Dashboard is dead - long live side navigation

Facebook leads the charge in introducing a new interface pattern: navigation and display view coming in from the side.

UI Design Patterns

Current state of Android Fragmentation

There are a large number of Android devices.

http://opensignalmaps.com/reports/fragmentation.php?

Icon generators

http://www.androidicongenerator.net/

http://android-ui-utils.googlecode.com/hg/asset-studio/dist/index.html

Demand dropping for JavaScript skills

Of course, I'm biased, but I'm always looking for signs that the 2nd wave is ending.  Just a reminder of how I define the waves -

    Wave 1, The PC Age, 1980 - 1995, giant mainframes replaced by more agile desktops
    Wave 2, The Internet Age, 1995 - 2010, connectivity rules the day
    Wave 3, The Mobile Age, 2010 - 2025, all the computer you need right in your pocket

This article seems to be showing the end of the browser age.  It will never go away but it also will never again be the dominant platform.

http://blogs.cio.com/it-skills/16835/hot-it-skills-2012

Windows 8 tablets will kill Android

http://www.thevarguy.com/2012/03/05/why-windows-8-tablets-could-knock-google-out-of-the-game/

Tablets Replacing PCs

Tablets may soon outsell desktop and laptop PCs.

Source:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/06/technology/as-new-ipad-debut-nears-some-see-decline-of-pcs.html

Android Stencils

The Android team has just released downloadable stencils.

http://developer.android.com/design/downloads/index.html