If you look at trend data, Android is experiencing exponential world-wide growth/adoption. In case you aren’t taking the platform seriously, there are already more Android devices than iPhones. Explosive as Android’s growth has been, the entire platform is set for a sudden and dramatic fall. Microsoft might be in a position to be the big winner, but even absent a disruptive WP7 showing, Android could still be on a trajectory for disaster. In present form it is an insecure unsafe unchecked scary dangerous place to live, and that will catch up to it. [More]

Tech isn’t just about geeks anymore. The next software you write might become a pop culture status symbol. People of all ages and walks of life make value decisions every day about software and technology. The talent mix of those developing software is changing just as quickly. Keeping the right talent mix in your studio is important if your development organization is to survive as an innovator. [More]

Outsourcing implementation without outsourcing product design is one of the all time stupid things people do. Never outsource software by separating product development from product design, and never let anyone design your products if they can’t understand your customer’s needs and psychology. [More]

From early looks it seems content delivery apps are going to be a serious challenge on iPad. None of the first-round attempts have any magic, and some (NYT) are awful. App designers are going to be seriously challenged to deliver content via apps, it’s a new branch of app product design. [More]

Can we make business software more likeable by borrowing design elements from games? [More]

Thad's prediction for the software industry in 2010. [More]