Wow, I've never experienced this feeling before. 

Facebook have done something cool. The new Timeline profile page is phenomenally well designed - almost magical compared to what was there before. 

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I love timelines, and this one really puts your life in perspective. I've only been on Facebook since 2007, but the timeline goes back to my birth. Here's a neat little video Facebook have made that shows how rich this feature could become.

It's like a virtual flythrough of your life. 

I haven't played with the new Ticker features - to be honest I rarely actually visit Facebook but have hooked up my Twitter feed, so my timeline profile looks like a bit of a weird Twitter stream until you go a bit further back. But I love it - it's putting people at the centre of the experience in a new way, and it's bringing your life and the stream closer than ever.

@maccman suggested this morning that the missing piece of the timeline is a death date - which put me in mind of  The Death Clock, but he then showed me this delightful start-up by one of his mates. If we can get this integrating with Facebook then we could get a live countdown onto the page and that would really put things into perspective.

I'm giving all this new stuff a good old-fashioned 'Like'.

Tim Malbon

Tim Malbon Founding Partner

Tim founded influential digital product design company Made by Many in 2007. He’s a leading voice in the emerging practice area of product design and innovation, customer experience and business strategy. He’s the Webby Awards UK Ambassador and a member of the IADAS, and was recently named by Creative Review as one of the 50 Creative Leaders "driving change, not just within their organisation but in the world at large."

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