Man, back on the west coast and things sure have been busy!
Some interesting links to pass on:
Ask buys Bloglines. Congratulations, Mark! Nice scoops, Mary and Susan! PaidContent has a good writeup too.
Salon on Tags.
Speaking of tags, Burningbird has a neat use for Technorati Tags: Tagback! Very cool.
Socialtext rolls out a big upgrade. It includes Technorati integration. Kudos, Ross and team.
BusinessWeek on Web Services, featuring Technorati's grand prize contest winner, Joshua Tauberer of Govtrack.
More interesting stuff:
Add Technorati search to your blog. Even if you can't add forms.