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Links to Awesome HTML5 Stuff

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HTML5 LogoAlthough this may be old news to most of you, I find that a lot of people still haven’t seen most of these. If your new to HTML5 or not convinced of its power or for whatever reason don’t think it’s ‘AWESOME!!!’ (not the three exclamation marks, it’s that awesome), then check out these resources below to be convinced.

Overview with Google IO

This is one of the best overview presentations that I have found out there. The great thing is, is that the actual live presentation was taped and is available on YouTube. So open both simultaneously and play with the presentation and the code while someone explains what it is.

In Depth Info with these Encyclopedias

For some more depth and to get your hands dirty the following two links are super useful.

  • html5rocks.com - Evangelises HTML5 has apresentations, samples and tutorials. Especially the  slides with the HTML5 Presentation give a nice overview.
  • diveintohtml5.info –  A super good read and useful as a more in depth tutorial. Continuation of Mark Pilgrims project.

Showcases that give Proof of Awesome

The following are some of the nicest projects that I’ve seen using HTML5 to the fullest. To be fair they’re just so cool because they use WebGL which in itself goes a lot further than HTML5, but still…

  • chromeexperiments.com – a collection of ‘small’ experiments showing the really nifty stuff you can do.
  • ro.me – An interactive music video for Norah Jones.
  • lights.elliegoulding.com – Another music video (do you they’re all going to do this from now on?), this time for Ellie Goulding.

If anyone else has good projects that are worth a look feel free to leave a comment. Enjoy!

A Post: To New Beginnings!

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The Incentive

After my good friend Arthur had updated his personal website a while back and then started his own blog as well, I was just a  little bit envious (Great domainname, btw!). But when two seperate managers told me I was definitely lacking by not showcasing my work properly, I knew it’s about time I got my act together.

For that matter, it’s only been years since I wanted to have a proper web-based portfolio and somewhere to show the world what I fill my time with. I wanted a CMS to do the heavy-lifting for me because I wanted something sooner rather than later. I’ve worked with Joomla and Mambo in the past but they always seemed to be a bit rigid and lacking, so I decided to go with a new WordPress  installation.

Thanks to the guys who made it all possible

So, to kick-start all of this, I would like to thank the wonderful people at WordPress for their great product. I corrupted my whole install about 4 or five times trying to get everything working and had to start over again, but I blame that on the sub-par plug-in implementations (of which I of course had to try lots and lots ;) ).

The following is the set-up that I stuck with in the end.

  • Simple Portfolio, this seemed like the most blank portfolio plug-in I could find. So I’m hoping I’ll figure out how to optimise it in the future.
  • WordPress SEO by Yoast, this has been praised in so many different places, I thought it was about time I try it out. So far it seems like a good bet.
  • Roots Theme, I wanted something that was HTML5 and responsive, this has that. Haven’t checked out if everything works the way it should but at least I’ve got something going.

Right. So that’s that. Now let’s hope it holds up long enough for me to actually get some useful content online.