Back in the day (the late 90's when I was hand coding websites) you'd need to know HTML in order to make your website look the way you wanted it to.
If you wanted
Then you needed to add an H2 tag that enclosed your text.
If that sentence makes no sense to you, then you're going to love Markdown.
It's a lightweight way of formatting your text even when you're using a simple text editor like NotePad.
Armed with a few simple tricks, you can take awesome notes that stay organized.
There are more reasons to learn Markdown than pretty notes, but it's a great place to start.
In future videos I'll explore other things that you can do with it in Obsidian.
