The Future of the WWW, HTML5 and CSS3

In a recent article from Tech Republic, written by Justin James, he asks the following:

"The trend toward using Web technologies for application development, even outside of the Web browser, is here to stay. The recent revelation that Windows 8 will have provisions for writing apps using the HTML5 technologies merely cements this shift in the development world. So the question is: How are you going to deal with it?"

How am I going to deal with it?  I don't know how other web developers keep up with new technologies with intense learning curves but for me it means forking over some hard earned cash to get the low-down from places like www.lynda.com and the local colleges.

And lets not forget CSS3, another advance that once browsers begin sweeping support will overtake another facet of the industry.  When combined, the HTML5/CSS3 have the same industry wide "awe" inspiring effect as XHTML/CSS did when it first came out.

While both HTML5 and CSS3 are not standards yet, they soon will be so to keep pace with new technologies, get your dunce cap on and get in a classroom soon!  I already am.