When you wrote the statement above you were only poster 15…and, you can TELL that not all of the posters have used Tabblo…but just read a “blah review” and gave it a looksee over.

There are so many men (yes, Mark, MEN) using Tabblo….have you checked the user listings? They don’t do GIRLEY things either nor would they appreciate your portraying Tabblo as pink and flowery. I think in this Techcrunch, that is a horrible way to review something.

Truly interested parties: TRY, I think you’ll like it.

Want to keep Techcrunch feedback “real” then get REAL USER FEEDBACK.

You make wonderful deep target market observations, Mark. Good job…. but don’t give up your day job. ;-P

Tabblo fills a fantastic niche in the only photo sharing space that no one has filled up to this point. They’ve managed to take something (creating collages) which is a very artistic and creative medium and digitized it in a way which still provides much of the same experience and end-result as the manual process of doing it in ‘real life’. This will never be big amongst those who simply wish to view a Flickr slideshow the day after a party, but will be HUGE amongst those of us who choose to tell stories with our photos when the visual impact of photos together (and sometimes with words) is so much more powerful than a slideshow with captions.

To the detractors submitting comments here: I’m sorry, but you just don’t get it.

Chris
See my tabblo http://www.tabblo.com/studio/stories/view/107972/

I agree with Antonio (up there) who said you should retry it. Shame you didn’t give Tabblo the “5 thumbs up if I had them” review….it is misleading to the readers of Techcrunch.

And, “Skeptic” (above) I was suprised at your comment…it seems to reveal more of YOUR INNER FEELINGS/WORKINGS than what commenter Antonio stated….I didn’t get any negative vibe from what he wrote. Hmm…..maybe you told on yourself. (hehe)

Anyhow, I was happy to come across a review on here of Tabblo being a very enthusiastic user…but disappointed in the review. I would ask EVERY reader to GO and sign up (free) at Tabblo…EXPERIENCE THE ENTIRE DEAL….
from the VERY HANDS ON and beyond friendly faces of the “staff” (I dunno what you call them, but you know what I mean)….(sidenote: to me THAT is very important to be using something that you know the staff is so entirely passionate about….but unlike other sites, you see their smiling faces (sincere) and have their email addresses (drop them a line ANYTIME….and,eeeks…get a friendly response back as if you are old friends. They make comments on your Tabblo’s. Now, that is COOL! This is “family”…and like family, you have a SUGGESTION on how to grow Tabblo….they listen with a smile and thank you…love it! )…you just FEEL “we are family” in the air…..there is such a POSITIVE VIBE (which means a lot to me, personally) there….I have made some cool friends……

The layouts are GREAT as is, but I noticed they are continously surprising me by rolling NEW stuff out constantly…. I LOVE THAT…it means: it only gets better….and here I am pretty happy with it now LOL.

As far as your concerns about how they are going to make money….I am just the end user…I don’t care HOW they make money if it’s not going into my pocket….just keep me happy. LOL. Businesses are there to make money…God bless them one and all….make money….don’t make money….whatever.

All I can say is that I dont’ know about your experience, but I’ give it another try…..and, to other readers of Techcruch :-)…..TRY TABBLO….I swear, and I have no stock or any interest in this company…I am ONLY an END USER…..TRY TABBLO…I swear, you’ll LOVE it. It’s free….stoll over.

So many uses for these Tabblo layouts, so little time.

Ie: Next time you go to a party, “photoblog” it on Tabblo…..you can display it scene by scene…with captions or block text….review it!! Or, just make a very cool layout display to share with friends….make THEM a STAR for a day! lol. I dunno…I just find so many possibilities…heck, I have Tabblo’d my trip to Starbucks!!!! (LOL…I swear, it came out great, but I may be subjective on that one LOL but it got plenty of nice comments ;-P )

Okay….sorry for this book….I guess I am just a passionate user who wanted to encourage your readers to TRY IT, YOU’LL LIKE IT…because in al l honesty, I believe they will….there are all sorts of users, too: from professional photogs, to GREAT amatuers, to goofballs like myself who just have PLAIN OL’ FUN…. I don’t think you will be disappointed at all. I swear. (And, when you are there, stop by and say hi to me…so I can say: I TOLD YOU SO! LOL j/k). Don’t miss out due to this “blah” (in my opinion) review.

KELLY in TEXAS

Technology: Coded in python with liberal use of numerous libraries. Very nice work, and a good example of clean programming.

Concept: Yet another photosharing site? I really wouldn’t want to bother spending the inordinate time it takes to fumble together a collage on this site considering the high likelihood that Tabblo will soon “blo” the way of the wild goose. It’d be better to wait until Flickr (or any other major photo sharing site) copies the collage feature of tabblo.