Many of my recent posts have focused on how I’ve increasingly turned to Markdown for my writing, syllabus design, project and class websites, and for teaching literate programming. For those ...

Windows / Mac: I confess, I’m not as well-versed in Markdown as I should be, but the awesome, free note-taking app Notable makes me want to learn its intricacies. The app, available for both Windows ...

Most proprietary note-taking apps try to solve every single problem and therefore keep adding more features. Each one has ...

As a techie, I’ve been self-hosting my tools for a while now, mostly because I like owning my data and keeping my setup ...

When I first heard about NotePlan, I was intrigued. It was a Mac app that used a text format (Markdown) as a calendar-based system, a note for each day, allowing you to easily create tasks and take ...

I know, I went and used "wiki" and "Markdown" in the headline and scared off all of the non-nerds. Nerds, welcome. If you're a non-nerd who kept reading, well, keep reading. Markdown is an easy way to ...

iOS: Simplenote’s long been one of our favorite syncing notes apps, and the iOS version is getting a little better with an update that adds in support for Markdown. What Is Markdown, and Why Is It ...

Alternote for the Mac is like Evernote for the Mac, done right. It dumps many of Evernote’s advanced “features,” focusing on note-taking and note-using instead. If you ever get frustrated by ...

Stay organized with the right note-taking tool. Options range from simple, quick notes to advanced features. Free and paid choices make it easy to find the right fit. With the new year upon us, it's ...

Markdown is a markup language that is based on a set of rules, such as 'putting a '#' at the beginning of a line makes it a heading' and 'enclosing a phrase with '**' makes it bold.' It was originally ...