Dean Allen Explained

Dean Cameron Allen (June 2, 1966January 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Malik. Om. Dean Allen, R.I.P.. Om.co. 18 January 2018 . 22 February 2018.
  2. News: DEAN CAMERON ALLEN. 22 February 2018. Globe and Mail. Feb 6, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180429031251/http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/Deaths.20180206.93398674/BDAStory/BDA/deaths. 2018-04-29.
  3. News: Finley. Klint. Cloud Computing Company Joyent Leaves Early Supporters Out In The Cold. 22 February 2018. TechCrunch. Aug 16, 2012.
  4. Web site: Kinnear. Alec. Textile: How to write in the world's greatest markup language. Foliovision. 16 November 2011 . 22 February 2018.
  5. Web site: Allen. Dean. About. https://web.archive.org/web/20010501181949/http://www.cardigan.com:80/about/. dead. 1 May 2001. Cardigan Industries (archived). 22 February 2018.
  6. Web site: Dawson. Stef. Memories of Dean Allen. Textpattern. 24 January 2018 . 22 February 2018.

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