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] Alec Kinnear of Foliovision called Textile "the world's greatest markup language" and said it was used in 37signals#Basecamp.[4]

Allen was an early blogger and essayist in the late 1990s at his sites Cardigan Industries and Textism.[5][6] He created Textile so that writers could "...Just Write and everything else should be there to support that endeavour."[7]

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. Feb 6, 2018. Archived 2018-04-29 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  3. ^ Finley, Klint (Aug 16, 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. ^ Allen, Dean (2008-09-11). "Textism". Textism (archived). Archived from the original on 2011-06-15.
  7. ^ Dawson, Stef (24 January 2018). "Memories of Dean Allen". Textpattern. Retrieved 22 February 2018.