#FF It’s Follow Friday on Twitter
Many people I follow on Twitter take part in Follow Friday. This is a quick way of recommending people we follow ourselves, indicated by the tag #FF. Some produce simple lists of people’s Twitter names, others give little explanations of why. One (SmallCasserole) links to a blog post which he updates as and when. As Friday is often my busiest day of all and imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, I am going to do something similar but make a grid. I’ve tried to work out categories which are not so much why I follow them but why you might like to. Some people come into more than one category, of course. I haven’t included people who haven’t tweeted for a while and this is definitely a work in progress. I’d be pleased to get feedback: if you feel you’re in the wrong category, or missing from one, or want to suggest someone.
Most people here have blogs and/or Facebook profiles as well, but if they’re on Twitter I’ve only shown that. If you like them you can find out more there. @name indicates Twitter, name alone is Facebook. Blogs are already in my blogroll.
25/8 is drawn from 24/7. These are people who seem to pack more into one day than I can ever imagine myself managing, and they do it every day and report on it! They’re people who achieve a lot and have very full lives. But many of them have suffered the premature loss of a partner or close relative and/or recovered from serious illness themselves – perhaps the two are not unconnected.
| Skepticism | Engineering/Computing/Astronomy/Physics | Biological Sciences |
| @PaoloViscardi
@carmenego @The21stFloor @Schroedinger99 @SmallCasserole @GodisPretend @lecanardnoir @BlueWode @Crispian_Jago @RichardWiseman |
@PyroClaire
@Dr_Black @DrLucyRogers @Dr_Lucie @WES1919 @fittdr @SmallCasserole @WIScience @Memset_Kate |
@PaoloViscardi
@SmallCasserole @HappyMouffetard @Darwin2009 @gimpyblog @hardyduncan @lesmondine |
| 25/8 | Photographers/Authors | Actors/Singers/Musicians |
| @vegas21
@PyroClaire @Dr_Black Marie Pugh Dennis Williard |
@Pagani
@LatestNewsbyTam @tomcox75 @CharltonBrooker @Neilhimself |
@PyroClaire
@carmenego @HeatherMarie50s @vegas21 @oubliette AH Linda Large Monica Dolan |
| Animal Rescue/Carers | Food/Gardening/Lighter side | Wider issues/Legal/Environment |
| @cattycooo
@rikkisrefuge @Pagani @LatestNewsbyTam Louise Hastie |
@PyroClaire
@vegas21 @Schroedinger99 @SmallCasserole @cattycooo @HappyMouffetard @tomscott @linzjk @hardyduncan |
@DavidAllenGreen
@Plastiki @PaoloViscardi @vegas21 @oubliette AH Dennis Williard @Beaubilly10 @fedupfarmer @shanahanmike @Urbanverse @Wendyinfutures |
Triple birthday celebrations
Three people from different backgrounds, different ages, working in different departments, living in different places. What we have in common is we go to lunch together and we all have ‘milestone’ birthdays this year. Two end with a zero, one is 65 (not mine!). So Bob suggested he and Mary host a common celebration as they live closer to work than any of us and often throw wonderful parties. So we decided on a date that’s in the middle of the all our birthdays, asked people who knew us but didn’t all know each other, told them to bring food and/or drink, fired up the BBQ and off we went! Thank you, Bob and Mary and everyone who made it a perfect day.
Whoops, sorry A-M, blown your cover ‘cos you’re wearing your birthday badge!
And to round it off, we even had our very own minstrel: Thank you Claire!
