I agree Bareng --- but I think it wouldn't allow for 'sharing' --- outside of the 'journal' I'd prefer a situation that informed others of what is going on --- dialogue is cool, but dialogue comes after a photograph has been put up --- whereas notes are (in time, we hope) new information that has been shared, which I think in the future will contain things that are of interest, right now.
*but, my research (thanks to Mokokoma reminding me) shows that 3% of people use 1024px wide screens, whereas this design of the site accommodates (with limitations) 800px wide --- so I guess a 're-engineering' is on the cards to use up more real-screen-estate, type thing.