Dashboard recent activity to include link to activity

My idea is:
Dashboard “Recent Activity” to include info about the activity, for example currently if new contact is created it tells you who created the contact but not which contact. Number of activities should be configurable instead of limited to 3.

I think these groups of people would benefit from this idea:
everyone

Why I think they would benefit from this idea:
Dashboard is good place to see updates and what changed

Any code or resources to support this idea:

Are you willing to work on this idea?:

What skills and resources do you need to explore this further?