I am sure that if I would go and ask you folks about naming over here some of your pet peeves from traditional collaborative and knowledge sharing tools, you would probably be getting on a roll for a good while and share all of those gripes you have been exposed to and that you wish something could be done about them. No doubt! Ready? Spot on! MORE >>

Instagram, I loved you. You were my first real relationship after Twitter, and right now I feel angry and bitter about you turning your back on all the good stuff we had going. feel shut out by you, and I can't bear the thought of you and Facebook, you know. 'together' I don't know how I can keep all this hurting inside of me. MORE >>

Continuing our Friday look at this year's social media crises to date, I couldn't help but be struck by the number of misguided attempts at humour there have been so far. Particularly sexist gibes. Who wears the trousers (or indeed washes them?) The washing label inside the trousers from Madhouse. And to do their own washing, one hopes. Who dunnit? MORE >>

I have covered eXo before (see Benjamin Mestrallet, eXo CEO, Looks at the Social Enterprise ). Recently, I had a chance to speak with Benjamin again about their latest offering. He said that the goal with eXo Cloud Workspaces is to provide an easy-to-use social intranet so work teams can start to collaborate in a fully functional space.  MORE >>

photo credit: rsgranne I run into people who say that the guidelines for your community don’t need to be anything more than “don’t be a jerk.” Managing the Community MORE >>