Thing 18

I'm finding it very interesting how with each new thing, I start out with an attitude of 'why would anyone care about this?' . . . but after investigating, I end up creating my own account and looking forward to further exploration. (I just hope I remember all these new usernames and passwords)
Reading about technorati also solved a mystery for me. I have another blogger account which I used to keep family updated on my father's recovery from his stroke. Once in a while I would get a comment from someone that I didn't know asking about something very specific that I had posted about....'what kind of hearing aids does your father use?' and stuff like that. Initially I thought they had just happened upon my blog and later assumed that they had searched blogger for those specific subjects. But now I see that they could have searched a place like technorati.
Anyhow, it's kinda cool. I suppose if I had something important to say that I wanted many to read, I might tag my stuff and claim my blog. But I don't...not yet.
I've never been a big fan of editorials, which is what I equate most blogs to, so I don't know that I'd subscribe to many blogs, but I did see some things that interested me personally...and like del.icio.us, it's a way to find out what others with similar interests have discovered that you might like.
The page looked a lot different than it did in that youtube video.