I have been using Twitter since 23 March 2009 and to be honest, it took me a while to get my head around the social networking and micro-blogging service. On busy days it can be quite tiring to sift through the many tweets of personal nature and coping with the weak search engine does not make the experience any more pleasant.
During my brief Twitter experience I have discovered numerous online professionals tweeting about a range of relevant topics, including new products, trends, interesting reading, conference experiences and usability shortcomings.
This is a list of 10 interesting individuals who make a difference in the industry and who puts some of their positive energy into sharing their thoughts with the world on Twitter. It includes some of the usual suspects as well some new names. For each I have picked a selected tweet to give you a taste of their style.
@EdBennett: Ed Bennett manages web operations at the University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) and I had the pleasure of meeting him at J. Boye Philadelphia 09
I expect some overlap between the USNews “Best” and hospitals popular on social media – but don’t see a direct correlation.
@elreiss: Eric Reiss is the author of Practical Information Architecture and currently CEO of the Copenhagen-based FatDUX agency; they design interactive experiences.
I’m seeing incredibly incompetent shops getting web work while really talented folks are out of work. What are the idiots doing right?
@halvorson: Kristina Halvorson is a content strategist and author of Content Strategy for the Web. She is also the founder and president of Brain Traffic, an agency specializing in content strategy and writing for websites.
Hey, re: this whole CMS discussion, let me say this. Technology won’t fix your content problems. Strategy and *people* first. CMS second.
@irina_guseva: Irina Guseva is a consultant at SDL Tridion in the US, but probably more known as a very capable senior editor at CMS Wire.
corp. e-mail notifications popping up during a #cms vendor webinar is not good. use desktop sharing with caution
@jdavidhobbs: David Hobbs is an independent consultant based in Washington DC. Renowned for his recent extensive work on content migration with very large websites, he also maintains a very worthwhile blog called Hobbs on Tech.
Systems integrators: please try harder to auto-migrate content. Just reporting “problem” content creates more work for your clients.
@jeanmariepascal: Open source ECM consultant working at Cap Gemini in France with a true passion for sharing his experiences.
It’s so easy when you understand.. Welcome to open source world ! First try, then use, after change, next understand and finally enjoy!
@kasthomas: A self-proclaimed “Twittering nerd” who has accumulated an impressive 12,000+ followers on Twitter. Kas Thomas came to CMS Watch in 2007 where he is busy covering an impressive number of vendors.
Learned a new term: Featureschmerz — The existential despair caused by incomprehensible functions on electronic devices.
@McBoof: This is Jon Marks, Head of Development at digital agency LBi in London. Jon also runs a popular blog called Jon On Tech labelled as the Confessions of a Digital Agency Nerd.
So, on a scale of 1 (it’s the bible) – 10 (it’s a crock of shit), how much weight should a CMS buyer give to the new magic quadrant?
@sgottlieb: Massachusetts-based consultant Seth Gottlieb is known for his analyst and consulting work, mainly focused on open source technologies. I’ve known Seth for many years and while we don’t always agree, I always enjoy working with him. I highly recommend him to any US practitioners looking for some CMS insights and he is speaking on the web content management conference track at the J. Boye 11 conference in Philadelphia.
I like the term stakeholder. it encompasses everyone with a stake in the outcome: business owners, contributors, customers, etc
@tednyberg. A Stockholm-based consultant and EPiServer Most Valued Professional. Ted Nyberg likes to fiddle around with ASP.NET, Silverlight, EPiServer, Umbraco, Search Server 2008 and other neat technologies.
Contemplating putting a 9-month EPiServer web site project out in the open with a public staging server. Ideas, experiences, suggestions?
If you have some time to waste and want some additional people to keep track of, you can consult Jon Marks list of 71 Twitter CMS Gurus. You can also enjoy the newer lists:
- 2011 list of 10 online professionals to follow on Twitter
- 2010 list of 10 online professionals to follow on Twitter
You can also follow me @janusboye. I won’t take it personally if you quickly decide to “unfollow” me!
Ted Nyberg August 19th, 2009 15:49
Thanks for mentioning me, I’m proud to be on the list!
Irina Guseva August 19th, 2009 15:49
Hi Janus,
Thanks for including. Good bunch of people to be part of
Best,
Irina
Damien METZLER August 20th, 2009 15:49
Thx, i knew the list of the CMS gurus, but it’s great to know where they come from and who they are
Kas Thomas August 20th, 2009 15:49
Janus, I’m deeply grateful for the mention here. As Irina said, a good bunch to be part of.
Eric Reiss August 20th, 2009 15:49
Thanks, Janus. I know we’ll all work hard to live up to your expectations. BTW, does this mean that I can’t tell people what I ate for breakfast? I mean, it’s tempting to tweet “God I love Cheerios”. Now that you’ve turned on the spotlight, am I obligated to be philosophical: “Cheerios are to milk as XML is to CMS”?
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