Friday, January 25, 2013

Markdown markup language

I wish HTML were more readable. If we have to design it now, probably it would be more of wiki-markup-like more readable without the ugly angle brackets. For this reason, it is not suitable for casual note taking.

I take notes in plain text. I configure my vim editor to highlight the texts like Note: Todo: and some more of my own syntax rules for the .txt filetype just so that it looks nice when I read them. However just cross-referencing different sections within and across documents is not as smooth as I wished.

Here comes -- Markdown and RestructuredText markup languages-- you take notes which is completely readable in text form, and yet convert to HTML/PDF/other formats later for better consumption. I have now adapted Markdown and RestructuredText as my primary means of taking notes.

Markdown is also the primary markup language used in stackoverflow and github, so it helps to be familiar with this stuff.

I created some brief notes on Markdown using Markdown markup (what else?) on my web page.

Hope it is useful as quick reference for those who are interested.

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

How to be in "Flow" - Secret of highest productivity

Have you ever been in a state of engaging in an activity, totally engrossed, performing your best without the sense of time and everything else around you ? You may call this as being in groove or whatever. Have you wondered what factors put you right into this groove ? Can you put yourself into groove at your will ?

Sunday, September 14, 2008

Saturday, September 13, 2008

Song of the day - Thalaiyai Kuniyum Thamaraiye

I listened to this song after long time. I listened to this again and again and lost track how many times I did.

Saturday, March 15, 2008

The Secret Of Nurturing Beautiful Relationships By Sadhguru

I read this article from Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, very interesting one.