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5 EA Tweeters You Should Follow

Submitted by Jonas Lamis on Thu, 08/13/2009 - 11:17am.

A couple of years back, I was attending Gartner Symposium, and the analyst presenter started talking about DigitalNatives and Digital Immigrants. The natives are technology savvy youngsters who have grown up in an alwaysconnected, always on world. Digital Natives find new technologies to be intuitive. They are at ease in navigating theblogosphere and the social networks. And they tweet.

On the other hand, we have the Digital Immigrants. They… are we. If you are over age 30, you most likely have yourhands full trying to figure out what social tools you should invest your time in? When should you post on Facebook vs.Linked In? And why the heck everyone is talking about Twitter?

I’ve been a member of the twittering class for about 18 months. My stats say I have made 1449 updates have 830followers, and I am following 805 other tweeters. I post about a broad set of interests, from EA to the TechnologyIncubator I run (Tech Ranch Austin) to some of my more esoteric interests like glass blowing and HDR photography.You can read them all by following me twitter.com/jonaslamis.

While those stats may sound impressive, they don’t hold a candle to some of the most prolific and thoughtful twitterati inthe world of Enterprise Architecture. Here are five Twitter users that would make a great set of first followers if you arenew to Twitter, or names that should surely be on your Favs list if you are expanding your network.

Dion Hinchcliffe: http://twitter.com/dhinchcliffe

Dion helps lead the industry by evolving the thinking for next-generation businesses in various social media includingZDNet's influential Enterprise Web 2.0 Blog and the Web 2.0 Blog. He is extensively published in leading industryperiodicals and journals including the Microsoft Architecture Journal, AjaxWorld Magazine, SOA/Web Services Journal,and is currently Editor-in-Chief of Social Computing Journal. His thought leading work has been covered inBusinessWeek, CNET News, Wired Magazine, CIO Magazine, and many other well-known periodicals.

Gene Leganza: http://twitter.com/gleganza

Gene is an analyst at Forrester Research. Gene provides research and advisory services that address the needs ofEnterprise Architecture professionals. Gene has been researching best practices in making enterprise architectureprograms effective since 1999 and focuses on helping clients implement a pragmatic approach to EA that has clearvalue to business and IT leaders.

James Governor: http://twitter.com/monkchips

James is Principal Analyst and founder of RedMonk. He leads coverage in the enterprise applications space, assistingclients with application development, integration middleware and systems management issues, as they relate tooperational and business process optimization.

Hugh Evans: http://twitter.com/enterprisearchs

Hugh is the founder and CEO of Enterprise Architects – a strategic EA consulting firm in Australia. He leads theEnterprise Architects executive team driving the business strategy execution and developing customer & partnerrelationships. Hugh holds directorships with several successful technology companies, with a particular interest in Web2.0 and social media.

Andy Blumenthal: http://twitter.com/totalcio

Andy Blumenthal is the Chief Technology Officer at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).Previously, Blumenthal served as the Chief, Office of Enterprise Architecture and IT Governance at the U.S. Coast

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Previously, Blumenthal served as the Chief, Office of Enterprise Architecture and IT Governance at the U.S. CoastGuard and as Chief Enterprise Architect at the U.S. Secret Service. Blumenthal is a visionary IT and business thoughtleader. For over 20 years, Blumenthal has developed leading-edge technology solutions for premier organizations inboth the private and public sectors, including the Departments of Justice, Homeland Security, and Treasury, the DreyfusCorporation, and IBM.

Surprisingly not found in the twittersphere are EA analysts from Gartner. Of all of the analysts covering EA fromGartner (listed here: http://www.gartner.com/0_admin/AnalystCoverageAreas.jsp#Enterprise%20Architecture), accordingto Gartner’s own list of analysts on Twitter, only Nick Gall (http://twitter.com/ironick) is active.

A few other EA centric Tweeters I have come across you might check out:

Louis Columbus: http://twitter.com/LouisColumbus

Paula Thornton: http://twitter.com/rotkapchen

Joel Amoussou: http://twitter.com/jamoussou

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