HUhuangyz0918·May 26, 2018Submission
ODKCollect: Android app for forms, designed for use in challenging environments
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collect
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collect
ODK Collect is an Android app for filling out forms. It's been used to collect billions of data points in challenging environments around the world. Contribute and make the world a better place! ✨📋✨
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What it is
ODK Collect is an Android app for filling out forms. It's been used to collect billions of data points in challenging environments around the world. Contribute and make the world a better place! ✨📋✨
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Observed mentions: 2017-06-01 21:44:22 UTC to 2018-05-26 11:52:53 UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| Jun 2017 | 2017-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jul 2017 | 2017-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 2017 | 2017-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2017 | 2017-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 2017 | 2017-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 2017 | 2017-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 2017 | 2017-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 2018 | 2018-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2018 | 2018-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 2018 | 2018-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 2018 | 2018-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
What Hacker News says
2 sourcesWorldwide | Remote | Open Source Android Developer for Open Data Kit | multi-month contract
Open Data Kit (ODK - https://opendatakit.org/) provides free and open source tools for social good organizations to collect data quickly, accurately, offline, and at scale. ODK has been used to collect billions of data points around the world. Example projects include gathering real-time election data in emerging democracies, forest monitoring in Indonesia, and tracking polio vaccinations in the Middle East.
Nafundi is a company started by founders of ODK that offers professional services and software customization for ODK tools. We are seeking a software developer with Android experience to improve ODK Collect (https://github.com/opendatakit/collect). The ideal candidate is passionate about improving code quality and is interested in designing and
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building new features across the ODK platform.
Full job description: https://www.fossjobs.net/job/8090/experienced-android-develo...
To apply, please send a brief email describing your interest, links to the Android applications you have worked on, and your resume to jobs@nafundi.com with subject “Experienced Android Developer for Open Data Kit”.