Tuesday
Mar102009
My Favorite 108 People On Twitter
Tuesday, March 10, 2009 at 12:47PM
If you are looking for some great people to follow on Twitter, I can recommend nothing no one more than my friends whom I love to follow. Here they are!
[These are in not in a particular order, just in the order that they came to mind. I am going to miss some of you, and I apologize in advance.]
Thats quite a list, it took a while to compile. Friends, I know I missed some of you, I am sorry. Yell and I will get on right away. Enjoy everyone.
[These are in not in a particular order, just in the order that they came to mind. I am going to miss some of you, and I apologize in advance.]
- @HeyAmaretto - A simply wonderful human, hailing from Massachusetts, she is always filled with a love of life.
- @Schammy - Lead developer for GetClicky.com, damn smart and even releases the occasional wine influenced tweet.
- @MayaREguru - A realtor from Delaware, is my third partner in crime with @HeyAmaretto.
- @ChazDrums - A professional drummer from Jersey, his militant atheism and love of guinness make him plenty of fun.
- @HoldenPage - A blogging friend of mine from some up north. He writes well on tech trends.
- @SeanPower - A Canadian O'Reilly author that is filled with computing knowledge.
- @Charlie - Blogger at DailyHack.net he is more than happy to retweet anything you say of pithy importance.
- @1cutechicwitfm - She loves popcorn and lives in the Bay Area.
- @CenterNetworks - Allen Stern from CenterNetworks.com, one of my favorite bloggers on the internet.
- @sbspalding - Writer at HowToSplitAnAtom.com, brilliant man who is working on something brand new.
- @PhilipTeeter - Snowboarding entrepreneur, what could be better?
- @Pepstein - Co-Founder of the web war, econ student at UCSB.
- @RonData - Works at MySpace, if you flame her company, watch out!
- @ElizabethOnline - An educational consultant, brilliant mind.
- @MichaelKlurfeld- Old school friend and budding blogger.
- @TriumphCIO - Chicago based CIO.
- @Acasalena - Lead dev and founder of Squarespace.com
- @DrewHood - My favorite gay atheist 18 year old semi-hippie on Twitter.
- @Dbounds - Cofounder of Cliqset.com, my partner in crime for bigasstweet.com
- @ChaCha102 - Blogger from Cali, great guy, no one knows his real name however.
- @Highpointe - A new, great friend of mine from Utah.
- @jkhewitt - Blogger at Spartstoob.com, often yelling at me on Skype.
- @AllieGirl428 - My brothers girlfriend, someone who I truly adore.
- @AJAG - British friend of mine! Great tech mind, and a person I would recommend meeting while he is still in Chicago for the next week or so.
- @AppleUzer - Mike D from Chicago, cofounder of ForgottenChicago.com, and my possible future podcast cohost.
- @jonconnelly - Haling from New York, he is member of the #hashtagmafia. Be careful.
- @OPCGal - Karen loves Douglas Adams, and can help you figure out LinkedIn. I owe her an email.
- @JOsmond - Chicago entrepreneur, brilliant mind.
- @JamesBright - My dose of sanity and kindness. Often asks if I am intoxicated and on Twitter. The man keeps it real.
- @Tatango - Founder and corporate account of Tatango. Great guy.
- @LarzShinobi - Friend in the Land Down Under. Codes for GoodBarry.com
- @Dmonzel - Plays heavy heavy guitar, and is a dedicated windows user!
- @Androidster - Asks good questions, and then tells you why your answer is horseshit. Perfect!
- @VijayV - Vedic treehugger twitter machine.
- @Ben_Parr - Mashable writer and Chicago tech leader.
- @TammyLafontaine - She is hatin' on Quebec, which is weird, maybe she hates food!
- @ElginThompson - We share two passions, Notorious BIG and tech.
- @Ricky_MJ - Enjoys sports AND tech. Making him of rare bread!
- @Gregps - My inside link at Google that I use to predict stock price movements! (kidding, really).
- @LukeBuchanan - Myself and Luke go back almost 8 years now.
- @Ksowocki - Damn smart blogger and developer, he can help parse your compiler. (that sounded dirty)
- @LRNtoswim - She listens to me when I need to vent. Or, pretends to. Maybe.
- @Jminkler - Programmer from the South Land!
- @NoahMerritt - Other founder at Clicky, my old roommate, and poker bro.
- @Fraser - One of the smartest people in tech that I have worked with. Try getglue.com.
- @Jmartin - this is not him, I can't find him for some reason.
- @Rickbert- Tech coffee snob who imparts his opinion with grace!
- @YemJ - Salt of the earth, also happens to be quite pretty, friend from Utah.
- @JeremyHanks - CEO of DOBA, should be meeting up with him in ChiTown in a few weeks.
- @BelinDaang - She is from Singapore, when she logs on I know it's time to call it a day! Also, self proclaimed NOT guru. One of a kind in that respect.
- @RussellyBlood - This man understand that guitars should have distortion. From Marshall, of course.
- @MikeWat - Past the wild goatee, his combo of weight lifting and tech set him aside from the rest.
- @TechTailor - Tech radio man, just getting into Twitter.
- @Olivier_amar - Analytics specialist from Israel, knows his way around the interwebs.
- @ChristianGAdams - Points for being a developer, and actually having an accurate avatar. One of my favorites for conversation.
- @GauravSaha - The man is retweeting god.
- @CaraCouture - Great person, but a Buckeyes fan, I mean, c'mon.
- @MeanBot - Insults me daily, keeps the ego in check.
- @WebbingPlanner - The kid in her avatar is so cute I want to volunteer babysit. Smart and responsive, a great follow.
- @Mashable - See name.
- @KevinRose - See name.
- @AlexAlbrecht - See name.
- @GaryVee - See name.
- @Scobleizer - See name.
- @NextTech - My little blogging network.
- @Bennethon - He says it best: "I am an expert in everything."
- @Abrahamneben - This guy actually understands physics. Hence the follow out of respect.
- @NoITWorld - The founder of NoItWorld, also just a great guy.
- @AndreeHUK - Podcaster with a vision. Also posts great great links.
- @Mopedronin - My INSANE friend expat friend in Japan. Irreverency is his other name.
- @ZacWitte - One of the best developers I have ever had the pleasure to work with.
- @Ahmednaguib - Young blogging friend in Egypt.
- @RssanBorn - Understands the semantic web, and is a wearer of many hats.
- @KevinTu - Self proclaimed dude, but one that is smart as hell.
- @RyanBruce - Filling the NC team, Ryan can fly, something that I need to get back into.
- @Lmccullough - @Alliegirl428's sister, and someone I still need to meet.
- @Raquel_Soto - Singing author mother truth giver.
- @Lmai - Developer that builds amazing little apps, take a look.
- @JoshChandler - An up and coming blogger that has two feet firmly stuck into some motherboards.
- @Kaimac - Brit expat in NY, understands analytics.
- @Caohaoim - Is still my hero for on an occasion telling me (correctly) that I was full of shit.
- @GGW_Bach - For a dead compose, he sure gets technology.
- @JustinMWhitaker - Claims to be a freelance geek, but his image is out at sea, so perhaps is a fisherman in disguise.
- @ShaggyLive - DJ in Hawaii, great name, how can you say no?
- @Adrianna - Not sure what she does, but she always makes me smile with her tweets.
- @MortonFox - Software engineer that haunts both Twitter and FriendFeed.
- @DJSlimee - Glass blowing mac-head. Also, damn conversational. Also, writes a pretty good blog!
- @Zmarker - Boss from my intern days. Podcast host.
- @Asio - The fake Aussie security team. Hilarious.
- @Skekoa - Another Hawaiian, he wears wife beaters and flexes menacingly.
- @Greggtilston - A canadian F1 entusiast who I enjoy bantering with, has a great Twitter bgnd as well.
- @Unlikelywords - The Twitter account of the author of the great blog Unlikelywords.com.
- @MrChristopherL - Runs a full (Traditonal and New) media/PR firm.
- @TheLostAgency - These guys get web analytics.
- @TalktoDiane - Another realtor that I love to follow, realtor's really are the most fun.
- @UnknownFilms - Filmaker and producer, and a very chill friend.
- @BrianMoran - Happily opinonated, especially when I am wrong.
- @CurtisDickie - Another old friend, we do Taco Bell whenever I am on the West coast.
- @PeyMojo - San Fran Techy, who "does not want to join your startup!"
- @TechWraith - Well rounded dev (can do Ruby!) from PDX, my favorite city.
- @TheDweller511 - The husband of @mayaREguru, we need to get him on TweetDeck.
- @Trisler - A "no bull" salesman.
- @Corvillus - The beard is all I need to point out.
- @AdrianEden - Online video guy from Canada.
- @JimLavin - Podcaster with a ghetto blaster.
- @Jimoz - Aussie Techy who writes a blog that I read weekly.
- @Dauthiwarlord - From Mexico, so if you need someone to talk Spanish with at 3 am...
- @RyanCMiller - Serious web guy, just look at that image.
Thats quite a list, it took a while to compile. Friends, I know I missed some of you, I am sorry. Yell and I will get on right away. Enjoy everyone.
Reader Comments (13)
Oh boy! I got featured. =)
Awesome list. *runs off to follow more people*
Thanks!
@ryanbruce
you had me @hello ;)
What a stunner. I made the list and didn't even know about it. I've been feeling like I have my nose pressed up against the window and now I feel like one of the guys. Thanks, Alex.
Thanks for the shout out! I'll have to figure up how to move up from #92, but it works for now. Love the new design, by the way. Very sharp. RT on the runs off to follow new people!
Hey man, thanks for the shoutout! Pretty stoked I made your list. Keep the good content coming.
-M
Thanks for the shout out Alex...I should retweet this! :D
Thanks again, Alex.
*fist-jab*
Honoured to be on a list with so many other quality people! Alex, I think your future is bright - I've always enjoyed our exchanges.
Is #46 me? Its @Jmartens.... http://twitter.com/jmartens
I am honored Alex. Can I put this on my Resume?
[...] Here is @Alex’s 108 Favorite people on Twitter: The Mind of Alex [...]
Just looking at this again today. I love the list and am honored that I am on it.