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Topic: “writing”

Current plans

Things currently on my near-term radar, web development-wise:

  • Finish up a web site that I’m doing pro bono for a friend. This one’s been on the back burner since we moved, but I’d like to actually get it knocked out at the beginning of the summer. Read on, intrepid explorer →

Why I Love Markdown

For about the last two months, I’ve steady been moving toward doing all my writing in Markdown. Truth be told, I’ve been moving that way slowly off and on before that, having been looking for a simple syntax like it for quite some time. I’d spent some time writing in Textile—a number of my posts for Pillar on the Rock were composed with it, and I’ve even used it on this site in the past with a (now-largely defunct and therefore unlinked) plugin. Textile is great in a lot of ways – if you’re looking for a syntax that maps directly to HTML. (In fact, if that’s what you’re looking for, Textile is much better than Markdown.)

Then, over the last six months or so, I’ve been using Markdown here and there. Read on, intrepid explorer →

My new favorite font for writing: Bitstream Vera Sans, discovered via Jesse Grosjean’s fantastic WriteRoom app – which all Mac-using writers should look into. The font is free for everyone; go get it!