_posts/2016-05-06-you-should-probably-blog-in-markdown--the-media-temple-blog.markdown
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title: You Should Probably Blog in Markdown | The Media Temple Blog
date: 2016-05-06 13:08:00 -05:00
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Chris Coyier on the Media Temple Blog:
> Maybe you’ll read that title and think:
>
> *Damn, Chris. Little dogmatic isn’t it? There are lots of ways to do things, especially on the web. Why be all prescriptive?*
>
> You’d be right. What I actually want is for everyone creating content on the web to create that content in a clean way that will serve them long into the future. Markdown, I feel, highly encourages that.
I just love Chris’ writing style, and I completely agree with his argument. Reason one and five are especially important to me, it’s why I’ve been using Markdown since 2012.
I write HTML all day, but writing in it sucks. And text files go anywhere you go; put them on Dropbox, or version control them with git. Mix them together with [Jekyll](http://jekyllrb.com/), and you’ve got yourself a blog. If you love to write, Markdown is definitely your friend.