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The 100 Most Entertaining Tech Twitterers

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By The Editors 6/27/12 9:39am

Small Retailers Realize Amazon Probably Has Its Own Agenda

  • Paul Ford
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    As bloggers, we spend a fair bit of time on Twitter, watching the tech talk flow forth, a never-ending river of gossip and congratulations and insidery chit-chat. Unfortunately, we’ve noticed that since everyone realized social media can be a tool for, ugh, “brand building,” folks have become a little guarded, a little too chipper, and far too self-promotional.  Founding a company is, apparently, the kind of career that turns a thrill-seeking 20-something too wild for Wall Street into the kind of person that uses the jargon-stuffed platitudes best left to @FakeGrimlock (no. 6 on our list). You are square. And you are putting us to sleep.

    But there are still a few crazy diamonds shining on out there, handy with a quip, ready to leap feet-first into a fight, and generous with the #realtalk. We’ve therefore rounded up a 100 of them for your enjoyment.

    As for the rest of you? Step up your game, pronto.

    Here is a Twitter list with all 100 users, for your easy-following pleasure.

  • Back Forward Sarah Tavel

    Sarah Tavel

    Growth, Pinterest; formerly VP at Bessemer Venture Partners
    Loves coffee, walking meetings.

  • Back Forward Pat Nakajima

    Pat Nakajima

    Chief Chaotician, GroupMe
    Somehow manages to be simultaneously droll and bonkers, like a really strange installment of Masterpiece Theater.

  • Back Forward Kara Swisher

    Kara Swisher

    Reporter and founder, All Things D
    You do not want to start a Twitter fight with her.

  • Back Forward Ed Zitron

    Ed Zitron

    Communications director, Hometalk
    Dry British startup wit.

  • Back Forward Paul Ford

    Paul Ford

    Writer
    Incisiveness and sarcasm from this Brooklyn-based programmer whose writing has appeared in such venues as New York magazine.

  • Back Forward FAKE GRIMLOCK

    FAKE GRIMLOCK

    Monster creature
    Nominated for pure all-caps batshit insanity.

  • Back Forward Jon Brodkin`

    Jon Brodkin`

    Writer, Ars Technica
    Up on tech, apparently behind the times on Twilight fan fic.

  • Back Forward Joel Johnson

    Joel Johnson

    Managing editor, Animal New York
    Not exactly crotchety, but crotchet-adjacent.

  • Back Forward Peter Ha

    Peter Ha

    Managing Editor, TechCrunch
    If he actually does this, Betabeat demands video evidence.

  • Back Forward Garrett Murray

    Garrett Murray

    Founder, Karbon; iOS designer/developer
    As devoted followers of Ballmer and Ballmer-related humor, we approve this message.

  • Back Forward Jason Kottke

    Jason Kottke

    Ur-Blogger
    This man has been on the Internet so long we're amazed he's got any material left, even of the 140-character variety.

  • Back Forward Anil Dash

    Anil Dash

    Entrepreneur
    Mr. Dash appears to have an endless cache of zingers.

  • Back Forward Harry Heymann

    Harry Heymann

    Engineering Lead, Foursquare
    A real cheerleader--and surprisingly rabid Sorkin fan.

  • Back Forward ShitHarryHSays

    ShitHarryHSays

    The tweets are coming from inside the building?
    An unauthorized look at how your Foursquare sausage gets made.

  • Back Forward Dan Primack

    Dan Primack

    Senior editor, Fortune.com
    The smartest and the fastest typer. Tends to scoop himself on Twitter.

  • Back Forward Jessica Barnett

    Jessica Barnett

    Product Manager, Dispatch
    Handy at eavesdropping, apparently.

  • Back Forward David Krap

    David Krap

    (Not actually David Karp.)
    If you know, let us know.

  • Back Forward Jeff Lawson

    Jeff Lawson

    Cofounder and CEO, Twilio
    Often pretty staid, but makes the cut for occasional flash of extreme wit.

  • Back Forward Aaron Levie

    Aaron Levie

    CEO, Box
    Betwixt the platitudes lies the heart of a true satirist.

  • Back Forward Adrian Chen

    Adrian Chen

    Gawker writer
    The inside scoop on IRC chat rooms.

  • Back Forward (Fake) Yahoo Board

    (Fake) Yahoo Board

    Troll-tastic chronicle of the beleaguered company's troubles.
    Kara Swisher, is that you? Come clean!

  • Back Forward Joel Spolsky

    Joel Spolsky

    Cofounder, Fog Creek Software and Stack Overflow
    We suspect Mr. Spolsky is kind of a scamp.

  • Back Forward Jonathan Coulton

    Jonathan Coulton

    Musician; Internet superstar
    Based on "Re: Your Brains," we nominate Mr. Coulton as Poet Laureate of YouTube.

  • Back Forward Gabe Rivera

    Gabe Rivera

    Founder and CEO, Techmeme
    Shhh, you had us at "San Fransuckso."

  • Back Forward Reece Pacheco

    Reece Pacheco

    Cofounder and CEO, Shelby.tv
    Repping for the goofs at Shelby.tv.

  • Back Forward Fake eEtiquette

    Fake eEtiquette

    Your new digital Miss Manners
    For when you need someone to school you on the "done thing." Kinda.

  • Back Forward Kim Dotcom

    Kim Dotcom

    Founder, Megaupload
    Most scathing critique of U.S. copyright laws ever to involve pool parties #swimatkims.

  • Back Forward Samuel Ian Rosen

    Samuel Ian Rosen

    Cofounder, Scaffold
    He should start a Twitter account of "AirBnB for X" pitches.

  • Back Forward Drew Olanoff

    Drew Olanoff

    West Coast Editor, The Next Web
    We do love our fellow nosy Nellies.

  • Back Forward Tom Scott

    Tom Scott

    Tech critic; Internet practical joker
    Follow him, or miss the next Klouchbag.

  • Back Forward Jordan Cooper

    Jordan Cooper

    Venture Partner, Lerer Ventures
    Clearly in possession of an intuitive grasp of the parallels between the Internet and the real world.

  • Back Forward Joshua Topolosky

    Joshua Topolosky

    Editor in Chief, The Verge
    Mr. Topolosky is like the charming, athletic class clown of the tech press -- "of the tech press" being an important modifer.

  • Back Forward Marco Arment

    Marco Arment

    Instapaper creator
    Loves to call out underwhelming products, bungling brands, folks he disagrees with -- anyone, really.

  • Back Forward Amanda Peyton

    Amanda Peyton

    Y Combinator alum
    Tech, Brooklyn.

  • Back Forward Andrew Weissman

    Andrew Weissman

    Partner, Union Square Ventures
    Wise, cuddly.

  • Back Forward Ben Lerer

    Ben Lerer

    Founder, Thrillist; partner, Lerer Ventures
    Tweets from the id of one of New York's smartest VC-CEOs.

  • Back Forward Sara Chipps

    Sara Chipps

    Freelance developer
    Twitter's more fun when Ms. Chipps is down.

  • Back Forward Matt Langer

    Matt Langer

    Developer, New York Times
    Startup man turned Timesman. Comes with Tumblr.

  • Back Forward Adam Ludwin

    Adam Ludwin

    Principal, RRE Ventures
    Good for pithy news commentary and 140-character app reviews.

  • Back Forward Scoble Doing Things

    Scoble Doing Things

    Tech evangelist/blogger
    The imaginary doings of Robert Scoble. None of them make sense and it's funnier that way.

  • Back Forward Nihal Mehta

    Nihal Mehta

    Founder and CEO, LocalResponse
    Much of Mr. Mehta's tweeting consists of "congratulations!" and pictures of his dog, but we like it when he Instagrams with Jessica Alba in the Hamptons.

  • Back Forward John Gruber

    John Gruber

    Blogger
    The indispensable Apple pundit mostly uses Twitter to fight with commenters, sass on Microsoft and talk baseball.

  • Back Forward Farhad Manjoo

    Farhad Manjoo

    Writer, Slate
    Want to be part of a Slate story? Follow Mr. Manjoo.

  • Back Forward Hilary Mason

    Hilary Mason

    Chief scientist, Bitly
    Data science, math and Bitly news.

  • Back Forward Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry

    Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry

    Writer, Business Insider
    "Stuff I tweet WILL be offensive," @PEG says in his extensive disclosure. Don't say we didn't warn you.

  • Back Forward Phin Barnes

    Phin Barnes

    Partner, First Round Capital
    Precocious seed stage VC with a blog.

  • Back Forward Alex Rainert

    Alex Rainert

    Head of product, Foursquare
    Product and basketball.

  • Back Forward Steve Kovach

    Steve Kovach

    Writer, Business Insider
    Our favorite business insider.

  • Back Forward Larry Ellison

    Larry Ellison

    Founder and CEO, Oracle
    He's only tweeted once, and it was a bratty zinger about SAP. Can't wait until the Valley's most eligible bachelor starts Instagramming from Hawaii.

  • Back Forward Steve Schlafman

    Steve Schlafman

    Principal, Lerer Ventures
    Smartie principal at Lerer Ventures; overall nice guy. Was more fun before he started playing Turf Geography Club.

  • Back Forward Brooke Hammerling

    Brooke Hammerling

    Founder, Brew PR
    She's the power PR girl hanging out with everyone you want to meet.

  • Back Forward Casey Pugh

    Casey Pugh

    Cofounder, vhxTV
    Cuts loose.

  • Back Forward Philip Kaplan

    Philip Kaplan

    Founder Fandalism, Fucked Company
    We're pretty confident that Mr. Kaplan does not self-edit.

  • Back Forward Alexis Ohanian

    Alexis Ohanian

    Reddit cofounder
    Dispatches from the hive mind.

  • Back Forward Damien Basile

    Damien Basile

    Consultant
    Mr. Basile makes the cut not for his tech tweets, so much as his tangents.

  • Back Forward Dave Winer

    Dave Winer

    Writer, developer, digital pioneer
    Essentially sits on the Internet's front porch, shouting hedge-trimming suggestions to the neighbors. We love it.

  • Back Forward Anthony DeRosa

    Anthony DeRosa

    Social Media Editor, Reuters
    Mr. DeRosa maintains a journalistic straight face almost 100 percent of the time, which makes the occasional sly wisecrack that much more entertaining.

  • Back Forward Sam Biddle

    Sam Biddle

    Staff Writer, Gizmodo
    Tweets what you're thinking but would probably get fired for tweeting.

  • Back Forward Mike Monteiro

    Mike Monteiro

    Design director, Mule Design Studio
    Lots of bark AND lots of bite.

  • Back Forward Horse Ebooks

    Horse Ebooks

    Internet icon
    The surprising wisdom of the Twitter bot Horse_ebooks has long since been documented, but it's still one of our favorite Twitter accounts.

  • Back Forward Steve Martocci

    Steve Martocci

    Cofounder, GroupMe
    The guys at GroupMe could probably make it as Twitter comedians if that whole startup thing falls through.

  • Back Forward Mark Cuban

    Mark Cuban

    Entrepreneur, investor, owner of the Dallas Mavericks
    Works better if you picture him spitting the tweet from the courtside seats.

  • Back Forward Milo Yiannopoulos

    Milo Yiannopoulos

    Founder and editor in chief, Kernel Mag
    Like a British Michael Arrington with a Masters in Star Trek.

  • Back Forward John Maloney

    John Maloney

    Former president of Tumblr
    Mr. Maloney probably has the same endearing sense of humor as your dad.

  • Back Forward Andrew Mager

    Andrew Mager

    Hacker advocate, Spotify
    Like a human incarnation of buzzwords, Mr. Mager makes a lot of observations that we just nod and pretend to understand.

  • Back Forward Tim Carmody

    Tim Carmody

    Senior features writer, The Verge
    Like Louis CK, if Louis CK was insightful about tech news and cared about Lebron James.

  • Back Forward Libby Brittain

    Libby Brittain

    Director of editorial development, Branch Inc.
    Spitfire that recently decamped from Hearst Ventures for conversational platform Branch, so you know she's got a way with (funny) words.

  • Back Forward The Beard

    The Beard

    Bondsy founder Diego Zambrano's beard
    Occasionally gross and obsessed with the olfactory, The Beard upstaged its owner at TechStars demo day--and for good reason.

  • Back Forward Brit Morin

    Brit Morin

    Founder and CEO, Brit & Co.
    If you are a fan of Regretsy, you will be a fan of @Brit.

  • Back Forward Steve Spillman

    Steve Spillman

    Community manager, GroupMe
    Cuts through the ridiculousness of startup culture in 140 characters or less.

  • Back Forward John Herrman

    John Herrman

    Deputy tech editor, Buzzfeed
    If @horse_ebooks were a real person, we think he'd look a lot like Mr. Hermann.

  • Back Forward Alexia Tsotsis

    Alexia Tsotsis

    Coeditor, TechCrunch
    Her fights with Kara Swisher: pure Internet gold.

  • Back Forward Mike Hayes

    Mike Hayes

    Social media editor, Buzzfeed
    You probably have to stockpile funny tweets to run the @Buzzfeed account.

  • Back Forward Fake Dave Tisch

    Fake Dave Tisch

    Your guess is as good as ours.
    A parody account of TechStars founder David Tisch, sadly absent at this year's Demo Day. Come back, we miss you.

  • Back Forward Jose Mejia

    Jose Mejia

    Freelancer
    The best iteration of highbrow/lowbrow, Mr. Mejia is like tech's Hipster Runoff.

  • Back Forward Ross Miller

    Ross Miller

    Senior Editor, The Verge
    We get the feeling Mr. Miller would empathize with our funny Steve Ballmer video obsession.

  • Back Forward Dana Contreras

    Dana Contreras

    Engineer, Twitter
    Feminist humor mixed with geekery: just what Betabeat likes.

  • Back Forward Paul Carr

    Paul Carr

    Editor in Chief, NSFW Corporation
    If you love Twitter feuds you will love following Paul Carr. We especially enjoy his observations about Business Insider.

  • Back Forward Baratunde Thurston

    Baratunde Thurston

    Freelancer, Formerly director of digital at The Onion
    Between The Onion and his bestselling book How to Be Black, Mr. Thurston has made a career out of being funny.

  • Back Forward Ricky Van Veen

    Ricky Van Veen

    Cofounder, CollegeHumor and Connected Ventures, currently overseeing Notional
    Doesn't tweet often, but when he does, we nod along.

  • Back Forward Rick Webb

    Rick Webb

    Cofounder, the Barbarian Group; angel investor
    All-around mensch, live vicariously through his nightlife check-ins.

  • Back Forward Mike Issac

    Mike Issac

    Senior Editor, AllThingsD
    Let the nice doctor give you your medicine.

  • Back Forward Michael Arrington

    Michael Arrington

    Founder, CrunchFund; unpaid blogger
    Now that he has investments to protect, you sort of have to read between the lines to picture what he's really thinking.

  • Back Forward MG Siegler

    MG Siegler

    Partner, CrunchFund
    Born to play the role of privileged investor. Grandstands like he means it.

  • Back Forward Merlin Mann

    Merlin Mann

    Founder, 43 Folders
    Like Andy Rooney, if Andy Rooney were younger . . . and not a raging Luddite . . . and alive.

  • Back Forward Spencer Chen

    Spencer Chen

    Head of business development & partnerships, Appcelerator
    Knows where to upload a good time.

  • Back Forward Mat Honan

    Mat Honan

    Senior reporter, Gizmodo
    A healthy sense of the absurd.

  • Back Forward Marshall Kirkpatrick

    Marshall Kirkpatrick

    CEO, Plexus Engine
    Still capable of wonder.

  • Back Forward Felix Salmon

    Felix Salmon

    Finance blogger, Reuters
    We imagine Mr. Salmon yelling "Hey kids, get off my lawn!" even in his sleep.

  • Back Forward Gary Vaynerchuk

    Gary Vaynerchuk

    Best-selling author; cofounder Vayner Media
    Ambassador to the Normals.

  • Back Forward Eric Eldon

    Eric Eldon

    Co-editor, TechCrunch
    A kinder, less egomaniacal swag. (It's a little hard to tell from the screen grab, but Mr. Eldon's laptop is being plugged, ehem, from both sides.)

  • Back Forward DEVOPS_BORAT

    DEVOPS_BORAT

    A visiting technologist from Kazakhstan.

  • Back Forward Christopher Sacca

    Christopher Sacca

    VC, Lowercase Capital
    Just as much attitude as you'd expect from an investor in a cowboy shirt.

  • Back Forward Chris Dixon

    Chris Dixon

    Cofounder, Hunch and Founder Collective
    Incisive financial analysis, recently promoted himself to media critic.

  • Back Forward Bryce Roberts

    Bryce Roberts

    VC, OATV
    Upbeat, adorable.

  • Back Forward Ryan Tate

    Ryan Tate

    Gawker alum; senior writer, Wired Business
    Don't let the buttoned-up Conde Nast digs fool you.

  • Back Forward Jenna Wortham

    Jenna Wortham

    New York Times tech writer
    Jenna ♥ Internet. Internet ♥ Jenna right back.

  • Back Forward Michael S. Galpert

    Michael S. Galpert

    Cofounder, Aviary
    A quantified-selfer knows, the data doesn't lie.

  • Back Forward Carolyn Penner

    Carolyn Penner

    Communications, Twitter
    We like a sense of humor with our PR jargon.

  • Back Henry Blodget

    Henry Blodget

    Cofounder, CEO and editor in chief, Business Insider
    Pick a tweet, any tweet.

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