Many of the TUAW writers (and readers!) are fans of John Gruber's Markdown, so we tend to review both iOS and Mac apps that support Markdown. If you don't know what Markdown is or how to use it, those ...

At its core, Markdown is a super simple way to add formatting like headers, bold, bulleted lists, and so on to plain text. It was originally designed to be an easy alternative to HTML, and allows ...

The Byword app allows you to use Markdown for text formatting. Markdown employs simple, easy-to-learn codes for formatting text to appear on the web. (Image via Byword) Some really geeky things end up ...

Markdown, a text formatting syntax designed for easy readability but also transformability, gets a lot of love from geeks. Lincoln Mullen has written a great introduction to Markdown for Profhacker if ...

It's time to replace the apps you're only using out of habit with better free and open-source alternatives.

I’ve written about a number of “ focused-writing apps” for Mac—text editors that let you focus on your words, shutting out other computer-based distractions. Tanmay Sonawane’s new $10 Write ( Mac App ...