Well, this is my first post then, isn't it?

It you've taken a look at my source code yet, you'll notice that this site is coded using HTML5, the newest HTML standard put out by the W3C. So far it doesn't look like there are any earth-shattering changes. They've streamlined a lot, and added some new semantic elements that seem useful. I doubt I'll have any reason to use any of the cool new features, like video or canvas, and I probably won't even try until browser support is better.

Dive Into HTML5 has proven to be a useful resource, both in explaining the new features of HTML5, and in explaining the reasoning underlying those decisions. Also thanks to Dive Into HTML5, I'm using the HTML5 enabler script by Remy Sharp, which allows versions of Internet Explorer below 9 to use HTML5 tags.

Hopefully, when I've put a bit more work into this site, I'll post a larger overview of what's going on under the hood.