10 things every web developer, designer (and manager) should know about HTML5

Is HTML5 just an incremental update to HTML4.01, or is it a new, revolutionary technology that is gong to change the web? Well, it’s actually a bit of both, and in this webcast we’ll give you a 45 minute jumpstart on this new technology and everything you need to know when you walk into your next staff meeting and the subject comes up. You can expect to leave this webcast with the answers to questions like: Do I need to rewrite my HTML4.01 pages to be HTML5 compliant? Is web video as easy as it looks with the new video element? Do I need to know JavaScript to use HTML5? What are “web workers” anyway? And a lot more. About Eric Freeman: Eric Freeman is described by Head First series co-creator Kathy Sierra as “one of those rare individuals fluent in the language, practice, and culture of multiple domains from hipster hacker, to corporate VP, engineer, think tank.” Professionally, Eric recently ended nearly a decade as a media company executive, having held the position of CTO of Disney.com at The Walt Disney Company. Eric is now devoting his time to WickedlySmart.com and lives with his wife and young daughter on Bainbridge Island. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Yale University. Elisabeth Robson: Elisabeth has been developing for and writing about the web since its early days. She co-founded one of the first web sites for mentoring women in technology, and created a web interface for online document management back when the only browsers on the market were IE and

HTML5 Dev Conf: JavaScript Programming Style and Your Brain with Douglas Crockford

In this video from HTML5 Dev Conf, world renowned JavaScript expert, author, creator of JSLint, and discoverer of JSON, Douglas Crockford is going to talk about effective programming style for JavaScript. JavaScript is one of the least perfect programming languages, and in this talk Douglas is going to show you some positive things you can do to reduce your error rate and enhance the beauty of your code.

HTML5 Dev Conf: Webkit in Your Living Room – Netflix

Netflix delivers highly dynamic WebKit based UIs to televisions, game consoles and Blu-ray players. Matt will discuss fluid animation with hardware acceleration; achieving high framerates using accelerated compositing; responding to constant user input; as well as balancing strategies for best performance on over 450 high-end to low-end devices. **check out marakana.com for more videos on open source development