Replied to a tweet by (((Dr. Dean))) (Twitter)

Yeah, I was a big nerd. But I take your point.

I do think collaborative annotation brings some of the fun of other social media to the process of close reading, etc.
— (((Dr. Dean))) (@dr_jdean) May 1, 2019

Boy, what I wouldn’t give to have a digital, searchable copy of every book or article I’d highlighted or annotated since I was 14! Even my handwritten commonplace books from those eras are difficult to read and search through.