"First of all, it’s not only a highlighter. It’s a community too. For me, that is a great part of my interest in it, plus the developers are nice guys. That love to get users’ input and ideas."

"Glasp is a Read It Now App that keeps you up to date more effectively. Unlike any other app, such as Pocket, Diigo, or Instapaper."

"By highlighting and taking notes on anything that appeals to me, I do not have to save things for later."

"Similarly to Refind, Glasp is a great resource for discovering interesting things to know more about. Additionally, I can see what other people think is important in that article. This shared knowledge is more important than anything else in how we learn from each other and grow together as a community."

"“The beginner mind and the wise mind are one and the same; the only difference is the tools, information, experience on which they draw.” ― Shellen Lubin"

"Glasp is a social web highlighter that people can highlight and organize quotes and thoughts from the web and access other like-minded people’s learning."

"Glasp’s social features are very useful to me, as well as having access to other people’s highlights, and sometimes notes, from articles you have been reading to include in your PKM as you go."

"I also use it as a library to keep track of my special interests and to find material for upcoming articles."

"You can have how many extensions you like, but that doesn’t make you a better writer! Only your ideation and your skill as a creative make you the best writer you can be. And as they say, practice makes perfect. So keep writing, keep learning, and keep being creative!"

"The truth about writing online is it threads the future fabric of your success for you without you being aware. All you have to do is show up for long enough to claim the prize. — Tim Denning"

"I have discovered that we each take notes in a manner that reflects the characteristics of our individual personalities."

"A good way to see how different we look at what’s important is the Social Web Highligtning Glasp that’s driven by the curators using the service to highlight, and annotate text from various online sources."

"I have found many new resources to help me get ideas, and content for my own writings"

"I have found that the community curates very interesting and exciting posts for creative writers like me, which is very exciting."

"Especially when we’re in a study setting where the attention is so focused on the lecturer or speaker. There is nothing strange about that either, but in those cases, I believe a more individual approach would give the notes a deeper meaning."

"The way you take notes (make notes) is also another way to show your uniqueness. as both the knowledge and the learning both depend on and settle in your own mind."

"I would advise you to make sure you are using your uniqueness and your creative mind when you take notes. That will bring both your notes closer to who you are as well as your learning style. It will also be easier for you to recall that knowledge in the future."

"First of all, it’s not only a highlighter. It’s a community too."

"For me, that is a great part of my interest in it, plus the developers are nice guys."

"Similarly to Refind, Glasp is a great resource for discovering interesting things to know more about."

"This shared knowledge is more important than anything else in how we learn from each other and grow together as a community."

"Once a month, the founders organize a challenge called Read3for5, in which they send out an email daily with links to three interesting articles they found."

"And it’s quite interesting to see what other readers find in the same article that you have read!"

"Glasp has been the subject of both essays and articles here on Medium where I have discussed the topic."

"Although I am a bit in love with the concept, I have to admit that I am not taking full advantage of the opportunities for Glasp in my workflows at the moment, but I intend to change that later in the year."

"Besides using it to source material for my articles, I also use it as a library to keep track of my special interests and to find material for upcoming articles."

"When we read the same sentence, we usually highlight it, but it is not always a given."

"Sometimes we value totally different things, and then the knowledge that we have collected is increased just like that. Whenever I’m not using Glasp for highlighting, I visit the site and find interesting links and information that I can store in my PKM."

"There is nothing strange about that either, but in those cases, I believe a more individual approach would give the notes a deeper meaning. It would also increase learning. Or at least that is what I think from a personal perspective."

"Therefore, I would advise you to make sure you are using your uniqueness and your creative mind when you take notes. That will bring both your notes closer to who you are as well as your learning style. It will also be easier for you to recall that knowledge in the future."

"This year alone, I have written more than 80 essays, writing one every day, which has changed the way I see myself as a digital writer a lot."

"When notetaking is the action, observation is the reason for why we take that action. — Arvid Kahl The bootstrapped founder podcast"

"Scrintal is now my notetaking and PKM app of choice."

"Replacing the combination of Roam Research and Evernote has been the most pivotal moment in my now two-year journey as a digital writer."

"Glasp is a social highlighter/community that I find particularly interesting. The idea is to share your highlights with other writers/knowledge workers. I recently started to use it more frequently, but I think it has already started to grow on me."

"Maybe a connection to Readwise is in the future?"

"Invest in apps that will save you time, not consume your time."

"The idea is not to complicate things, but rather to simplify them."

"Keep writing, writing, writing…. and yes WRITING! Because that’s what notetaking or notemaking is all about. Be intentional, and consistent! — Andy Sporring"

"Evernote has lost my trust and confidence, it’s sad to see how far the mighty Swissarmyknife among apps has fallen."