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Tess · 9 months ago

Well done! You created a reasonably long list which makes it possible to actually check them all out without spending half a day. ;)

I do miss one brilliant tweeting web dev in your list though and that's @pixelprodigy who tweets plenty of useful resources and tips&trix around web development as well as web design. :)

kat neville · 9 months ago

Nice list, but a lot of these people seem to be very close to "web designer"-- a few that I know of just do css/html, which puts them on a close line (developers are always telling me that just doing html/css is lightweight development...very little actually logic just for display).

Sad to not see that they're not all "proper coders", especially since you said you're going to do a separate list for web designers anyway. Is there really not 40 great (solely) web developers out there to follow?

ryancarson · 9 months ago

Hey Kat - You're right, the lines often blur. However, I included folks that definitely wouldn't be considered designers (Molly H and Eric Meyer for example). Feel free to make any suggestions though.

kat neville · 9 months ago

Yea, it's a hard line-- I don't actually have many notorious web developers I follow, just web developer mates (who are brilliant, but not that famous). I'm surprised @elliottkember didn't get on your list... he's usually pretty fun to follow, but I can appreciate you trying to get others on the list first :)

phaoloo · 9 months ago

Nice list of tweeps developers should follow on Twitter.

Fubiz · 9 months ago

Thanks for the great list :)

C · 9 months ago

Great list - can I suggest adding @malarky, @brucel, and @chrisspooner to the list? They are some of my favourites :)

c · 9 months ago

oops... make that @Malarkey! (need another coffee)

ryancarson · 9 months ago

I didn't include @Malarkey because he's a designer - he'll appear in the designer list :)

Buzzlair Voufincci · 9 months ago

Hey you gotta add calvin from mayhem studios .

ryancarson · 9 months ago

What's Calvin's twitter username?

kat neville · 9 months ago

he's a designer as well!

ryancarson · 9 months ago

Doh - thanks :)

Buzzlair Voufincci · 9 months ago

oops my fault. im sorry for the wrong info id gave ya.

mayhemstudios · 9 months ago

Buzzlair

Thanks for recommending me. True, I'm a designer, not a dev. html/css is as far I go. :)

- Cal

theamoeba · 9 months ago

thank you - very useful list.

mcaulay · 9 months ago

i vote for @reybango because he's a good guy!

ryancarson · 9 months ago

Rey is indeed awesome :) But he's not really a developer.

Rey Bango · 9 months ago

Hmm. 20 years of development says otherwise. Let me know if you'd like a copy of my resume. ;)

I still <3 ya Ryan. :)

ryancarson · 9 months ago

Damn - I feel dumb now. Going to amend the list soon. So sorry Rey!!

Rey Bango · 9 months ago

Thx! <3

Shane Sponagle · 9 months ago

Nice list, thanks. It would have been nice to have the devs identified by what they are into. I had to read each ones bio and visit the site before deciding to follow or not (the ones I did not know that is).

Michael Thompson · 9 months ago

What, no alt text so we know who's-who in the images? On a blog/site about web development? Oh man, we're screwed as an industry.

ryancarson · 9 months ago

Great point Michael - I should've sorted that out. Will do so now!

Allen · 9 months ago

add @malarky to this list : >

ryancarson · 9 months ago

I mentioned this above, but Andy is a designer, not a developer. So he'll go no the next list :)

Greg · 9 months ago

thanks for this list

jason · 9 months ago

Prepare for about 1000 what about me comments.

gueamu · 9 months ago

i vote for twitter's @al3x & tumblr's @marcoarment

ryancarson · 9 months ago

Added! Thanks

Dan Oliver · 9 months ago

Is Xeni Jardin a web developer? Didn't realise that. Cool list, btw :)

Alex Popescu · 9 months ago

I'd like to suggest a couple more names: @plightbo, @mraible, @graemerocher and without any false modesty @al3xandru.

ryancarson · 9 months ago

Hey Alex - can you please tell me more about those folks?

Alex Popescu · 9 months ago

@plightbo: Patrick Lightbody: webwork, struts2, selenium, openqa, browsermob.com
@mraible: Matt Raible: almost any Java web framework, appfuse,
@graemerocher: Graeme Rocher, grails
@al3xandru: Alex Popescu, webwork, struts2, InfoQ.com, (working now on the.dailycloud.net)

Jaan Orvet · 9 months ago

May I suggest one more? Andreas Carlsson @nofont Progressive, inventive, brilliant.

djuggler · 9 months ago

Doug McCaughan @djuggler is a totally rockin' web developer for PHP/MySQL CF/MSSQL & up on social applications & trends and should definitely be followed! (of course, I may be a little biased..well, a lot biased)

Andrew Wee · 9 months ago

Chris Pearson, creator of the Thesis WP theme @pearsonified
Brian Gardner, creator of Revolution WP theme (now StudioPress) @bgardner

Sonburn · 9 months ago

Jason Fried (@jasonfried), Dave Shea (@mezzoblue), Cameron Moll (@cameronmoll), Jason Santa Maria (@jasonsantamaria)

ryancarson · 9 months ago

Hey Sonburn - those folks are are designers :)

Amber Weinberg · 9 months ago

dangit i didnt make it ;)

Adam · 9 months ago

Is this just a list of developers on twitter? What is the actual criteria to be listed? Is there one? While some are well known, others are not so much and, I assume, simply added because of their popularity rather than skill. Have you reviewed their code?

There are thousands of fantastic apps and code around and this list can't come anywhere near to listing all of them and seems to just be a popularity contest rather than a "useful" list.

I imagine the designer list will be easier to create as their work can be viewed, but the work done behind the scenes is not as easy to review.

ryancarson · 9 months ago

The list is completely subjective, but the basic criteria was whether or not they had built something high-profile and successful.

Ingo · 9 months ago

How glamorous! Follow their tweets, take part in their famous life! And maybe, one day, one of them will start following you!

Dean · 9 months ago

Hmm. Wondering what the definition of Web Developer is.

zoblue · 9 months ago

I would love a short summary of each one, but I bet you're eyes would be tired after all that. :p

zoblue · 9 months ago

I mean 'your eyes' dammit!

Andy Hume · 9 months ago

For goodness sake, Ryan. You don't half set yourself up for some piss taking. I mean honestly, "40 Web Developers to Follow on Twitter"? How is this interesting commentary? O'Reilly Media must be quaking in their boots.

I like you, really. And I've oft enjoyed your conferences and training events. But I sometimes wander what planet you are living on.

ryancarson · 9 months ago

A lot of folks want to know who are the leading developers to follow from and learn from, so yes, you bet it's valuable information. It's subjective, but it's still valuable.

Jordan · 9 months ago

Great list, thanks for posting! @jordanbrown

Leon Poole · 9 months ago

Thanks for the list Ryan - I generally follow fellow web designers, but you're right in putting this list together - web developers are equally important and worthwhile following. :)

My details for consideration on your upcoming web designers list:

@creativeworld
http://twitter.com/creativeworld

:)

Ralph Holzmann · 9 months ago

I wish you would specify what sites these people develop from.

Cotton Rohrscheib · 9 months ago

Thanks for the cool list.

Damien · 9 months ago

Developpers.... Why is there less than 10 wimen for 40 DEvs ?

ryancarson · 9 months ago

25% is higher than the industry average, actually.

Shilo · 9 months ago

Don't forget @ElizabethN, @snipeyhead, @maggie1000 for wimmin devs. @snipeyhead wrote a few books, and @ElizabethN and @maggie present at conferences, IIRC

Shilo · 9 months ago

(They are all PHP devs)

Selecters75 · 9 months ago

Hi, I'm a System Engineer, from Argentina, working on web 2.0 related projects, social apps.. You can follow me on http://twitter.com/selecters75

markce · 9 months ago

This web developers list would be more helpful if you gave a "why they are on this list" tagline to each one.

marcovhv · 9 months ago

Agreed. For some of them I know why they're on the list but many of them are unknown to me.

lynn · 9 months ago

Black Hippy Chick is an African American Web Developer she was formally the chapter leader of Webgrrls Atlanta according to her blog. She does not write anything at all about web design but she has a rather entertaining blog and feed about life and politics . Her blog includes videos. The feed for her twitter is http://twitter.com/blackhippychick

JimBowen · 9 months ago

What about Jeremy Keith

John · 9 months ago

Nice! Twitter is getting huge, I really need to get a account there before I get left behind

cal · 9 months ago

:'(

ryancarson · 9 months ago

Argh! Cal - I'll add you. My bad :(

Zack · 9 months ago

Brad Neuberg may be a talented developer (I have no idea who he is), but he has posted exactly two updates, both nine months ago. How is he someone I must follow?

ryancarson · 9 months ago

The hope is he'll start :)

Brad Neuberg · 9 months ago

Seesmic video reply from Disqus.

ryancarson · 9 months ago

That was awesome :)

Bill Leonard · 9 months ago

no Zeldman?

Robin Muilwijk · 9 months ago

If you want to make the list really complete, make sure to add Arno http://twitter.com/me_arno , an experienced designer and his slogan says it all: "...designing amazing is our nature"

peter pan · 9 months ago

Are these web developers or HTML coders? Sure don't /look/ like a bunch of senior developers that are worth following...

marcovhv · 9 months ago

It's a mixed bag. This is definitely not what I'd call a list of web developers. I see designers, evangelists, both back-end and front-end people, user interaction designers and probably more different professions in this list.

While most of these people are definitely worth following, this list is definitely NOT 'a list of web developers'.

Chris Wallace · 9 months ago

Ryan, I think this list is the perfect size. I also think it's funny how angry people can get over a simple blog post. Calm down folks, this isn't life or death, it's just a list of cool people.

ryancarson · 9 months ago

Thanks Chris :)

Dallas Clark · 9 months ago

How about me ? :P

http://www.twitter.com/dallasclark

shankyrhodes · 9 months ago

thanks for this one.


www.nycvenueguide.com

Todd Tweedy · 9 months ago

Great list. There is a community that is taking off on Twitter - Design Community Twitter Hours -- #DCTH run by Chad Engle http://www.twitter.com/dcth

Deva · 9 months ago

Here's one: @shoesmith

On this list too: http://www.invokedprojects.com/blog/entry/10-ex...

Sara · 9 months ago

Wow..thank you so much for recognizing some awesome talent to follow for updated knowledge and tips. So many of us need that. I'm definitely going to follow them on Twitter now!

jamesgpearce · 9 months ago

Dion Almaer is one of the few who actually talks about the craft on Twitter - and since he's at the heart of the Firefox machine, worth following.

This list contains lots of cool people, but many don't actually discuss web development much. Follow them - of course! - but better for banter & small talk than professional purpose.

One day you should have a mobile developer list too. There are more than a few gurus on Twitter who are opening up that frontier as we speak.

Enrico Teotti · 9 months ago

I am glad that somebody pointed out that "many don't actually discuss web development much".

Shilo · 9 months ago

Some do, some don't - some talk about webdev *part* of the time. But even if they're not all webdev all the time, they're good to have as resources if you get stuck, need inspiration, etc. I have lots of industry people on my follow list. Not all of them talk shop 24/7, but I like that too.

ryancarson · 9 months ago

Fair comment :)

Micheil Smith · 9 months ago

Having a list is great and all.. but why should we follow each of these people?

ph creative · 9 months ago

We're a web design company in liverpool. We've also started using twitter.

Tracy · 9 months ago

Thank you for compiling this list. You have done half my work for me. lol!

Bryan · 9 months ago

Nice list, thanks. This could come in very handy. Twitter is awesome, who doesn't use it these days.

cancel bubble · 9 months ago

Wouldn't it be better to follow these people's blogs rather than their "mmm, spicy thai for lunch!"

Joe R. · 9 months ago

Wow so many names how to choose who to follow!

Web Axe · 9 months ago

Great list. But what about @dennisl? He created www.AccessibleTwitter.com at @accessibleTwitr

RockCityGhost · 9 months ago

Check out @byatool, His updates are a fresh take on programming. It gets back to programming for the fun of it! He is new to Twitter but I have seen his development first hand and it rocks. He is an ASP.NET / C# Developer from Michigan!!

Shopping Cart Guy · 9 months ago

This is a fantastic list. Thank you for posting it!

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DS · 9 months ago

nice list! I have to admit that I am a complete twitter newbie. I hope following 40 web designers will not kepp me busy all day long :-)

Joel Drapper · 9 months ago

You don't have to read every single tweet.

Ray Drainville · 9 months ago

Xeni Jardin is a web developer?

JustinKendall · 9 months ago

Nice list. I'd suggest @jtkendall. He's a PHP Developer who uses lots of other languages and helps people out when they have questions.

Wii · 9 months ago

May be I am too old (I am 36) , but I don't get the point. Why is twitter so popular. I spent a while on it and all I can say it: it's BORING!

Aldo · 9 months ago

well, thanks for the list, I'm gonna add and check it later.. ;)
again.. thanks!

archery bows · 9 months ago

well done ... me too :)

Joel Drapper · 9 months ago

You missed the most important web developer, and twitter user in the world, ME! (@JoelDrapper)

Just kidding... but you should do a list of youngest web developers on twitter sometime.

Great list, thanks a lot. I'm now following you too.

missu · 9 months ago

What makes someone a "top web developer"? Is it the company they work for (Apple, Google ...) or is it because they have a blog that a lot of people visit? I was just wondering where this list came from. You didn't explain that in the blog post. Thanks.

web2.0guy · 9 months ago

A whole bunch of "to follow" lists: http://followontwitterlists.com/

Simon Hamp · 9 months ago

any chance I could get on there? @simonhamp

Narmadi · 9 months ago

Thanks for the lists...I'm going to follow them

Carl - Web Courses Bangkok · 8 months ago

Some useful and interesting people on the list :) THanks

Krystal · 8 months ago

Great list to follow on Twitter! Thanks :)

Krystal · 8 months ago

Forgot to also thank all the suggestions from the comments also!

Dennis · 8 months ago

That's cool. Most of the stuff on twitter and facebook turns me off but I can see how they can really be a link used the right way.

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JasonOne · 8 months ago

"Successful websites only occur when experienced and knowledgeable web developers and designers work together in harmony. Hence it is important to choose a website developer carefully as it often means the difference between the success and failure of the website."

Thank you so much for the list Ryan!
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