Today marks the beginning of our public beta here at Tabblo and it feels good. Over the last two months we have gone from alpha to private beta, and from 4 users to 400. We went from rinky servers running under our desks to a full cage of two-way AMD64 servers that could heat a small apartment building. But most importantly, we’ve really come together as a team: learning each other’s hotspots, finishing each other’s sentences, and best of all, developing a shared vision for what Tabblo can be to the average content creator on the web.

None of what we’ve done so far compares to opening up the front door and letting people come in off the street. I think everyone here is extremely proud of what we are putting out in this public beta but at the same time, I think if you asked the average Tabblo team member: “How far are you in implementing the plan of what Tabblo is going to be?” you would get answers that range from 3-7% of the way there.

Part layout tool, part personal art director, part editing app on the web, and part community, Tabblo has a lot of growing up to do. However, one thing that we are all very aware of is that we can’t get there there without your help: your tabblos, your feedback, and most importantly, your passionate use.

So have at it: play around, make tabblos, and tell your friends and family to do the same. Look for those moments of joy that come from the “hey, I did that!” feeling that is like crack to creative folks. But also feel free to get pissed at us, to rail against the limitations of the system, to kick and scream and threaten to leave. We’re listening and are well aware that it is only through this joint process of give-and-take with our users that we can get close to delivering on the Tabblo vision.

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