On Friday I had quite the shock when my email inbox was suddenly filled with notifications of new followers on Twitter.  A quick check of Tweetdeck gave me the answer when I was humbled to learn that Ad Age had named me one of “25 Media People to Follow on Twitter.”  I have a tough time believing I should be on the same list as business luminaries like John Battelle, Mark Cuban, and Chris Anderson but I am honored all the same.

Here are a few of the other very deserving folks that made the list:

Mark Cuban (@mcuban) – Owner of HDNet (and the Dallas Mavericks)

John Battelle (@johnbattelle) – Founder and Chairman of Federated Media

Chris Anderson (@chr1sa)- Wired Magazine editor

Jeff Lanctot (@lanctot) – Chief Strategy Officer at Razorfish

David Carr (@carr2n) – New York Times media columnist

David Berkowitz (@dberkowitz) – Emerging Media Director at 360i

Brian Lam (@blam) – Editorial Director at Gizmodo

Pete Cashmore (@mashable) – Founder/CEO of Mashable, the social-media blog

Fred Wilson (@fredwilson) – Managing Partner of Union Square Ventures

Thanks to Nat Ives (@natives), Abbey Klaassen (@amklaassen), and Michael Learmonth (@learmonth) for the honor of making the list.  And a special thank you to everyone who takes the time to read this blog and follow my ramblings on Twitter.  I really, really appreciate it.

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