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Dean Allen

Dean Allen

Canadian typographer, web developer and blogger

Dean Cameron Allen (June 2, 1966 – January 13, 2018) was a Canadian typographer, web developer and early blogger.[1][2] He created the markup language Textile, the open source content management system Textpattern, and the web hosting service TextDrive.[3] Textile, called "the world's greatest markup language" by Alec Kinnear of Foliovision, has been used in products such as Salesforce's Desk.com, Know Your Meme, and issue tracking application Jira.[4]

Allen was an early blogger and essayist in the late 1990s at his site Cardigan Industries.[5] He created Textile so that writers could "...Just Write and everything else should be there to support that endeavour."[6]

References

  1. [1]
    Malik, Om (18 January 2018). "Dean Allen, R.I.P." Om.co. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  2. [2]
    "DEAN CAMERON ALLEN". Globe and Mail. 6 February 2018. Archived from the original on 29 April 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  3. [3]
    Finley, Klint (16 August 2012). "Cloud Computing Company Joyent Leaves Early Supporters Out In The Cold". TechCrunch. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  4. [4]
    Kinnear, Alec (16 November 2011). "Textile: How to write in the world's greatest markup language". Foliovision. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  5. [5]
    Allen, Dean. "About". Cardigan Industries (archived). Archived from the original on 1 May 2001. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  6. [6]
    Dawson, Stef (24 January 2018). "Memories of Dean Allen". Textpattern. Retrieved 22 February 2018.


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