Smarty Pants

Gary Vaynerchuk

Family 1st! but after that, Businessman- a dude that Loves the hustle, people & the @nyjets - @vaynermedia .Tasted wine for years online!
917,398 followers |

Jay Rosen

I teach journalism at NYU, direct the Studio 20 program there, critique the press and try to grok new media. I don't do lifecasting but mindcasting on Twitter.
76,964 followers |

Dave McClure

Geeks, Founders, Startups -- The Internet Revolution. Founding Partner & Sith Lord, @500 Startups.
75,763 followers |

Matt Taibbi

Contributing Editor for Rolling Stone; author of the Great Derangement and Griftopia; Contributor for Countdown with Keith Olbermann.
67,711 followers |

Kevin Smokler

Author of the essay collection Practical Classics (2013). Crazy about media, publishing and culture. Prone to over-sharing. Michigan born, California adopted.
65,635 followers |

danah boyd

social media scholar, youth researcher & advocate | Microsoft Research, Harvard Berkman Center | zephoria@zephoria.org
59,198 followers |

Scott Hanselman

Tech, Diabetes, Parenting, Race, Linguistics, Fashion, Podcasting, Open Source, Culture, Code, Ratchet, Phony. I work for MSFT, but these are my opinions.
46,714 followers |

Natali Morris

Technology reporter, domestic diva, mommy
45,651 followers |

Vanessa Fox

I write and speak about search a lot. I own Nine By Blue, where we mix tech + data + search + user experience. Before that, I built Google webmaster central.
26,804 followers |

jay smooth

I do hip-hop radio at WBAI 99.5 FM in NY, web video at illdoctrine.com, and occasional music commentary on NPR, among other things.
24,221 followers |

John Borthwick

CEO @betaworks
17,270 followers |

Derrick N Ashong

AFropolitan, leader of Soulfège, Host The Stream on Al Jazeera (@AJStream), formerly #TheDNAx on @OprahRadio. #MillionDownload Campaign
10,452 followers |

Dan Patterson

I'm a broadcast journalist and technologist. I build digital platforms and interview colorful characters. Currently: Campaign reporter covering the primaries.
9,745 followers |

Micah Sifry

Editor, Writer, Strategist, Agitator. Co-founder Personal Democracy Forum; advisor to Sunlight Foundation
9,300 followers |

Laura Flanders

Host: GRITtv, GRITradio, Author, BUSHWOMEN and BLUE GRIT; Editor, At the Tea Party
6,773 followers |

Deanna Zandt

Media technologist & strategist. Author: Share This! How You Will Change the World with Social Networking. Tech, progressive politics, feminism, dogs, writing.
5,390 followers |

George Kelly

Online coordinator @CCTimes & @insidebayarea. Freelance @negrophile. Noises @saintandkings. Cartoons @notherethere. GV+15104883122. george at allaboutgeorge com
4,023 followers |

Maegan Carberry

A football coach's daughter saves the world, wearing cowboy boots.
3,514 followers |

Matthew Cokeley

I am the Creative Director for Mag+. Formerly known as @PopSciGuy. Let's get to work, Tweeps!
2,477 followers |

Natala Menezes

Director at Gigwalk. Previously at Amazon, Google, Microsoft, TeachStreet. Love college hoops & waterproof mascara.
1,871 followers |

Derrell Bradford

Ed Reformer, School Choicer, Gamer, Exec. Director at B4K. Occasionally says really, really irreverent stuff in print and online, so be prepared.
1,489 followers |

aricsqueen

sailboat owner. Vespa owner. fantastic hat owner. vagabond. corcoran boot addict. idealistic wino. author. kind of tall. you'd think I'd be cool, but... no.
946 followers |

BELINDATHURSTON

conscious, compassionate human in the act of being
630 followers |

Taya Weiss

Professional wingsuit skydiver. Writer. Adventurer, Africanist, Humanitarian. Flying far from my Harvard and Princeton roots. Founder, RaisetheSky.org.
230 followers |

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