Knockout Curly Bracket Syntax Extension
This extension allows you to use double brackets in place of spans with text bindings.
So instead of <span data-bind="text:Name"></span> you can just use {{Name}}.
Simply include knockout.curly.js after including knockout. For example:
<script src="knockout-2.1.0.js"></script>
<script src="knockout.curly.js"></script>