This past Friday I had the opportunity to host the first episode of “New Stuff” on TheMESH.tv.

The MESH is a new media online network, designed to produce and deliver unique content to computers, mobile phones, iPods, iPads, and any other device connected to the Internet.  Just like a traditional television network, The MESH has a series of programs and “shows” on a variety of topics… the difference is you can watch or listen to what you want, when you want, and where you want.

On this episode of New Stuff Chad Austin of Chad Austin Marketing and Media Design (www.chadaustin.com), Terry Bledsoe, Chief Information Officer for Catawba County, North Carolina (www.catawbacountync.gov), and Alan Jackson with Jackson Group Interactive(www.jginteractive.com) joined me to talk about social media, technology, mobile devices and other gadgets!  The topics for this first episode include the current status of Google+, recent Facebook announcements, iPhone 5 rumors, and Google Wallet.+

Listen to the first episode here:

• iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/new-stuff/id467909880
• RSS Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/new-stuff
• The Mesh – New Stuff Page: http://themesh.tv/new-stuff/

With all the chatter about Flash and HTML5 in the recent days it got me to thinking about these technologies.  Steve Jobs says that Flash is “No Longer Necessary” and that the technology is antiquated now and in future innovations (especially mobile devices).  You can read Jobs’ “Thoughts on Flash” here: http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughts-on-flash/

So now that the world knows what one of the most influential people of technology thinks about Flash, what do you think?  Will HTML5 be the “flash killer” or is there something else on the horizon that will astound us all and change the way we receive that important email or Facebook Status Update?

I attended the Web 2.0 Expo in NYC last year and sat in on a session about HTML5.  Since HTML5 is still very much in a “beta” mode, not all browsers support the all the functionality of HTML5…but that is rapidly changing.  Wonder if your browser supports HTML5…go here to find out: http://html5test.com/.  Also, here is a good resource understanding HTML5 as well: http://diveintohtml5.org/.  From the demos I viewed at the conference, HTML5 looks to be pretty slick.  A few of the things that really impressed me were location based applications, more control of embedding fonts (i.e. not having to create a cool graphic in photoshop just because you want to use that cool font that might not be a “standard web font”), and embedding video directly on the page without a heavy 3rd part client such as Flash.

Ok, so now that you have completely bought in to HTML5 what does that mean for the end user/you?  It means new mobile apps, receive important information faster and easier,  not having to worry about having a player installed on your computer to play video on the web, easier drag and drop support, and more collaboration easier with others.

So share what you think about HTML5 and what sort of things would you like to see come out of this new technology?

Cheers!
Lee

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• HTML5 Demos: http://www.html5demos.com
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• Expert Labs: http://expertlabs.org/ @expertlabs
• Code for America: http://codeforamerica.org/ @codeforamerica
• Nicole Sullivan = http://www.stubbornella.org/ @Stubbornella
• The Complete Guide to Google Wave: http://completewaveguide.com/ @ginatrapani
• PubSubHubbub: http://code.google.com/p/pubsubhubbub/
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