Blabberize.com - Let Your Photos Talk

Blabberize.com is a site for fun. You can animate photos and turns them into talking heads. Again, this is not highbrow art, but it is entertaining nonetheless. All you do is upload a photo of someone to Blabberize, select the mouth and record your message. Once your Blabberize photo is done you can email it or blog the result. Simple and fun. And free. In order to make money, they have added ads and sponsors and they are charging $10 for parents to put their baby's photo on the home page with a talking message.

Alex and I (Mo) launched this site three weeks ago unsure of how it was going to be received. We have now over 2000 wonderful users! Each one of the blabbers that you, our ever so witty users, have created has made the site a joy to wake up to. When Alex and I were making the site we had every intention that we were going to build a site that would allow people to spread smiles. We were just unsure if everyone would pick up on that. From wives making fun of their husbands, to parents making their newborns say hello, we are so elated at how the site is being used. Seeing new witty blabbers made everyday is a joy and an immense motivator for me. I want to let you all know how thankful I am for each of your E-mails and messages saying how much you enjoy the site. It makes all the hard work worth while.

This site is surprisingly fun and funny. It reminds me of Will Farrell's recent comedy sketches with his friend's young kid. There is nothing complicated or difficult here; you just upload and photo and have fun. Maybe this kind of simple fun is exactly what we all need more of in our lives.

Do people want to take the time to animate their photos? I admit I was tempted, but then I got distracted. Have they considered linking or partnering with the social networking sites to allow all those teens to animate their photos? Or to allow music? They have lots of time, energy and creativity, and this would allow them to try to differentiate their site from their peers.