As a lazy developer, I think I have put it off as long as I can, and I don't think I can put it off anymore. It seems to me that HTML5 is getting closer and closer to being the ready to take it's place as the standard for web layout, design, and coding. Time to take the plunge I guess.

If you are like me, you have been following what cool things Safari and Chrome have been doing with HTML5, but you might not know where to start. It might seem odd, but I have found a good place to start is Twitter. If you do not have or follow Twitter trends, now might be a good time to do so. Here are some of the most informative tweets I have found in the #html5 trend.

arcadian: Go play! #js #html5 #css3 http://playground.html5rocks.com

guerrier: Building a custom #HTML5 video player with #CSS3 and #jQuery http://bit.ly/bNyfVk #WebDesign

fmontes: 25 HTML5 Features, Tips, and Techniques you Must Know - http://goo.gl/CI49 - #html #html5 #css #css3 #webdesign (via @rafaels76)

I know it is not too much, but it is a good place to get started.

YouTube announced Thursday that the will be changing their embedded techniques. They will be changing from the <object> tag to the <iframe> tag. Why?

If you use the new embed code style, your viewers will be able to view your embedded video in one of our Flash or HTML5 players, depending on their viewing environment and preferences.

Simply put, if a visitor to your site is on their IPhone or IPad, YouTube will default the player to an HTML5 player rather than a Flash player.

Currently, this is really the only instance in which a person will need to default to an HTML5 player. But I am sure that as the technology becomes more wildly used, browsers will come with options to use HTML5 players over Flash and vice versa. I am sure this is just YouTube (owned by the same company that developed the Chrome browser) getting ahead of the game that is sure to be around the corner.