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My daughter has taken to using social media in a big way this year. It started with Moshi Monsters last year, and this year she is blogging big time. In case you are wondering, Moshi Monsters is a networking web site for children.

With three blogs on the go, she has taught herself to use a range of cloud computing services, and recently added a podcast. She is constantly digging around the HTML code and rewriting sections of it to make it work the way she wants it to; adding animated graphics as well as creating backgrounds for her blogs and her online friends’ blogs.

So when the HTML5 for Web Designers book arrived yesterday, we had to fight over it. She won! Unfortunately, my daughter’s success at trying to get HTML5 code working this morning was not successful (thanks to the blogging platform’s tendency to rewrite code it doesn’t understand), but I don’t think this is going to stop her.

So as you can imagine, I have only had access to the book for less than an hour since it arrived. This isn’t a huge book. It does provide valuable insights into what HTML5 is all about and like any great book on web design, it focuses on best practice rather than coolness.

Oh, and in case you are wondering, as responsible parents, we closely monitor our daughter’s posts and online activity. If you are interested in what a ten-year old can accomplish in six-months of blogging, visit The Fun Filled Blog.