It’s been a while since I’ve read a technical(ish) arti­cle that is as acces­si­ble and fun as Mark Pilgrim’s guide to using new HTML5 markup in web forms.

I’m not sure if it’s the doing of ‘Pro­fes­sor Markup’ or this slightly nerdy quip, but I fell in love with Pilgrim’s style:

Ask­ing for a num­ber is trick­ier than ask­ing for an email address or web address. First of all, num­bers are more com­pli­cated than you might think. Quick: pick a num­ber. –1? No, I meant a num­ber between 1 and 10. 7½? No no, not a frac­tion, silly. π? Now you’re just being irrational.

Mark Pilgrim–developer advo­cate for Google, “spe­cial­is­ing in open source and open standards”–has recently released a book on the sub­ject, HTML5: Up & Run­ning. I hope it’s as enter­tain­ing as this.

via @rands, who is ask­ing the same ques­tion as me: “How the hell does Pil­grim make web forms entertaining?”