I think* that personal information can be better organazed and "socialised".
A very good example - facebook main page. That's a place* where user see all significant activities:
Friends (and who's online)
Personal messages
New info from subscriped forums* threads* blogs* social groups.
Now too many clicks required at vB* to reach each part. That can be better placed on single page.
"What's New?" tab is a bit primitive. No new items from blogs & sosial group. Content is show only like "threads". But sometime it's more convenient to see personal list of postings
"My profile" - right column contains a rerely used info. And when visitor messages disabled - just a huge waste of space.
So* i suggest to review facebook personal page as a very good example of informational design.
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