#followfriday

UPDATE: I've started adding some of the reasons I follow these people and/or why you might want to follow them. It's going to take me a while to work through them.

UPDATE2: 4 bloody months I've been working on this. I'm beginning to regret starting it now. But I'm adding more people as I get to know them, removing a few who no longer tweet or who I don't actively follow and continuing to add reasons.

burntwood - Twitter account for burnwood.org. Tweets about Burntwood.

kincowbag - My missus. Tweets about parenting, Burntwood and living with a Twatterer.

LichfieldBlog - Lichfield / Burntwood. Gd Conversation. The Lichfield Blog

LichfieldLive - Lichfield / Burntwood, Live tweeting from local events.

LichfieldSMC - Lichfield Social Media Cafe a regular gathering of people interested in social media.

tronster_uk - Burntwood based Tweeter. Farther, Tae Kwon Do

rachelcreative - Lichfield, artist, kind, funny, very easy to talk to, gd conversation, has me/cfs and campaigns for sufferers. Married to @grovesmedia

grovesmedia - Lichfield, works in PR. Gd conversation. Witty. Married to @rachelcreative, Campaigns for me/cfs and for the plight of Carers. Cycles.

sammy_boy - Lichfield. Gd conversation

imapuffin - LOCKED, Birmingham, Fashion designer

Robthedog - LOCKED, Lichfield, engages in conversation

mileshorner - LOCKED - Lichfield. engages in conversation. Singer. IT Techie

sixpm - Locked - LOCKED. Lichfield. Web Design (sixpm.co.uk). engages in conversation

NickBrickett - LOCKED. Lichfield. The Lichfield Blog. Engages in conversation.

philipjohn - LIchfield. The Lichfield Blog. F1. Good conversation. Web techie. Friendly

marmiteguyLichfield. Conversational. Family man and geek. Husband of craftylittlemia

craftylittlemiaLichfield. Artist & Crafter with Folksy shop. Wife of marmiteguy.

jodipodi - LOCKED - Friendly & Fun.

BrownhillsBob - Bloxwich, Hyperlocal blogger, BrownhillsBob's Brownhills Blog

TheTallygraph - Bloxwich, Hyperlocal blogger, The Bloxidge Tallygraph

TheEdditer - Bloxwich, Hyperlocal, Part of The Bloxidge Tallygraph

ChasetownFC - Burntwood. Chasetown FC.

ChrisAxe - Burntwood / Cannock. Conversation. Into Heavy Metal. Sweary :)

imbirdgirl - LOCKED, Lichfield. Accupuncture. Engages in conversation. Geek.

66usual - Lichfield. LA worker.

gabehabe - Cannock. Engages in conv. Sweary.

ShawnCGeorge - LOCKED, Lichfield, Lichfield Planters, engages in conversation. Helpful

tamworthtwit - Tamworth. Tamworth Blog

warrenfree - Tamworth. IT Security. Backstopp

Therezin - Burntwood. Musician. IT bloke.

Digressive - Burntwood. IT hippie. Photographer. Dr Who fan.

Markchute - Burntwood (occasionally) . Friendly.

Sara_Moseley - Burntwood business woman. Friendly. Photographer. Sara Moseley Photography

pezholio - Lichfield. District Council web genius. Responsible for RateMyPlace. Occassional DJ. Likes his DnB. #opendata #localgovweb

R_Arblaster - Stafford. Good interaction. Nice guy.

Stickyplasters - Good interaction. Student. Funny.

bubblecat - Joss Whedon fan. Friendly. Good Interaction. A-ha fan.

deejackson - media140. Translator. Arts critic. Journalism. Donor of a mouse-nibbled top hat.

Duke_aardvark - Comedian. Suggester of inappropriate tunes.

benjiw - B-ham / Telford. Good conversationalist. Very easy to talk to.

carolinebeavon - B-ham. DJ. Online Journalism Student.

nicktheowl - Lichfield. Birmingham. Classical music singist. Good interaction.

danux - Birmingham, Interweb geeky person, good conversation, helpful

GaryDelaney - Birmingham, Comedian, Tries out new jokes on Twitter, Conversation.

peteashton - Birmingham, Good conversation, 8bit music fan, Photographer and internet business guiding light.

bounder - Birmingham advocate, Former member of Brum's Top 50, BiNS, host and raconteur at Birmingham Bloggers.

paulbradshaw - Birmingham. Journalism.

urbanfly - Birmingham, music lover, intelligent, funny, conversational, tweets a lot!

justinjamesdj - Birmingham, Pro nightspot DJ

DjBenM - Birmingham, Pro nighclub DJ and sound/lighting enthusiast.

probablydrunk - Birmingham. Man whore (not really, obv.). very slightly sweary. Friendly. Verbose. Rhubarb Radio DJ.

karmadillo - Birmingham, One of my first friends on Twitter of @DaRaspberryRipp, Birmingham, UK. Wife of , mother, home-based zoo keeper, fairtrade retailer.

DaRaspberryRipp - Birmingham, hubby to @karmadillo, friendly, good conversation.

fionacullinan - Birmingham, blogger.

DaveDev - Birmingham, Software techie

karenstrunks - Birmingham, photographer, friendly, attends meetups, 4am project.

NicTomTom - Birmingham (Acocks Green), Blues fan.

carocharlton - Birmingham, friendly, helpful.

supercoolkp - Birmingham, @likemind, typography, friendly.

ellielovell - Birmingham, Uni of Warwick

siwhitehouse - Birmingham, conversational. Sweary.

katehughes - Birmingham, very friendly. organised 2009 Brum Twitterfest, Housing Assoc person, likes wine and cheesy music.

kebablog - Birmingham, very friendly (came and talked to @kincowbag & I at first Twestival), excellent iPhone photographer, IT bod.

simonjgray - Birmingham, As his bio ses "i make noises, pictures, words, and enamelled things. if you've been told I'm nice i'll probably follow back". V. friendly and well respected.

midge_uk - Birmingham, punk & music fan, good conversation, curator of mondobunches & joannaangel. Attends tweetups and suchlike.

editorialgirl Birmingham. Friendly. Channel 4 web editor. Property shows etc. Partner of dazwright donator of http://bit.ly/3O62ai. V generous. Donated a cat tree for Ruairidh.

dazwright - Friendly. Helpful. Partner of editorialgirl

TomScotney - Birmingham, Journo, very friendly.

gavinwray

PartTimeLegend - Friendly, conversational and very helpful.

dubnordie - Friendly. Professional web techie.

houghj - Coventry, Friendly, chatty.

podnosh - B-ham. Social media specialist, interest in democracy, gov't, active citizens and the media. Ex journalist. Gd conversation. Attends meetups.

tickvg - B-ham. LA person. Doing cleverisation. Good conversation. Friendly. Funny. Helpful. Very welcoming at meet ups. Partner of podnosh

jonhickman - B-ham. Social Media Expert (a lecturererer in it, no less). Good normal bloke too. Good conversation.

JayneHowarth - A good chatterer. Very easy to get on with & helpful.

LollypopBooks - Birmingham. Friendly and talkative. Authors & publishers of green books raising money 4 charity

genzaichi - Birmingham, artist, GPS, BARG - public games,

grunt121 - Birmingham, Geek

steve_nicholls - Birmingham, Journalist.

hellocatfood - Digital Artist, Birmingham

getgood - Birmingham, Digbeth, Hyperlocal advocate, Digbeth is Good, Digpuss, Getgood Guide, Friendly, Welcoming, good conversation.

dracos - Birmingham, Complete public data Web Wizard. Involved in websites that provide useful info on trains, MPs and much more.

rasga - Birmingham, very welcoming - was first to welcome me to a brum bloggers event, Foodie, Gin fanatic, data genius, FOI workhorse, Programming Geek, Kiter

exsanguinator - Birmingham. Owner Aquila TV. Friendly. engaging. Helpful. Very welcoming at meet ups. Husband of gabysslave

gabysslave - Birmingham. Owner Aquila TV. Friendly. engaging. Helpful. Very welcoming at meet ups. Wife of exsanguinator

pigsonthewing - Birmingham. Friendly. Helpful. Bird Watcher.

citizensheep - Birmingham. Charity worker. Web site sorcerer. Friendly. Engaging. Attends meetups.

soba_girl - Birmingham. Translator. Mother. Friendly. Engaging. Funny. Attends meetups.

daveharte - Birmingham. Runner. Gardener. BCU

PhotosbyLee - Birmingham. Photographer. Music lover. Friendly. Engaging. Attends meetups. Partner to red_annie

red_annie - Birmingham. Artist. Partner to PhotosbyLee

alexhughes - Birmingham, Artist (primarily cartoons). Friendly and conversational. Attends meetups and @sundaylocal

graphiquillan - Locked, Birmingham, Artist, friendly, good conversation. Attends, and even organises, meetups. Source of much smut.

Rooley - Locked - Birmingham, friendly and chatty. Lethal with a biro. Jedwards and Jonas borthers fan, but don't hold that against her.

simonhowes - Birmingham / Black Country. Responsible for Black Country Social Media Cafe.

BostinBloke - Black Country evangelist and hawker of related products at Bostin.co.uk. Responsible for iBostin and Bostin Heroes.

parboo - Brummie moved south. Blogs on Bins and Baltis. Noticer of #nicestats. Good conversation.

BudgieUK - Coventry. Friendly.

mannyc - Friendly and conversational. Business man and father.

PhilCoyne - Birmingham. Friendly & conversational. Rhubarb Radio DJ with the MidSweep show (@midsweep)

DarenBBC - Social media catalyst and Twitter hub. Things happen on 'tinternet around this man. Friendly and conversational. Music lover. All round good egg.

Hedgewytch - Locked. Very friendly, very chatty and very welcoming. Tweets a lot.

philcampbell - Staffs. Social media tech boffin.

8dhd - Very honest ADHD sufferer and recovering alcoholic.

dazza074 - DJ and family man.

scolvey - Journalist, family man and very sweary. Funny.

eSpares

almostwitty

vatark - The fun VAT man, Gadget fan.

BookMarkLee - Accountancy and Tax, but with fun.

Ceiling_Cat - Funny as feck.

BasementCat

djlisalashes - The worlds #1 female DJ, very friendly and I've been thought to be her bodyguard.

barrydiston - Coventry, The nice man of hard-house, DJ, producer, tune craftsperson, and video recordist of precious moments.

F1KingdomLive - #f1, I help live-tweet GPs here with @philipjohn

MitchBenn - It's fuckin' Mitch Benn!