On Friendfeed, I am currently subscribed to 190 people. This post lists the top 10 people I find the most interesting, according to Friendfeed. If you share the same general interests in social media as I do, you should consider subscribing to their feeds. If you are currently subscribed to me on Friendfeed, then you should already be seeing there feeds courtesy of Friendfeeds FOAF feature.
1) Louis Gray
Short Bio: Louis is a 31 year old technology blogger, and as of recent, father of newborn twins. In his day job, he works in corporate marketing for a Silicon Valley technology company.
Topics: Web 2.0, Social Applications, RSS, lifestreaming, Aggregation, Twitter, Friendfeed
Web: http://www.louisgray.com/live/
2) Hutch Carpenter
Short Bio: Hutch is a reformed banker and MBA who has been in the technology industry since 2000. Hutch recently left BEA Systems, where he did product marketing for its suite of Web 2.0 apps for the enterprise: wikis, blogs, mashups, widgets, and social search.
Topics: Web 2.0, Social Applications, Social Media, Enterprise, Friendfeed
Web: http://bhc3.wordpress.com
3) J. Phil
Short Bio: J. Phil is the webmaster of scribkin.com,”The site where code and culture converge”. The site focuses on social applications, social media bookmarking and networking sites, as well as creating primers on Web 2.0 applications.
Topics: Social Applications, Social Media, Social Bookmarking, Friendfeed, Twitter
Web: http://www.scribkin.com
4) Mitchell Tsai
Short Bio: Mitchell was a child prodigy who began college at age 10. He is currently retired. He was founder and CEO of DotCom Director, a venture capital accelerator that invests in and/or raises capital for technology companies.
Topics: Start-Ups, VC, Social Media, Social Applications, Friendfeed, Photography, Travel
Web: http://spiritualbusinesscompanions.blogspot.com
5) Franklin Pettit
Short Bio: Franklin Pettit is a South Carolina software developer. His blog was recently “Louis Grayed.”
Topics: Microblogging, Firefox and Extensions, Web/Social Applications
Web: http://www.fpettit.com
6) Charlie Anzman
Short Bio: Charlie Anzman runs SEO and Tech Daily. He is a skilled, SEO, SEM consultant.
Topics: Start-Ups, SEO, Analytics, Web 2.0, Social Applications
Web: http://anzman.blogspot.com
7) Steven Hodson
Short Bio: Steve Hodson is the webmaster of winextra.com. Steve is a die hard technologist with over 20 + years experience in the computer industry. Topics: Web 2.0, Web/Social Applications, Social Media, Friendfeed, Twitter Web: http://www.winextra.com
8 ) Tim Hoeck
Short Bio: Tim Hoeck is a coder, highly skilled in most programming languages. He currently works for a technology corporation, as a technical support trainer.
Topics: Analytics, Social Bookmarking, Mashups, Aggregation,
Web: http://timhoeck.com
9) Sarah Perez
Short Bio: Sarah has been blogging about technology since 2004. She had worked as an I.T. professional up until recently when she became a full-time professional blogger. She now works full time for the website Read Write Web and Microsoft’s Channel 10.
Topics: Microblogging, Social Applications, Social Media, Social Bookmarking, Friendfeed, Twitter
Web: http://www.sarahintampa.com
10) Mark Trapp
Short Bio: Mark is a IT manager for a graphic design company located in NY. Mark adds tremendous insight, and thought provoking commentary.
Topics: Culture, Politics, Social Applications, Social Media, (Mixture of topics)
Web: http://friendfeed.itafroma.com
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wow .. thanks
it's nice to be appreciated by being one of someone's favorites 
That is quite a compliment to those people, I'll be checking them out. The ones I'm not already following anyway.
Yeah, it's definitely an honor to be mentioned among giants. Thanks again, Mike!
Aw shucks…and I didn't know about Mitchell's child prodigy-ness. He was Doogie Howser? Thanks Mike!
Thanks for the mention, Mike! I am flattered you find me among your top 10! I'm certainly enjoying the stuff you are finding on the net, and blogging about as well.
wow .. thanks
it’s nice to be appreciated by being one of someone’s favorites 
That is quite a compliment to those people, I’ll be checking them out. The ones I’m not already following anyway.
Yeah, it’s definitely an honor to be mentioned among giants. Thanks again, Mike!
Aw shucks…and I didn’t know about Mitchell’s child prodigy-ness. He was Doogie Howser? Thanks Mike!
Thanks for the mention, Mike! I am flattered you find me among your top 10! I’m certainly enjoying the stuff you are finding on the net, and blogging about as well.
Excellent list – I too highly recommend!!
Fantastic list!
[...] Fruchter posted overnight “10 people you should follow on Friendfeed.” I appeared as #5 on his list. I am happy to say he is one better at #4 on my [...]
thanks for giving me some more interesting people to fill out my subscribed list and expand my horizons… i especially enjoyed the short bios you included on each person as part of the post
i've already seen items pass by on FriendFeed from most of these people, so rather than just get exposed to them as FOAF's, i subscribed to you and all 10 of your suggestions!
Great post Mike – really enjoyed reading bios of people we see often on friendfeed
Thanks for the recommendations… Now, some day I want to figure out how to make that list!
Seriously tho – glad that you had at least one woman on there – because actually? There are more of us in Social Media than there are of you… so we must be doing something right!
Excellent list – I too highly recommend!!
Fantastic list!
thanks for giving me some more interesting people to fill out my subscribed list and expand my horizons… i especially enjoyed the short bios you included on each person as part of the post
i’ve already seen items pass by on FriendFeed from most of these people, so rather than just get exposed to them as FOAF’s, i subscribed to you and all 10 of your suggestions!
Great post Mike – really enjoyed reading bios of people we see often on friendfeed
I can't believe I made your list! Thank you! I will try to live up to this honor.
Thanks for the recommendations… Now, some day I want to figure out how to make that list!
Seriously tho – glad that you had at least one woman on there – because actually? There are more of us in Social Media than there are of you… so we must be doing something right!
Needs more women. 1 out of 10? Unacceptable.
I can’t believe I made your list! Thank you! I will try to live up to this honor.
Needs more women. 1 out of 10? Unacceptable.
[...] surprised at the number of subscriptions (~100) that occurred because of Mike Fruchter’s post about ten people to follow on FriendFeed…thanks for the shout-out [...]
Facebook, and other sites like this provide an opportunity for those NOT deeply involved in personal communication devices (i.e. black berries, palms, htcs, etc.) to maintain open contact with numerous friends and aquaintances easily. I have opted out of these types of applications, for the simple fact that I feel there is a distinct lack of privacy and security in regards to how your personal information is protected. I believe that most people would be wise to cut back on number of details, pictures, and information they post, as well as consider restricting the access by others to search and view their pages.
Facebook, and other sites like this provide an opportunity for those NOT deeply involved in personal communication devices (i.e. black berries, palms, htcs, etc.) to maintain open contact with numerous friends and aquaintances easily. I have opted out of these types of applications, for the simple fact that I feel there is a distinct lack of privacy and security in regards to how your personal information is protected. I believe that most people would be wise to cut back on number of details, pictures, and information they post, as well as consider restricting the access by others to search and view their pages.
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Nice Article On Social Networking ! Thank you for keeping up the good work. I look forward to returning to your Social Network space, and learning more about Business Social Networking from you !
[...] he found was one where I was a recommended blogger to follow (thanks Daryl, Franklin, Louis, Mark, Mike, Rob, Steven). Those recommendations were in part made due to the wonderful effects FriendFeed has [...]
[...] that are new to my blog, this will be the third post of this type. The previous ones are located here and here. There are several more hundred people that belong on this list. I will publish a new list [...]
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Thats a really nice Social networking website!
Thansk for Postings all this great Social networking websites and logs article.
Sarah perez is My Girl!
Nice list!
Thanks,
I'm glad you enjoyed it. Stay tuned for January's list of FriendFeeders to follow. It should be hitting the presses later this week.
Friendfeed:
Thats a really nice Social networking website!
Thansk for Postings all this great Social networking websites and logs article.
Sarah perez is My Girl!
Nice list!
Thanks,
I'm glad you enjoyed it. Stay tuned for January's list of FriendFeeders to follow. It should be hitting the presses later this week.