1. John Gruber was born on 1973 and is a technology blogger, UI designer, and co-creator of the Markdown markup language.
10 Facts About John Gruber
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John Gruber received his Bachelor of Science in computer science from Drexel University, and worked for Bare Bones Software and Joyent.
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In 2004, Aaron Swartz and John Gruber worked together to create the Markdown language, with the goal of enabling people "to write using an easy-to-read and easy-to-write plain text format, optionally convert it to structurally valid XHTML ".
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Since 2002, John Gruber has written and produced Daring Fireball, a technology-focused weblog.
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John Gruber has described his Daring Fireball writing as a "Mac column in the form of a weblog".
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John Gruber often writes about user interfaces, software development, Mac applications, and Apple's media coverage.
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On Daring Fireball, John Gruber tends to cover Apple in a positive manner and defend Apple against criticism.
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The Talk Show is a technology podcast started by John Gruber intended as a "director's commentary" to Daring Fireball.
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John Gruber moved the show to the Mule Radio Syndicate network in May 2012.
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In March 2020, John Gruber started a new podcast with friend and colleague Ben Thompson called Dithering.