How to Take Notes on Any Website With Tanka Digest
Use Case
You're deep into research, reading an insightful article, and a brilliant idea strikes. You highlight the key passage, copy it into a separate document, and add your thoughts. Weeks later, you review your notes and find that powerful quote. But the link is gone. You can't remember the author's full argument, the counterpoints mentioned, or even the publication date. The note, once valuable, is now an orphan, stripped of the context that gave it meaning.
Tanka Digest transforms the web into your personal, annotated research space. Imagine highlighting that same passage, and a comment box appears instantly. You type your thought, and it's saved directly on the page. When you come back to that URL tomorrow or next month, your note is still there, attached to the text that inspired it. Need to share your findings with a colleague? Just send them a link, and they can see your exact comment in its original context, eliminating the need for confusing screenshots and long email chains.
How to Use
Go to the Chrome Web Store to download the Tanka Digest extension.
After downloading the app, highlight any sentence or paragraph and click on "Comment & Share."
Publish the comment on the page and copy the link below to share your annotated note.
Tips
The Tanka Digest extension requires the Google Chrome browser to be installed on your computer.
Ideal for students, researchers, and analysts who need to quickly synthesize information from multiple online articles without manual copy-pasting.
When sharing a comment, add a question in the note to get targeted feedback from a colleague on a specific point in an article