Been meaning to do this for a while. A list of people I recommend to follow with brief reasons why. This is going to be fairly epic so it'll be a work in progress for a while. I'll start by simply listing them. Scratch that, it's always going to be a work in progress and you can guarantee I'll miss people, so to them I'll apologise.
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
TheTallygraph - Bloxwich, Hyperlocal blogger, The Bloxidge Tallygraph
leecad82 - Burntwood. Chasetown FC.
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.
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
Duke_aardvark - Comedian. Suggester of inappropriate tunes.
benjibrum - B-ham. Good conversationlist. 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.
urbanflyBirmingham, music lover, intelligent, funny, conversational, tweets a lot!
justinjamesdj - Birmingham, DJ
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
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
dazwright - Friendly. Helpful. Partner of editorialgirl
TomScotney - Birmingham, Journo, very friendly.
PartTimeLegend - Friendly and conversational
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.
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.
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.
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.
joannageary - Ex Birmingham. Friendly and conversational.
timesjoanna - Work related account for @joannageary
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.
vatark - The fun VAT man, Gadget fan.
Ceiling_Cat - Funny as feck.
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!
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That's freaky. I have just tweeted my anxiety about #ff
http://twitter.com/podnosh/statuses/5487924414
and you boldly recognise it's always a work in progress and better to just get on with it. Thank you - twice.
Thank you. It hadn't really occurred to me when I started that it would always be a work in progress, just that it would take a very long time (3 months at last count). However, as it has developed it became obvious that it would change constantly.