Comments on: Who are the Twitterati? (UPDATED)

By: Will

Will — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:36:16 +0000

And:
Actor David H. Lawrence, who’s Eric Doyle on Heroes, is @dhlawrencexvii
Jonathan Ross has signed up as @Wossy

By: Will

Will — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:29:24 +0000

And of course @girlonetrack is Zoe Margolis/Abby Lee, author of the book Girl With a One Track Mind and the blog of the same name (give or take a hyphen).

By: Will

Will — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:14:56 +0000

Thanks for the extra suggestions (I was restricting to people but if you want more inanimates there’s the marvellous @towerbridge, plus my own @jubileeline and it’s tube siblings).

I browsed the (presumably fake) @LeVarBurton earlier and am still laughing at “The only thing more delicious than a ham and cheese melt with horseradish mayo is Gates McFadden’s tears.”

By: Richard Gadsden

Richard Gadsden — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:39:18 +0000

As for fake celebs, some are geniunely funny:
http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/features/lil-faux-tweet-the-8-most-entertaining-fake-twitter-users.php

By: Richard Gadsden

Richard Gadsden — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:36:12 +0000

NASA also have feeds for various space missions, so you can get tweets from:
@MarsPhoenix (well, not any more)
@MarsRovers (Spirit and Opportunity share one ID)
@MarsScienceLab (the new rover launching in 2010)
@CassiniSaturn (orbiting Saturn and lots of Titan fly-bys)
@NASA (boring)

Other cool astronomy twitterers:
@Chandrayaan1 (Indian Moon mission)
@lowflyingrocks (NEO objects)

By: Chris Reed

Chris Reed — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:29:07 +0000

Hi Will – thanks for tipping me off about Jo/Lynne first of all. I’m still looking (hoping?) for more.

In the meantime, you might want to add @richardbranson to your list?

By: minifig

minifig — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:32:21 +0000

I didn’t know about, and was pleased to discover, both Robert Llewellyn and Tina Fey, so thanks to you both Will and James!

By: James Graham

James Graham — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:26:22 +0000

MPs – @grantshapps (it must be the real one – it’s too boring to be fake)

Writers – @andydiggle (The Losers, Batman, Judge Dredd, Hellblazer), @sispurrier (2000AD, Contract), @al_ewing (2000AD, various Abaddon Press books), @davidbishop (ex-2000AD editor, Doctor Who audio),

Artists – @simonfraser (Nikolai Dante from 2000AD – you may have started to observe a pattern here).

Actors, Broadcasters – @tinafey (maybe she should be called @realfakesarahpalin)

By: Will

Will — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:39:59 +0000

Maybe I need a new category for fake celebs

Thought of a few more real American ones: musician and internet celeb @jonathancoulton, PC from US “I’m a Mac” ads @hodgman, and basketballer @the_real_shaq

By: Annie Mole

Annie Mole — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:29:29 +0000

How could you have missed Gary Coleman

http://twitter.com/garycoleman

Whatchoo talkin ’bout Willis

Although it may not be the real one!!