There could be a little space somewhere on the Talk board for you to put your daily musing (or hourly, if you're on that much )
There could be a "Status" button so you could click on to see folks status and there'd be a list like:-
MamaG obv has too much time on hands
Lulumama is making soup
Franny is weaving some lentils
2shoes is looking at men with tattoos
etc
And maybe we could comment on them if we wished? Like FB?
Am I making sense?
i'd really like that.