Follow Forty Twitter CMS Gurus In Three Clicks
And the ship’s wise men
Will remind you once again
That the whole wide world is watchin’.
- WHEN THE SHIP COMES IN
So, you want to follow the CMS world on Twitter. How about the ability to follow the creme de la creme of the CMS Twitterati in a couple of clicks. Well, my friend, you’ve struck gold. [UPDATE: Even more gold than promised. The list is growing. More than 40]
First, here’s is my list. I’m sure I’ve forgotten people so many apologies and DM me to get added or if I’ve spelt something wrong. I’m not including any CMS vendors here. I am including people who work for vendors but don’t use Twitter to sell. You can get a list of vendors on Twitter on the Gilbane blog. For those that are impatient, I’m recommending Twitterator to follow all the users in one go. All of these folk are engaging on Twitter and active in the blogosphere. You can filter them first if you’d like. In no particular order:
- cmswatch – My favourite CMS analysts
- cmswire – My favourite CMS news source
- cmsreport – More CMS news and chatter
- jboye – Organises the best CMS conference in the world
- TonyByrne – CMS Watch, Founder
- theresaregli – CMS Watch, Search and DAM
- jarrodgingras – CMS Watch, Content and Usability
- kasthomas – CMS Watch, Geek, Web CMS
- adriaanbloem – CMS Watch, Search and SoCo
- janusboye – The man behind jboye
- lwelchman – WelchmanPierpoint, Web CMS and Operations Guru
- cpierpoint – WelchmanPierpoint, Coffee Addict
- jdavidhobbs – WelchmanPierpoint, CMS Consultant
- dkonizeski – WelchmanPierpoint, Web Operations
- apoorv – Wipro Guru – Portals and Web CMS
- irina_guseva – CMS Wire writer, says it as it is
- barbmosher – CMS Wire writer, SharePoint junkie
- fgilbane – COE of Gilbane Group, Content and Web
- billtrippe – Gilbane Analyst
- lehawes – Gilbane, Collaboration and KM
- lciarlone – Gilbane, Content Globalisation
- tim_walters – Info and Knowledge Mgmt., Forrester
- kreidy – 451 Group Analyst, CMS and Collab
- jmancini77 – President of AIIM
- skjekkeland – Vice President of AIIM
- sggottlieb – Content Guru and Open Source Analyst
- halvorson – Content Strategist, Author
- rahelab – Content Strategist, Intentional Design
- StepTwoDesigns – Intranet Talk from Down Under
- jimmurphyamr – Knowledge and Content Management, AMR Research
- netjmc – Intranet and Portal Strategy
- ldallasBMOC – Big Men on Content
- dankeldsen – Co-founder of Information Architected
- McBoof – Compiler of useless info and lists.
- jameshoskins – Wise CMS man
- jamesurquhart – The Cloud Myth Buster
- piewords – ECM/CMIS techie/blogger
- pierotintori – CEO of TERMINALFOUR. CMS Techie.
- jessewilkins – ECM, ERM, Former USMC drill instructor
- julesdw – SDL Tridion – blogger
- puf – SDL Tridion Developer Ubergeek
- davidnuescheler – Day Blogger, CMS Guru
- kevinc2003 – And the Day CMO
- IanTruscott – Alterian Blogger
- yuvalararat – Vignette Blogger
- johnnewton – Founder of Alfresco and Documentum
- dcaruana – Alfresco Chief Architect, CMIS, Open Source
- jeffpotts01 – Optaros ECM practice lead, Open Source fan
- bdelacretaz – Open Source, Apache Foundation and Day R&D
- trieloff – Day DAM and SoCo expert
- dirkmshaw – Vignette Social Media Strategy
- ebarroca – CEO at Nuxeo
- sfermigier – Yet another Nuxeo ECM man
- efge – Nuxeo R&D, Architect. CMIS man.
- MartinSS – Open Text ECM architect
- pmonks – Alfresco consultant. CMS visionary
- justincormack – Squiz Tech Guru. CMS visionary
- darrenferguson – Interwoven and Umbraco CMS Dude
- cherylmckinnon – Open Text, Enterprise 2.0
- twentworth12 – Web Solutions Evangelist, ex-Autonomy>/li>
- craighepburn – RedDot (Open Text) Social Media Strategy
- adrianmateljan – RedDot (Open Text) CMS Blogger
- jeanmariepascal – Open Source ECM Consultant
- erikmhartman – Independent Consultant, Writer, Speaker
- LuisSala – Alfresco Big Gun
- scroisier – Jahia Strategy
- OlegR – Content and Text Mining Evangelist
- athraen – EPiServer R&D Developer, Blogger, CMIS.NET
- danielchalef – KnowledgeTree CEO, fellow Saffa
- tony_bailey – Gin Drinking CMS consultant at Acquity Group
- tednyberg – Agency side EPiServer MVP, Umbraco and more.
- proops – Independent, CMS Blogger
- izahoor – Independent, Public Sector CMS Dude
- daponovich – CMS Myth blogger
- jeffcram – CMS Myth blogger
So, next step is to copy the nicely formatted list at the bottom of this post, and paste them into Twitterator as shown in the screenshot below. You need to give them your Twitter creds, sadly. James promised he’ll write me a bulk following program that uses OAuth. Don’t worry if you’re already following some of the users. It handles these pretty well.
[UPDATE: Forget Twitterator! TweetML is far better. Use this link: http://tweepml.org/McBoof-s-CMS-Gurus/]
And here is the list in a nice cut and paste format. Stick them into your clipboard, and off to Twitterator. That’s it. Happy following. Don’t forget to delete me if you only like serious CMS chatter. Finally, if you want some of these people’s blogs, have a look at the OPML Feed of my blogroll, or the large list compiled by @proops.
cmswatch
cmswire
cmsreport
jboye
TonyByrne
theresaregli
jarrodgingras
kasthomas
adriaanbloem
janusboye
lwelchman
cpierpoint
jdavidhobbs
dkonizeski
apoorv
irina_guseva
barbmosher
fgilbane
billtrippe
lehawes
lciarlone
tim_walters
kreidy
jmancini77
skjekkeland
sggottlieb
halvorson
rahelab
StepTwoDesigns
jimmurphyamr
netjmc
ldallasBMOC
dankeldsen
McBoof
jameshoskins
jamesurquhart
piewords
pierotintori
jessewilkins
julesdw
puf
davidnuescheler
kevinc2003
IanTruscott
yuvalararat
johnnewton
dcaruana
jeffpotts01
bdelacretaz
trieloff
dirkmshaw
ebarroca
sfermigier
efge
MartinSS
pmonks
justincormack
darrenferguson
cherylmckinnon
twentworth12
craighepburn
adrianmateljan
jeanmariepascal
erikmhartman
LuisSala
scroisier
OlegR
athraen
danielchalef
tony_bailey
tednyberg
proops
izahoor
daponovich
jeffcram
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Thank you for the mention, and for putting together this rogue’s gallery — excuse me, this distinguished list of experts. A distinguished list indeed.
Thanks for the list Jon! Personally I would leave out the top 3 out as they’re basically dumps of RSS feeds and the interesting thing about Twitter is the frequent dump of thoughts and links. (I known that that there are hardcore twitterazzi who say they don’t need RSS anymore, but I’m not mentally ready for that yet)
Yeah, I hear you. I thought about it. However, both @cmswatch and @cmswire do actually do more than RSS feeds. We’ve got both Tony and Brice hiding in the wings. I do wish they’d have their own accounts, though. You’re 100% correct about @the451group. Pure broadcast, no followers. So they’re off the list. Good news, Bryan from @cmsreport, you’re in! I’m also not quite sure about ditching RSS for Twitter. Getting close …
Update! Update! read all about it!
I am now an OpenText blogger!
Thanks for the mention and i wish you a great weekend.
Great that I made the list, but puf seemed more shocked about it that I did (don’t know why, he is sooo good!)
Jon, thanks for adding @cmsreport to the list. I think this list, whether I’m included or not, is a great idea. I’m anxious to expand my Twitter horizons and follow those gurus on the list that are new to me.
Hi Jon,
thanks for putting the list together!
Hey,
Thanks for including me on the list. It’s good to be in a gang. Wait, I mean a club. I mean associated with a group of highly regarded professionals.
Hey Jon. Thanks for the mention, hard to compare myself to many of these bright minds.
Dirk
I think you forgot us.
@reddotcmsblog – Unofficial RedDot CMS blog (aka Open Text Web Solutions Suite)
Hello John !
Many thanks to add me in yout list.
I’m very proud to be at the same level as other ECM BIG BOSS.
Due to that +10 followers in one day. Thanks a lot!
Hey… I think I’m the junior of this list ! Wouhouhou!!!
Jon, thanks for the inclusion and putting the list together, excellent stuff.
Hi Jon,
I was wondering why so many industry people started following me (was getting a little tired of the porn stars and SEO experts
).
Thanks for adding my name. I feel privileged to be among this crowd. Gives me the push I needed to tweet a little more.
barb
You got to love those SEO experts and porn stars. Amazingly, this list posting got a retweet from some Cosmetic Surgery Guru: http://twitter.com/CosmSurgeryGuru/statuses/2801092371 – some bot is very confused.
@julesdw Imagine the pressure being on this list bring to my tweets. I used to be able to tweet about anything. But now apparently has to be meaningful and about CMS. Pfff….
By the way: where do we give our acceptance speech? I’d tweet it, but 140 characters seems a bit on the low side given all the long names that people use on twitter these days.
All acceptance speeches should be uploaded to YouTube along with subtitles. Not more than 10 minutes per speech, and no crying. I reserve the right to use these speeches for any marketing or promotional material.
I wish I’d be mentioned as an EPiServer CMS expert in the list, but that is most probably (well, certainly) because I love being on lists of people who know what they’re doing!
Another (not useless!) list compiled by you, appreciate it!
You’re in. Until LBi and Hallvarsson & Halvarsson end up in some global pitch against each other. Then you’re off
I love your blog posts, including the EPiServer specific ones. And your last one on Fixed Price. Although, as you allude to, Fixed Price/Variable Scope is fine. Fixed Price/Fixed Scope is where the dragons hide.
I think you just gave me the topic of my next post on pricing!
Fixed price, variable scope is indeed fine – that’s got SCRUM written all over it! As you said, fixed price/fixed scope is where it all (potentially) goes to h*ll! 
And it’s even worse for the poor full service agencies. We get paid a wad of cash to figure out strategically what to build. But before we figure this out, we need to know what the build cost is going to be. I’ve got lots of posts/rants about this to come too. Looking forward to yours.
Jon thanks for the mention!
Jon- Thanks, this is a great service and huge help to me as I’m now tweeting individually from @TonyByrne.
Cheers!
Excellent. You’re on the list. Right near the top …
Many thanks for including me on your list, Jon. I’m honored to be in such esteemed company!
Thanks for including me!
Hey! MKSE.com Swedish / Nordic CMS news are Twitter present @martineden (Martin Edenström – Editor).
This is great! Thanks for sharing! Also, thanks for introducing me to TweepML…
It is cool. But, sadly, I think Twitter Lists have replaced this. The list is here if you want to use that instead:
http://twitter.com/McBoof/cmsgurus