[NSRCA-dist7] Going to Oakdale? iPhone/iPad scoring app beta testers wanted!

[Peter Vogel]

Patience grasshopper.  Android is planned, but I want to vet iDevice first
since that's the larger user segment...

Peter+

On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 2:36 PM, Kfactoreditor <kfactoreditor at gmail.com>wrote:

> IPhones are old school! How bout an Android app? Haha.
>
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> From my Android phone on T-Mobile. The first nationwide 4G network.
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> Subject: [NSRCA-dist7] Going to Oakdale? iPhone/iPad scoring app beta
> testers wanted!
> From: Peter Vogel <vogel.peter at gmail.com>
> To: "CA, AZ, HI, NV, UT" <nsrca-dist7 at lists.nsrca.org>
> CC:
>
>
> If you've been following the discussion on RCU, you know that I've been
> working on an iDevice app and enhancement to Gordon's Excel
> spreadsheet-based scoring system to allow judges to score from an iDevice
> and have those scores seamlessly transferred into the Excel spread sheet,
> eliminating the need for someone to hand-transcribe the paper score sheets
> into excel.  The goal is to save time on the scoring computer side and make
> judging a little more straight-forward and possibly less subjective.
>
> I think the app is ready for a real-world trial in contest conditions.  At
> Sac I spoke to Dick Belden about using Oakdale as a proving ground and he
> was amenable.  My thinking is that for this contest we'll do things both
> ways -- paper and iDevice for those willing to judge with the app, paper
> only for those who want to stick with paper.  You can either score with the
> iDevice and then quickly transcribe the scores from the "review" screen
> (screenshots below) or vice-versa, score on paper and then transcribe to
> the iDevice (it runs on iPads too).  I would prefer that you score with the
> iDevice as that would allow me to get your feedback on the interface, etc.
>  The intent is to make it possible to have your finger hit just 2 or 3
> buttons while scoring so you don't need to look away from the sky...
>
> If you are interested in participating with your device, read below so
> that I can get you a package that you can drop into iTunes to transfer to
> your device (it's not on the app store yet) if you don't have an iDevice
> but are willing to try it, I can loan you one of mine.
>
> Oh, and of course, this is all at the CD's discretion, as a contestant, if
> you don't want to be scored by iDevice, that's your perogative, but I'd be
> very interested in why you don't want it and if there's something I can do
> to make it more palatable to you.
>
> [image: Inline image 1][image: Inline image 2][image: Inline image 3]
>
> Yes, I know FAI doesn't do 1/2 points, this is just a quick illustration!
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>
> To get my app on onto your iDevice I need some information about your
> phone. Guess what, there is an app for that!
>
> Click on the below link and install and then run the app.
>
> http://itunes.apple.com/app/ad-hoc-helper/id285691333?mt=8
>
> This app will create an email. Please send it to me.
>
>
> Finally, I have *no idea* what kind of cell/data coverage is available in
> Oakdale, so this may all simply not work since the app needs an internet
> connection to work.  And, of course, if that happens I've gotten some
> valuable data as well :-)
> Thanks All!
>
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> Director, Fixed Wing Flight Training
> Santa Clara County Model Aircraft Skypark
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