Cyberpunk Librarian – Episode 35 – Marky Markdown and the Funky Bunch

Join us for a new episode of Cyberpunk Librarian where we dig into the markup language that is Markdown. You too can write rich text in a plain text editor and easily share it online! It’s easy to learn and easy to use and will change the way you look at plain text!

Correction: In the episode I credit Aaron Swartz as a co-creator of Markdown, working with John Gruber. In reality, Swartz was an important early tester, but not a co-creator of Markdown. Thanks to Steve Thomas of Circulating Ideas for the correction!

Links

• Markdown Syntax by John Gruber – This is where it all begins.


• A bunch of great tutorials and information about Markdown from Design Shack


• Dillinger.io – An online Markdown editor. (Special thanks to Knight Wise of the Knightwise.com podcast for the tip!)


• MarkdownPad – For Windows


• MacDown – For OS X


• Haroopad – For Linux


• Byword – For iOS


• Draft – For Android


• My shownotes in raw Markdown

Music

• Bellydance at Ebisu by Ryo Miyashita


• Infinitive Sight by Fortadelis


• Lullaby by _ghost


• Under Whispering Trees by Fonogeri