Twitter and my #followfriday list

Graphic courtesy of Ritu

Isolation is wretched dull. I miss the exposure to ideas and interaction that come with living in global cities. While there are certainly boundless gems brewing in the Kingdom, there’s nothing like the left-thinking stimulation from networks which are so totally different than you’re daily engaging with. So the varied perspectives and people who facilitate these mental bridges on twitter ... priceless.

That said, here are my #followfriday recommendations, to be continually updated.

For unique perspectives worth consideration:
@pdenlinger
China, China-US, China-West business and politics

@sagarikaghose @sardesairajdeep @priyaraju @gregorylent
India-Asia life and politics

@yuyudin
Burma and India

@kawdess @elizrael @fustat @jerusalembureau @3arabawy @asteris
Mid-East and North Africa

@AriCostello @kevindoylejones @nelderini @atomiota
Investing

@teresakopec @dukestjournal @yatpundit @davidbadash @tomwatson
US politics (stateside perspectives)

@jayrosen_nyu
journalism, media matters

@rainsua
Latin America

For their expertise / interest areas:
@jranck @fanihiman95376 @acorsin @clasticdetritus @allochthonous @yorrike
the sciences

@viirak @tharum @john_weeks
Cambodia culture and politics

@imrananwar
Pakistan, Afghanistan

@aimeenbarnes
China-US business

@Jess_Huang
East Asia economics

@arizuma
Global and alternative lifestyle / philosophies

@meryl333
Consumer advocacy in the US; grassroots health, safe food and farming initiatives

@fridley
IT and social networks, and news on Japan and Australia

@bill_easterly @ithorpe @theroadto
Foreign aid

@kiwanja @tmsruge @gabgabgabby @whiteafrican
Social enterprising in Africa

@kanter
Social networking for organisational learning

@trenttsd
Personal finance, blogs The Simple Dollar

@zen_habits
Philosophy and productivity, blogs Zen Habits

@skap5 @robert_banghart @skipzilla @tomwatson @tikkun44
US politics and especially the health financing reform

@techsav
IT

Smart streams of consciousness (by location):
UK @UKProgressive @ashantiomkar @debra47

China @davidfeng @dufffader @xiaoyi @kaiserkuo @sioksiok @Damjan_DeNoble @taweili @minimum12

Vietnam @saigonnezumi @kennedypj

Thailand @chuanjeng @bm_ @photo_journ

Malaysia @llamasonic @peterpek

Japan @fatblueman

Saudi Arabia @alethe

Iraq @keemoD

Russia @MarkRPritchard

US @marabg @cwbuddha @maybellinete @olithechet @growinggold @obitod @pinkfest @suzannereed @mhaithaca @memachel @ratpoe @dakster9 @davidoberry @jimnnoke
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