Facebook has rolled out a new change, and the world did not end.

Actually, I love this change.  It’s the addition of the Timeline feature, which totally changes the look of your profile page.  Visually, it’s a vast improvement that better integrates the posts on your wall and really makes any kind of graphic or video really stand out.

The new look also provides a fascinating kind of rabbit hole for you to go down with the ability to look back through the years to pretty much all of your Facebook activity since you signed up.  You could kind of do this before by continually scrolling to the bottom of your wall and stepping back little by little, but now it’s really easy to browse through.

Being a total nerd, of course I looked back at most of it already.  There was a lot that made me smile, remembering some great times and people that have made my life great since I joined Facebook on March 3, 2005.  Back then it was only college students and you had to wait until your school was added.  Susquehanna University wasn’t exactly at the top of the priority list, but we were certainly happy to be included eventually.

But seeing all of those posts also brought up a lot of names that once were a big part of my life, or at least good for some laughs, and now are gone.  Seeing them definitely made me wish some of those relationships hadn’t melted away, but I guess that’s life, and a reminder to do a better job of keeping up with people.

My only real complaint about the new look is that the shape of the profile picture changed, making the one I’ve had pretty much since mid-2009 look really awkward now.

Maybe it was time to change anyway.