11. A device comprising: non-transitory computer-readable media for storing processor-executable instructions; and a processor communicatively coupled to the computer-readable media, the processor being operative with the processor-executable instructions to perform operations comprising: downloading social information, filtering the downloaded social information, performing software development using the downloaded social information, wherein the software development comprises creating a topic related to a source file, wherein the topic comprises an identifier that identifies the source file, a location reference of the source file, one or more user comments and a source file snapshot that includes a read-only copy of the source file, and storing updated social information including the created topic.
12. The device according to claim 11 further comprising a social network connector and a social message filter, wherein both are components of a collaboration support component that facilitates integration between a social network and a development support component within a same workstation.