Testify and State
While working on Tabblo, we’ve spent the majority of our time on the editing/viewing experience around tabblos. They are our atoms, and as such we wanted to have an experience that was unparalleled.
One part of the site that we’ve neglected a little bit is each user’s homepage. Until today, this has been the place where people come to look at the list of tabblos that you’ve created, and the people you are close to on Tabblo. However, we’ve always known that this was a critical page to get right- after all, this is how others see you as a member of the community, as well as your own personal dashboard to Tabblo.
Today we’re taking the first step in the direction of enhancing the “My Tabblo” page in the direction of personal expression and communication by adding a “testimonials” section (inspired by the MySpace juggernaut) and a “personal statement” blurb that allows you say something to the rest of Tabblo about yourself.
Most people don’t realize that the My page on Tabblo is a little different than it is on other sites in that we compile on the fly specifically for the viewer requesting it. At the most basic level, this means that we let each viewer see only the list of tabblos he has been granted access to, but under the hood it means that we can really start to do neat collaborative stuff on top of the customization options we already have planned for the My page. So testify away, drop me a testimonial, and stay tuned for the forthcoming opportunities to make even more of your My page.