Being a newbie to Movable Type I've only recently discovered a couple of nice features, the ability to categorize posts to give the reader an idea of what's inside a blog and extended posts which allow a "teaser" line or two on the main page of a blog.
I'm curious to learn what the "trackback" feature of MT is for sometime.
It's really fun to play with this stuff. There's a lot of easy use functionality, which allowed the blog explosion, but still enough complexity even for a simple end user like me to keep it interesting. I really appreciate the work the people inside the software do to make it that way. Very nice tools that allow for some amazing content and interaction that would have been unimaginable five years ago or so.
I actually thought the days of the personal website were going to die out in the late 90's. Too much repetition, focus on form rather than function or content. I think what was because putting up a personal website (other than a pre-built ad-filled free site) took a certain amount of technological skill...and certainly time if you wanted to keep it current.
Now anyone with a computer can post away using Blogger, WordPress, Yahoo! Movable Type or other tools. Combine that with great search, the ability to easily upload and store graphical data and it's like....Wow! who would have ever imagined this.
