John Gruber was born on 1973 and is a technology blogger, UI designer, and one of the inventors of the Markdown markup language.
11 Facts About John Gruber
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John Gruber received his Bachelor of Science in computer science from Drexel University, then worked for Bare Bones Software and Joyent.
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In 2004, Aaron Swartz and 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 blog.
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John Gruber often writes about user interfaces, software development, Mac applications, and Apple's media coverage.
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John Gruber's costume was to be "a complete rip-off of Evel Knievel combined with the Dallas Cowboys", and the blog's logo references the helmet he designed for the act.
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In 2004, John Gruber began selling memberships, where readers donate an amount of money annually and gain access to other perks.
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For most of the time when Daring Fireball was a part-time project, John Gruber worked as an independent web designer; between late 2005 and April 2006, John Gruber's worked at Joyent where he helped with the TextDrive acquisition.
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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.