September 19, 2009

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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