John Gruber
Writer of Daring Fireball and co-creator of Markdown; hosts The Talk Show.
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- John Gruber is an American technology writer and UI designer.
- He has written Daring Fireball, a blog about Apple and related technology, from 2002, and hosts its podcast, The Talk Show.
- In 2004 he and Aaron Swartz created the Markdown formatting language.
- He also co-hosts Dithering with Ben Thompson, a subscription podcast started in March 2020.
Key facts
- Born
- 1973; from Philadelphia1
- Writes
- Daring Fireball, from 20021
- Created
- Markdown, with Aaron Swartz (2004)1
- Podcasts
- The Talk Show (part of Daring Fireball from May 2014); Dithering, with Ben Thompson (from March 2020)1
- Before
- Bare Bones Software (2000 to 2002); Joyent (2005 to 2006); co-founded Q Branch in 2013, which made the Vesper notes app and later shut down1
- Education
- BS in computer science, Drexel University1
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