Dean Allen

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

External links

• Dean Allen on Twitter