The team has stated that it will be returning to the old weekly updates, through the usual channels. That is, once their one week vacation is over. These updates will probably start to have more graphics, now that the game design is empowered by graphic programs.
Yes, lets give them some space to start making things really happen with the new tools they're about to get. I would much rather see fast progress on the game than friendly chatting online - although there is not a thing wrong with that!
I admit this whole thing has given me a surge of hope, something big has finally happened and it is great! Which is not to say that big things were not happening before, its just that we outside the project couldn't really see much. I am probably going to completely lose it when we get that Avatar Builder.