Lest you think nothing productive can come from Twitter, I want you to know today’s doodad is one that came to me in a Twitter conversation I had with someone I’ve never even met in real life (thanks alundstrom!)

The Awesome Highlighter lets you highlight sections of a web page, then save it for your own purposes or pass it along for others to see. You can begin by simply pasting a URL into the box on the homepage, but I had the best luck with the bookmarklet, and there’s also a Firefox extension to make highlighting while browsing easier. Once you’re on the page you just highlight with the mouse (like you’re going to copy something) and it automatically highlights what you select. When you’re done, you’re given a URL to share your marked up page. Really, if you’ve ever used a highlighter you know pretty much everything you need to know. Seems like this could come in pretty handy for email or IM reference!