I can see how this would be percieved as being spec work - though for it to be spec work that would imply that there would be a 'full budget' outside of this to pay for this kind of development.
There isn't. The contest is structured to support the DC tech community and beyond...it's the first time The District's CTO is opening up to letting individuals and small companies provide solutions to their big challenges in an open manner rather than issuing a multimillion dollar contact to a big contractor like IBM or Lockheed or something. The last point I'd add is that this is about 'saving our own money'...we pay taxes and those taxes are unwisely spent by the government in paying way to much for crappy IT projects...so if we as a community of developers in DC (or outside of it) can provide a better way to get things like this done...is this 'spec work'? No. It's a better way of innovating for .gov and a great way for .gov to support tech communities. On Oct 20, 9:48 pm, "Shane Isbell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > +1 for democracy > +1 for capitalism, -1 for spec-work > > On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 2:39 PM, Mark Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Looks like spec work, which I implore other devs to avoid: > > > Seehttp://www.no-spec.com/for more information. > > > On Oct 19, 5:56 pm, corbett3000 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > So we're hosting an app dev challenge here in DC (anyone from anywhere > > > can enter) and our first submission was an iphone app. > > > > I'm hoping you guys will be interested to check out Apps for Democracy > > > and see if an Android app would be useful for visualizing DC's public > > > data. here's the info: > > > > Apps for Democracy will feature 60 cash prizes from $2000 to $100 > > > dollars for a total of $20,000 in prizes. Developers and designers > > > will compete by creating web applications, widgets, Google Maps mash- > > > ups, iPhone apps, Facebook apps, and other digital utilities that > > > visualize DC.gov's Data Catalog (http://data.octo.dc.gov), which > > > provides real-time data from multiple agencies to citizens — a > > > catalyst ensuring agencies operate as more responsive, better > > > performing organizations. > > > > More athttp://www.appsfordemocracy.org > > > > -Peter (@corbett3000) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@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-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
