Top Information Technology People You Should Be Following On Twitter

Twitter is an awesome new phase to the Information Age.  It is undeniably the biggest new service in the social media sphere right now.  I think that the only people who are not fascinated by Twitter are the ones who have not really tried it yet.  It is very hard to explain to the uninitiated, but once you really engage in it, the payoffs are large. 

The point of this post is not to explain all of the many ways that Twitter can make your life better.  Some like its use in keeping a small group of friends connected, other like its instant messaging functions, and still others like the way that companies are starting to perform customer service using it.  I especially like the access to thoughts, ideas, and actions of people who I admire that it gives me.  I find that the quickest way to get people into Twitter is to give them a good starting list of people that they are interested in to follow.  After a few days of the new found alignment, most become hooked. 

So, in that spirit, I provide this list of people who are movers and shakers and relevant to the Information Professional community as a starting place.

• Scott Coughlin.  OK, so maybe I am only fit the bill in my own mind, but if you would like, you may follow me.
• IT Thought Of the Day. Yes, there is a Twitter page for this blog.
• Jason Snell. Editor of Macworld, writer, primate, skeptic.
• John C Dvorak. Technology pundit, contributor to PC Magazine and Market Watch.
• Guy Kawasaki.  Venture Capitalist.
• Kevin Rose. Founder of social media site digg.com.
• Jason Calacanis. Founder of Weblogs, Inc., TechCrunch50 and Mahalo.
• Veronica Belmont. Host of Tekzilla on Revision3 and Qore on PSN.
• Leo Laporte. Host of This Week in Tech.  TechTV alumni.
• CIO Magazine.  Daily Website breaking news items.
• Andy Ihnatko. Chicago Sun Times Technology Columnist.
• Peter Rojas. Found of Engadget and now gdgt.
• Darren Rowse. Webmaster of ProBlogger.com and Web 2.0 expert.
• David Pogue. Tech columnist, NY Times; CNBC tech dude.

I hope that this list helps you get started.  If you have other suggestions, please leave a comment on this post.  Do you think that Twitter is here to stay?  Is it relevant or just a passing phase?

That is my Information Technology Thought of the Day (ITTOD) for April 30, 2009 ©Scott Coughlin.

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