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<div><h2>markdown:</h2>
<h3>the WYSIWYG alternative</h3>
</div>
<div><p>get excited... this is a talk about plain text!</p>
</div>
<div><h2>markup:</h2>
<p>\<p>This is some text</p></p>
</div>
<div><h2>about markdown</h2>
<ul>
<li>Created by John Gruber in <strong>2004</strong></li>
<li>Wiki-like markup</li>
<li>easy-to-read </li>
<li>easy-to-write </li>
<li>plain text</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div><h2>turns it into html</h2>
</div>
<div><h2>baked into lots of tools</h2>
<ul>
<li>Drupal</li>
<li>WordPress</li>
<li>Trello</li>
<li>Github</li>
<li><a href="http://macwright.org/biggie/">Biggie</a>*</li>
<li>Mou</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div><h2>Why it&#39;s cool</h2>
<ul>
<li>No guessing games</li>
<li>Intuitive markup</li>
<li>Ubiquitous</li>
<li>It&#39;s free</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div><h2>What I use it for</h2>
<ul>
<li>Pretty Documentation</li>
<li>Writing blog posts or html pages</li>
<li>Creating presentations</li>
</ul>
</div>

markdown:

the WYSIWYG alternative


get excited... this is a talk about plain text!


markup:

\

This is some text


about markdown

  • Created by John Gruber in 2004
  • Wiki-like markup
  • easy-to-read
  • easy-to-write
  • plain text

turns it into html


baked into lots of tools

  • Drupal
  • WordPress
  • Trello
  • Github
  • Biggie*
  • Mou

Why it's cool

  • No guessing games
  • Intuitive markup
  • Ubiquitous
  • It's free

What I use it for

  • Pretty Documentation
  • Writing blog posts or html pages
  • Creating presentations

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