My two latest HTML5 apps, http://appeio.com for App.net which made it into the Apple iOS store and brand brand new http://podglass.com which is my personal solution to podcast headaces.. and a reason to start pushing boundaries with <audio> and <video>.
It's getting there, in two years a good HTML5 app will be very close and in some situations a better choice. Native will improve also but browser tech is due to leap by 2014.
iOS will have a good run and so will Android but the web is open and will never get obsoleted.
I've upgraded my account and am going to take a spin at a html5 app. It's an interesting group of people and even if it does not get massive scale it's fun.
Also keep in mind that I don't think app.net wants to be Twitter, it wants to be the back end public messaging system for any and all kinds of apps that have a need for a messaging or notification network.
Bring on touch screens with print scanners. I really hate login/pass. I realize in away the more secure the token the more private it can become but the screens could at least check for a pulse too. (it's late)
It's a boon of new money and fresh funded interests to the community. Better for everyone but I would not have gone public. (limited actual knowledge of real world pressures.. but still. They were not in control and give up more.
It is not your thing if it's everyone's thing and when everyone is bored of their thing. Well...
John C Dvorak has a theory, I am not sure if it is just his about cycles and a predicted pattern of events going back to the 1600's that indicates a dip in things starting in 2017.
Personally I am an optimist and think that as a whole we will continue to persevere and generally get it right more often, with more free information, we learn faster and eventually we evolve our outlook and efforts for the better.
Not because we want to, it's something about our species and tenacity to survive happy.
Go to Mars. I'll at least watch the video. We need the wild west with space helmets. We need big impossible goals. Or else it's just us here talking and warring over one marble running out of raw materials.
I am encouraged by the recent progresses. The upcoming rover landing is a big test. If they can master robotic rocket landings and material transport on the surface we are making progress.
My wife has set a rule that no children we have are allowed to leave the planet before they are 18.
