What we feel emotionally and how we respond to other people’s feelings is probably the most important aspect of being human. And probably the most important thing for us as a human race to realise is that we have more in common emotionally than our surface differences would imply.

No, it’s not profound week here at the Prattle, but I have just discovered We Feel Fine – an awesome web project that probably everyone else discovered a few years ago but neglected to tell me about. The idea is simple: it trawls through the blogosphere looking for the words “I feel” or “I am feeling” then records the entire sentence and link to that blog. It compiles those feelings into various different data combinations, including working out location, sex, weather at the time of posting and displays them in a stunningly beautiful interface for you to explore.

It’s an amazing way to access intimate snapshots of other people’s lives – it almost feels invasive until you remember that these are excerpts from publically published blogs. And if one particular feeling resonates with you more than most, then you can click through and get to connect with another blogger – what’s not to like?

So how am I feeling? I am feeling ill (I have conjunctivitis) but I have that in perspective now, for tomorrow I will feel better and the day after… the day after I will feel fine.

How are you feeling?