > can work hard to build something that makes people happy. We can work hard > to build something that our folks find it easy to use. We can work hard to > keep at it as long as we can, as long as it takes. > > Your success or failure is not something others decide. Its you, who does > that. > > Good luck. > > > > On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 10:34 AM, Kevin Galligan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > "coding my submission took just few days" ... "I think we get > > understandably nervous" > > > What are you nervous about? A few days? > > > What I've wanted since the beginning was a fair shake. As stated all > > over the place, my app got like 1 to 2 looks max. I put far more than > > a few days into it. My life was on hold for quite a while. I've > > blown off a number of people and lived on 5 hours of sleep a night for > > a long time. > > > I plan to go forward regardless of what happens with the contest, > > although I have no idea what I'm going to do about supporting that > > financially. I'll take any cash (or a phone, or whatever) to help > > with that effort, and if somebody thinks that's unfair, I'll send you > > a cheese plate and a nice hand written apology/condolence card. > > > I don't expect anything. I'd be surprised if I got a direct email > > from anybody, much less anything of substance. Like I said up top, > > though. What if there are more than 50 good ideas? > > > On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 4:58 PM, Eugene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On May 5, 10:34 pm, SatG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > As we all participated in the ADC and we all now excelled the skills > > > > in Android. how about GOOGLE thinking of employing the persons > > > > developed application for ADC? > > > > Let's not be overly enthusiastic. E.g. coding my submission took just > > > few days, after a week of studying docs. Which can suggest two things: > > > > - Barrier for entry was pretty low, since the framework/toolkit was so > > > usable for newcomers > > > - Not all, but likely many of us have only cursory experience with it. > > > > I think we get understandably nervous with announcements approaching, > > > but let's keep ourself cool and our expectations in check. We knew the > > > rules when we rolled it, let's not expect things that weren't written > > > there. Then if Google donates anything over - power to them. If not, > > > we'd not be in for any disappointment. > > -- > take care, > Muthu Ramadoss. > > http://mobeegal.in > find stuff closer. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Challenge" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
