diff --git a/app/views/dashboard/index.html.haml b/app/views/dashboard/index.html.haml
index ad9bc6eef..8606f533b 100644
--- a/app/views/dashboard/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/dashboard/index.html.haml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
+= render "shared/publisher"
 %h1 your network stream
-= render "status_messages/new_status_message"
 %ul#stream
   - for post in @posts
     = render type_partial(post), :post => post
 #pagination
-  = will_paginate @posts
\ No newline at end of file
+  = will_paginate @posts
diff --git a/app/views/friends/show.html.haml b/app/views/friends/show.html.haml
index 88159f685..444788360 100644
--- a/app/views/friends/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/friends/show.html.haml
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-
-
 .span-15
   .span-4.append-1.last
     %img{:src => "/images/user_picture.jpg", :id => "profile_picture"}
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml b/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
index be9535559..58c87be19 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@
 
     .container
       #content.span-24.last
-        .span-3.append-1.last
+        .span-4.append-1.last
+          %img{:src => "/images/user_picture.jpg", :id => "user_picture"}
           %ul#stream_filters
             %a{ :href => root_path, :title => "Your network stream."}
               %li home
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@
               %li blogs
             %a{ :href => friends_path, :title => "Your list of connections with other seeds."}
               %li friends
-        .span-15.append-1.last
+        .span-14.append-1.last
           = yield
           = render "posts/debug"
         .span-3.last
diff --git a/app/views/shared/_publisher.haml b/app/views/shared/_publisher.haml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d13173f76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/shared/_publisher.haml
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+:css
+  #publisher{
+    height: 300px;
+    background-color: #eaeaea;
+    border: 1px solid #666;
+    padding: 1em;
+  }
+
+  #new_bookmark {
+    display: none;
+  }
+  #new_blog {
+    display: none;
+  }
+
+  ul#publisher_content_pickers {
+    margin: 0;
+    padding: 0;
+  }
+
+  ul#publisher_content_pickers li {
+    display: inline;
+    margin-right: 2em;
+  }
+
+:javascript
+  $(document).ready( function() {
+
+    $("#publisher_content_pickers li .status_message").click(function(){
+      if( $("#new_status_message").css("display") == "none" ) {
+        $("#publisher_form form").fadeOut(50);
+        $("#new_status_message").delay(50).fadeIn(200);
+      }
+    });
+
+    $("#publisher_content_pickers li .bookmark").click(function(){
+      if( $("#new_bookmark").css("display") == "none" ) {
+        $("#publisher_form form").fadeOut(50);
+        $("#new_bookmark").delay(50).fadeIn(200);
+      }
+    });
+
+    $("#publisher_content_pickers li .blog").click(function(){
+      if( $("#new_blog").css("display") == "none" ) {
+        $("#publisher_form form").fadeOut(50);
+        $("#new_blog").delay(50).fadeIn(200);
+      }
+    });
+
+  });
+
+#publisher
+  %ul#publisher_content_pickers
+    %a{ :class => "status_message", :href => '#', :title => "new status message."}
+      %li status message
+    %a{ :class => "bookmark", :href => '#', :title => "new bookmark."}
+      %li bookmark
+    %a{ :class => "blog", :href => '#', :title => "new blog post."}
+      %li blog
+
+  #publisher_form
+    = form_for StatusMessage.new, :remote => true do |f|
+      = f.error_messages
+      %p
+        = f.text_field :message, :value => "Message"
+        = f.submit :class => 'button'
+
+
+    = form_for Bookmark.new, :remote => true do |f|
+      = f.error_messages
+      %p
+        = f.text_field :title, :value => "Title"
+        = f.text_field :link, :value => "URL"
+        = f.submit
+
+    = form_for Blog.new, :remote => true do |f|
+      = f.error_messages
+      %p
+        = f.text_field :title, :value => "Title"
+        = f.text_area :body
+        = f.submit
diff --git a/app/views/status_messages/index.erb.js b/app/views/status_messages/index.erb.js
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb..000000000
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/application.css b/public/stylesheets/application.css
index 869e9c240..857458a07 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/application.css
+++ b/public/stylesheets/application.css
@@ -204,6 +204,9 @@ ul.comment_set {
 img#profile_picture {
   width: 100%; }
 
+img#user_picture {
+  width: 100%; }
+
 .pagination a {
   padding: 3px; }
 
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass b/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
index 16a007923..9f2a94f54 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
+++ b/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
@@ -239,6 +239,9 @@ ul.comment_set
 
 img#profile_picture
   :width 100%
+
+img#user_picture
+  :width 100%
   
 .pagination
   a