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:

1. cmswatch – My favourite CMS analysts
2. cmswire – My favourite CMS news source
3. cmsreport – More CMS news and chatter
4. jboye – Organises the best CMS conference in the world
5. TonyByrne – CMS Watch, Founder
6. theresaregli – CMS Watch, Search and DAM
7. jarrodgingras – CMS Watch, Content and Usability
8. kasthomas – CMS Watch, Geek, Web CMS
9. adriaanbloem – CMS Watch, Search and SoCo
10. janusboye – The man behind jboye
11. lwelchman – WelchmanPierpoint, Web CMS and Operations Guru
12. cpierpoint – WelchmanPierpoint, Coffee Addict
13. jdavidhobbs – WelchmanPierpoint, CMS Consultant
14. dkonizeski – WelchmanPierpoint, Web Operations
15. apoorv – Wipro Guru – Portals and Web CMS
16. irina_guseva – CMS Wire writer, says it as it is
17. barbmosher – CMS Wire writer, SharePoint junkie
18. fgilbane – COE of Gilbane Group, Content and Web
19. billtrippe – Gilbane Analyst
20. lehawes – Gilbane, Collaboration and KM
21. lciarlone – Gilbane, Content Globalisation
22. tim_walters – Info and Knowledge Mgmt., Forrester
23. kreidy – 451 Group Analyst, CMS and Collab
24. jmancini77 – President of AIIM
25. skjekkeland – Vice President of AIIM
26. sggottlieb – Content Guru and Open Source Analyst
27. halvorson – Content Strategist, Author
28. rahelab – Content Strategist, Intentional Design
29. StepTwoDesigns – Intranet Talk from Down Under
30. jimmurphyamr – Knowledge and Content Management, AMR Research
31. netjmc – Intranet and Portal Strategy
32. ldallasBMOC – Big Men on Content
33. dankeldsen – Co-founder of Information Architected
34. McBoof – Compiler of useless info and lists.
35. jameshoskins – Wise CMS man
36. jamesurquhart – The Cloud Myth Buster
37. piewords – ECM/CMIS techie/blogger
38. pierotintori – CEO of TERMINALFOUR. CMS Techie.
39. jessewilkins – ECM, ERM, Former USMC drill instructor
40. julesdw – SDL Tridion – blogger
41. puf – SDL Tridion Developer Ubergeek
42. davidnuescheler – Day Blogger, CMS Guru
43. kevinc2003 – And the Day CMO
44. IanTruscott – Alterian Blogger
45. yuvalararat – Vignette Blogger
46. johnnewton – Founder of Alfresco and Documentum
47. dcaruana – Alfresco Chief Architect, CMIS, Open Source
48. jeffpotts01 – Optaros ECM practice lead, Open Source fan
49. bdelacretaz – Open Source, Apache Foundation and Day R&D
50. trieloff – Day DAM and SoCo expert
51. dirkmshaw – Vignette Social Media Strategy
52. ebarroca – CEO at Nuxeo
53. sfermigier – Yet another Nuxeo ECM man
54. efge – Nuxeo R&D, Architect. CMIS man.
55. MartinSS – Open Text ECM architect
56. pmonks – Alfresco consultant. CMS visionary
57. justincormack – Squiz Tech Guru. CMS visionary
58. darrenferguson – Interwoven and Umbraco CMS Dude
59. cherylmckinnon – Open Text, Enterprise 2.0
60. twentworth12 – Web Solutions Evangelist, ex-Autonomy>/li>
61. craighepburn – RedDot (Open Text) Social Media Strategy
62. adrianmateljan – RedDot (Open Text) CMS Blogger
63. jeanmariepascal – Open Source ECM Consultant
64. erikmhartman – Independent Consultant, Writer, Speaker
65. LuisSala – Alfresco Big Gun
66. scroisier – Jahia Strategy
67. OlegR – Content and Text Mining Evangelist
68. athraen – EPiServer R&D Developer, Blogger, CMIS.NET
69. danielchalef – KnowledgeTree CEO, fellow Saffa
70. tony_bailey – Gin Drinking CMS consultant at Acquity Group
71. tednyberg – Agency side EPiServer MVP, Umbraco and more.
72. proops – Independent, CMS Blogger
73. izahoor – Independent, Public Sector CMS Dude
74. daponovich – CMS Myth blogger
75. 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