9 Web Developers That MUST Be Followed On Twitter
This web roundup will list nine developers that absolutely must be tracked on Twitter. They represent the best of the best and are extremely active in the community. Be sure to follow each and every one of them. They might even help you if you’ve hit a bump in your coding! By the time you’re through with this list, you’ll probably think, “Why didn’t he include this person!”. Well be sure to leave a comment with those that I left off.
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Eric Meyer: http://www.meyerweb.com
Few web developers are unfamiliar with this name. In fact, the first CSS book that
yours truly ever read was written by this man – “Eric Meyer on CSS”. For the two
readers in the dark, Eric Meyer is best known for his web standards work and for
the many books that he has written over the years – most notably on Cascading Style
Sheets. Currently, Eric works as a consultant for Complex Spiral Consulting. -
Molly Holzschlag: http://www.molly.com
Molly is best known for her work on the “Web Standards Project”. In addition to
promoting best practices and web standards, she has written many books related to
web design and was recently named one of the “Top 25 Most Influential Women on the
Web”! -
John Resig: http://www.jquery.com
NETTUTS focuses on jQuery a great deal. Why shouldn’t it? It is easily the most
popular Javascript framework available; no doubt due to its wonderful implementation
of CSS selectors. Are you familiar with its creator? Meet John Resig. He’s a young
and brilliant man living in Boston. He is currently working for Mozilla. -
Andy Budd: http://www.andybudd.com
Andy is a web developer based in The United Kingdom, and is currently the director
of “Clear Left”. If I could name only one book that taught me more than
any other, it would be “CSS Mastery” – written by Andy. If you haven’t read it yet,
I 100% recommend it! He is a big advocate for the web standards project and speaks
at conferences around the world. -
Jeff Croft: http://jeffcroft.com
In his own words – “I am a web designer and developer living and working in Seattle,
WA. I am employed full-time by Blue Flavor, a design agency specializing in standards-based
design and development for the web and mobile web. In addition to being a full-time
designer, I occasionally author books on web design, speak at conferences, and blog
at jeffcroft.com.”For those interested, I highly recommend that you purchase Jeff’s (co-written with
Dan Rubin) book, “Pro CSS Techniques”. -
Jeffrey Zeldman: http://www.zeldman.com
Jeffrey is an author on web design and runs his own studio, Happy Cog. Most notably,
he is the founder of “A List Apart” – a website that focuses on web development
and best practices. The site is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year! -
Chris Coyier: http://www.chriscoyier.net
In such a short time, Chris – owner of CSS-Tricks – has amassed over 7500 loyal
subscribers (yours truly being one of them). Be sure to check out his video tutorials
on Thursdays. For that matter, be sure to check the site every day! It will prove
to be a vital resource. When he is not running his blog, he works as a web designer
for “Chatman Design”. -
Cameron Moll: www.cameronmoll.com
Cameron is a designer, speaker, and author on all things related to the web. His
work has been recognized across the globe. When he is not tending to his children,
he maintains a blog and works as an “Interaction Design Manager” at the LDS Church.
He was also a contributing author to CSS Mastery. -
Collis and Cyan Ta’eed: www.envato.com
People like these two make me feel like a failure. While I consider the
year a success if I’m able to redesign my blog once or twice, Collis and Cyan, at
least it seems, somehow manage to crank out site after incredible site! Fastly and
surely, their sites are becoming the premier resource for developers, designers,
engineers…just about anything! They are currently opening the beta version of
“ThemeForest”. Click on the “Envato Network” button at the top right portion of
this page to switch between sites. P.S. Are you followingNETTUTSon Twitter as well?
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wowowowow, you guys are awesome All are my favorites…but where is Chuck Anderson? (NoPattern.com) I love his works too very creative, thank you for sharing this one.
This is definitely a great list
Be sure to link to the person’s Twitter account if you have a recommendation. That way, we can all follow them.
Thanks for introducing great tech bloggers, subscribed to their feeds.
You guys are my inspiration. These guys makes the web a better place for everyone. Thanks for sharing!
Excellent list, many thanks :D
Good deal. There were a couple I wasn’t following. Come to think of it, there seems to be something about Twitter which makes me prone to follow others based on suggestions and lists like this, but not prone to actually search for people.
Thanks for the list. My suggestions:
https://twitter.com/Natbat
Natalie Downe, works for Clearleft
https://twitter.com/JZ
Jason Zimdars, Creative Director for Element Fusion
https://twitter.com/darrenhoyt
Darren Hoyt, brilliant designer
i guess i’ll have more interesting thing to read :D
Im new on twitter, just finding out about it but I will add these guys and look forward to following what they write.
Great list, and I already subscibe to all but Andy Budd.
I’ve met him twice at SXSW; great guy, but last I checked, his updates are protected.
I was already following five of them… But now I am following all! … Thanks for sharing Jeffrey! :) And I’d just like to say that you’re doing a superb job as the new Editor! You rock! :D
@James – Thanks! We’ll get to your interview very soon! I just have a some backup articles that I have to get out first. Thanks again. Let me know if you ever want to write more for the site. I wouldn’t mind a tutorial on creating your first plugin with jQuery…if you’re interested. ;)
Chris Coyier is my fav!!! and so is collis!!!
@yamaniac – Yeah, you have to respect what that guy has been able to do with CSS-Tricks in a little over a year.
Andy Clarke author of ‘Transcending CSS: The Fine Art of Web Design’ is one of my favorite web desiner/developers, and his book is one of the most valuable sources of information I have ever read. Hop over to his website http://www.stuffandnonsense.co.uk/ for more info.
By the way, great list. Invaluable sources of information.
Wow is it just me or is nettuts turning out something new every few hours??? Hurrah! |\_/| Cool im already followin most people on list
@Taylor – That’s the idea. I’m hoping to make NETTUTS a place you stop at a couple of times a day. Stay tuned.
I don’t get it. Most these people don’t even twitter about development. Zeldmen just talks about his dog, kid, and being old. Following most of these developers wastes my precious twitter real estate.
I’m still trying to figure out why my original comment was ‘rejected’. Sorry I wasn’t one of the people slapping your back on a job well done Jeffrey. I’m simply stating an alternative position. Chris Coyier simply does not warrant being on that list next to Budd, Meyer, and Zeldman. Especially since you are missing major names like Dan Cederholm and Andy Clarke.
Being editor does not mean you get to edit out everything that you do not agree with.
P.S- I am a very happy subscriber to CSS-Tricks. I think it is a good site and Chris is a good man. Nothing personal at all.
thanks for the links, Chris Coyier produces some good materials
@Krod – I deleted your comment because I found it to be offensive. Attacking a person for no reason isn’t necessary – and if you’re going to do so, state a reason why. Chris Coyier is on the list because his website is exceptional…which is exactly why he has over 8000 subscribers. That alone warrants his placement on the list.
P.S. I agree that Dan Cederholm and Andy Clarke are fantastic developers. That is why I asked everyone to participate. Have a great day, buddy.
By the way for your daily dose of design :
http://twitter.com/fubiz
hehe hey what’s my face doing in there!! I better start writing some decent twittering :-) Thanks Jeffrey!
Great post. I am a regular visitor to John Resig and Eric Mayers Blog. I like everything about it except the “MUST Be Followed” in the tittle. You see, some of us have a HUGE problem with the those type of words and thats why we go freelance. This guys ROCK by the way. :)
Well, most of my followers have been covered, but I’d like to add my 2 cents:
Chris Pearson
http://twitter.com/pearsonified
Ben Bleikamp
http://twitter.com/bleikamp
I’m surprised you didn’t include the father of PHP, Rasmus Lerdorf, on this list.
http://twitter.com/rasmus
you guys rocks. i think i must follow these guys then.
I never had an interest signing up for Twitter, but with great developers, maybe I should?
My favourties:
Jeffrey Zeldman for being the person who got me interested in web standards, and made me understand why it’s all so important.
John Resig for making JavaScript more fun than is healthy – I absolutely love jQuery and it puts a big smile on my face.
these guys are hot. hmmmmmmm yummy.
How about Jeff Atwood (www.codinghorror.com)
I agree with Jack Lowe, uh, I allready follow a lot of developers on twitter or rss/website etc, but only for good pratiques updates, their private life does not concern me.
This is a list of web DESIGNERS not developers, please consider changing the title.
@chevol – I strongly disagree.
@Jack Lowe
“I don’t get it. Most these people don’t even twitter about development. Zeldmen just talks about his dog, kid, and being old. Following most of these developers wastes my precious twitter real estate.”
Would you want to write nothing but work related stuff 24/7? Would you want to incessantly want to post everywhere about your work? No. I don’t think you would. Never mind the fact Twitter isn’t a blog and was never meant to be a full-on blogging platform, but a micro-blogging platform (i.e.: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro-blogging).
Matter of fact, Jack, the 60-65 developers I follow on twitter tweet about personal things and it’s not all web related. I’m a designer/developer and I don’t tweet about work non-stop either. So get your head out of your arse.
If you don’t like what they tweet, then don’t follow it. You don’t like the 10 suggestions here, then don’t follow them and don’t be so pompous. I’m terribly sure your twitter space is so valuable Donald trump may be looking to develop on it.
I digress.
Great list, Have met Andy Budd and Jeffrey Zeldman (not “Zeldmen” as Jack seems to think he is a plural noun) and follow most of these people on my list. There are plenty more like Doug Bowman (stopdesign.com), Andy Clarke, Jared Spool, Ethan Marcotte, and many more out there.
I don’t know if I’m really a developer either, Cheol, but I am absolutely not a designer, and never have been. To suggest otherwise is an insult to good designers everywhere.
@chevol davis- I strongly agree
@chevol – To imply that the creator of jQuery is only a “web designer” is absurd. Sure, some might lean more towards the design side. But others lean the other way. Regardless, I think you’re missing the point. These are people that you should surround yourself with. :)
these ppl are great ones… ppl like eric meyer and john resig.
I cannot really see why I should want to read about a web designer / developers personal life, favorite dog, or awesome shark bite. I appreciate the work the boys of Envato do; it’s really top-notch. But the fact that they are on a list of ‘must read’ on an Envato network site just leaves a bad taste in my mouth; list-worthy or not.
When I first heard of Twitter I really had no interest in it what-so-ever. Since I am starting off into web design it helps to see where well known people gather, display there interest and further there professional knowledge. I find the list helpful for my education. Excellent work and display of content as usual.
Thanks
Not a single non-white web developer worth following, huh? Weird.
@ans – What are you hinting at? That’s about as relevant as mentioning that none of the people listed have a hat on when the picture was taken!! :D
@chevel – Before you go making throw-away comments you should really do a bit of research. Not all of them are web designers and the ones that are also develop websites so these all can be considered as “web developers” – You’re just totally wrong!
@James – Now that you mention it – it is a bit strange that none of them are wearing hats.
@Rob – Bottom line – Twitter is a really good tool for networking. For example, I have a quick interview with Eric Meyer that I’ll be posting either Monday or Wednesday. I was able to contact him because of Twitter. Do you not see the benefit?
Sorry fellas! I can not follow you on Twitter. Twitter says i have hit the limit of number of people i can follow. However, one can follow me. I am sure, you will not mind if i do not invite you to follow me. Because I blog on Pune Real Estate Market News. Thanks for the post!
I hate when they say “not many developers don’t know their name” when I don’t know their name. I feel like the minority. :*(
Great list!
What about veerle pieters (veerle.duoh.com, http://twitter.com/vpieters)?
Thank you very much for the list – I just started my twitter account today and am loving it :). If anybody wants to follow me, I am a Web Developer (design, PHP & Python programming, etc.) with other interests such as camping, music (classic rock, metal, etc.), linux, and more. My twitter URL (if this is against your comments rules, sorry!): http://twitter.com/sonolin
How could you have missed Paul Boag of boagworld.co.uk ??
ok ok lsn guys i am following those guys and much more from web professionals all around the world and guess what its no use following most of them.
If i am to order your list, it would look like this.
1- Chris Coyier.
2- Jeff Croft.
3- John Resig (though i would prefer following jQuery)
4- Eric, Molly and Zeldman (coz u just have 2, its part of the faith)
5- Cameron Moll.
6- Collis and Cyan Ta’eed and Andy.
personally i think its far more better to follow apps and products rather than people, meaning i think i was one of the first ppl to know about the new wordpress coz i am following wordpress. following jQuery points u to lots of new implementations of it and leads u to heads up tips. etc…