around the web, Saturday 3/7/26
Anil Dash with a little history of markdown. I love markdown. I love Microsoft Word too, but I don't use a lot on there when writing for this thing. I used to start the draft over there and finish over here. But lately I've come to realize as much as I love Word for a lot of things, I actually get around to finishing more when I start over here, and then I just copy, paste, and save a copy over there. I also enjoy reading Dash's stuff. Part of the reason it's easier for me to actually get started and get around to finishing is markdown. Fascinating stuff.
Gladys West, a mathematician whose work helped create GPS recently passed away at the age of 95.
David Farber, a computer scientist who helped create and shape the internet recently passed away.
I was out walking the dog this morning and I saw a write.as sticker in my neighborhood. NYC is a small world sometimes. write.as is the platform I write thing on. Brooklyn 3/7/26
-Ira