Twitter, that medium of disposable aphorisms, demands short phrases that can be hard to estimate when you just want to share a quick sentence and a link. But what if you could quickly identify any section that would fit into a single tweet? Paul Ford, former editor of Harper’s and longtime writer and coder, has designed a bookmarklet that automatically highlights any tweetable sentences on a given page and lets you post them with a couple of clicks.
Find tweetable sentences on any webpage with Save Publishing
is a senior tech and policy editor focused on online platforms and free expression. Adi has covered virtual and augmented reality, the history of computing, and more for The Verge since 2011.
Save Publishing, as the tool is called, is still in alpha, and it doesn’t always work cleanly. When it does, it’s an interesting experiment and — sometimes — a genuinely useful way to find the short and pithy bits of an article you’d like to share. “It started as a joke,” Ford writes, “and now it’s serious and I use it all day.” You can find the bookmarklet, as well as a privacy statement and more information, on his Save Publishing site.
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