Inserting image into IPython notebook markdown

Question

I am starting to depend heavily on the IPython notebook app to develop and document algorithms. It is awesome; but there is something that seems like it should be possible,

Answer 1

Change the default block from "Code" to "Markdown" before running this code:

![](image_filename.png)

If image file is in another folder, you can do the following:

![](folder/image_filename.png)