Who should I follow on Twitter? Women in tech

And we meet again... In this captivating and braincell exploding edition of "Who should I follow?" we bring you all the delightful, intelligent, witty, and nerdy women who make Twitter a better place to Tweet. We don't pretend to know every captivating female on the planet, so if you've got suggestions, add them to the comments and we'll see what we can do. And don't worry: we'll have the male nerd list (headed up by Ashton Kutcher, of course) ready for you soon enough.

Writers
Laura June, Engadget (that's me!) - @laura_june
Joanna Stern, Engadget - @joannastern
Myriam Joire, tnkgrl Mobile, Engadget - @tnkgrl
Kara Swisher, All Things D - @karaswisher
Jacqui Cheng, - Ars Technica - @ejacqui
Dana Wollman, Laptop - @danawollman
Nicole Scott, Netbook News - @nicole_scooter
Annalee Newitz, io9 - @annaleen
Sarah E. Anderson, Computer Shopper - @seander01
Tricia Duryee, Moconews - @triciad
Mary Jo Foley, ZDNet - @maryjofoley
Aleks Krotoski, The Guardian - @aleksk
Katie Solomon, Recombu - @katiesol
Maggie Shiels, BBC - @maggieshiels
Bonnie Cha, CNET - @bonniecnet
Deborah Gage, Smart Planet - @deborahgage
Jessica Dolcourt, CNET - @jdolcourt
Rosa Golijan, Gizmodo - @rosa
Caroline McCarthy, CNET - @caro
Jolie O'Dell, Mashable - @jolieodell
Brenna Ehrlich, Mashable - @brenna_e
Jenn Van Grove, Mashable - @jbruin
Jenna Worthman, New York Times - @jennydeluxe
Xeni Jardin, Boing Boing - @xenijardin
Claudine B, Daily Telegraph - @claudineb
Kat Hannaford, Gizmodo - @clashcityrocker
Mary Branscombe - @marypcbuk
Christina Warren, Mashable - @film_girl
Sylvie Barak, Unplugged - @sylviebarak
Erin Fors, Cutline - @efors
Lisa Katayama, Tokyo Mango, Boing Boing - @tokyomango
Erica Ogg, CNET - @ericainsf
KT Bradford, Laptop - @ktbradford
Stacey Higginbotham, GigaOM - @gigastacey
Katie Boehret, All Things D, The Wall Street Journal - @kabster728
Barb Dybwad - @doctorparadox
Ariel Waldman - @arielwaldman
Ina Fried, CNET - @inafried
Flora Graham, CNET - @floragraham
Jenn Lee, Pocketables - @pocketables
Jill Fehrenbacher, Inhabitat - @jillfehr
Jessica Vascellaro, WSJ - @JVascellaro
Erica Sadun, TUAW - @ericasadun
Corvida Raven, SheGeeks - @corvida
Gina Trapani, Lifehacker, etc. - @ginatrapani
Andrea Smith, ABC - @abcandrea
Chloe Albanesius, PC Mag - @chloealbanesius
Jenny Bergen, PC Mag - @jennybergen
Carol Mangis, PC Mag - @cmangis
Wendy Sheehan Donnell, PC Mag @wwwendyyy
Chip Chick - @chip_chick

CEOs and entrepreneurs
Arianna Huffington, The Huffington Post - @ariannahuff
Padmasree Warrior, CTO of Cisco - @padmasree
Marissa Mayer, VP of of Search Product and User Experience, Google - @marissamayer
Mary Lou Jepsen, CEO of PixelQi - @mljmljmlj
Esther Dyson, Venture Capitalist, Investor - @edyson
Charlene Li, Founder of Alimeter - @charleneli
Caterina Fake, Founder of Flickr - @caterina
Tara Dunion, Director of Communications for the CEA, Producer of CES - @taradunion

Personalities, podcasters, hosts, developers, and luminaries
Veronica Belmont - @veronica
Sarah Lane - @sarahlane
Jeri Ellsworth - @jeriellsworth
Leah Culver - @leahculver
Molly E. Holzschlag - @mollydotcom
Olivia Munn - @oliviamunn
Cali Lewis - @calilewis
Sara Chipps - @sarajchipps
Natali Del Conte - @natalidelconte
Leila Makki - @leilamakki
Molly Wood, CNET - @mollywood
PC Mag BroadBand podcast - @pcmagbroadband
iJustine - @ijustine
Denise Howell - @dhowell
Karen Wickre, Senior Manager of Corporate Communications, Google - @kvox



Previous editions of "Who should I follow?"
Engadget editors
Laptops / mobile computing
Cellphone Edition
Gaming edition, Part one
All about Microsoft
Apple fans

[steven1 Posted Aug 4th 2010 12:21PM]

Lol, is this asking for males to follow just because one is female? In any case, I'm fine with this :P

[TheCake Posted Aug 4th 2010 12:26PM]

There are no women on the internet! It's a well proven fact!

[strawe Posted Aug 4th 2010 12:33PM]

@steven1

sylviebarak tweets:
"@laura_june Gee thanks Laura... and here I was thinking I'd been a woman in tech for the past 3 years... I must be mistaken...."

hahahaha! sick burn :P

[Beatnik Posted Aug 4th 2010 12:44PM]

Thanks Laura, now I need to know which of that long list are singles?
Well, for sure none of them live in Central America (Panama), I can teach them spanish.

[Drago Posted Aug 4th 2010 12:54PM]

In before someone says Veronica is Ryan's GF

[Beatnik Posted Aug 4th 2010 12:57PM]

@Drago
Yes I know, what a shame, she is one hot girl, well also Olivia Munn, I love both.

[steven1 Posted Aug 4th 2010 1:01PM]

@Drago
Ryan is Veronica's BF

[lana Posted Aug 4th 2010 4:27PM]

@TheCake

So what does that make me?

[Abe Posted Aug 4th 2010 7:43PM]

@steven1

I agree, it is kind of weird to have a list with gender as the only criterion. It's like asking people to give a flying #%@$ about what I say because I have a philosophy degree. Who cares? All my degree did was mess me up good and proper.

[Gremmo Posted Aug 4th 2010 12:24PM]

How the hell does Engadget manage to ignore the single hottest female Tech Journo out there? Blaspheme! http://twitter.com/sylviebarak

[dedparrot Posted Aug 4th 2010 1:28PM]

@Gremmo

million dollars this is Sylvie herself.

Click on her username and you'll see this is then only comment ever made, hell, she probably just created an account to make the above comment.

[reinnier Posted Aug 4th 2010 12:29PM]

Bonnie Cha, CNET http://twitter.com/bonnieCNET

[Cynical Hippie Posted Aug 4th 2010 12:30PM]

Silly Engadget.

Feminists have plagued the minds for women, fooling them into needing a blender, rice cooker and all.

They should do it manually.

[plbelanger Posted Aug 4th 2010 12:33PM]

Ellen DeGeneres? /me hides

[sbisson Posted Aug 4th 2010 1:09PM]

You probably want to add UK freelance writer (ZDNet, TechRadar, Tom's Guide) Mary Branscombe, @marypcbuk.

[Dale P Posted Aug 4th 2010 1:16PM]

@sbisson I have just added Mary - we used to work together about ten years ago, she really is lovely.

[sbisson Posted Aug 4th 2010 1:20PM]

@Dale P I suspect we have met then too, if that was when she was at AOL UK...

[Dale P Posted Aug 4th 2010 1:23PM]

@sbisson If the S stands for Simon, I believe so. ;)

[Contradictions Posted Aug 4th 2010 1:12PM]

I definitely recommend Katie Linendoll at http://twitter.com/KatieLinendoll who you can catch doing tech stuff on networks like CNN, A&E, Style, CBS and AOL.com.

[skyblaze Posted Aug 4th 2010 1:17PM]

laura june? who is this person? why are they first on the list... i've never heard of them a day in my life! i call shenanigans

(lol)

[bhtooefr Posted Aug 4th 2010 1:20PM]

13 comments and no @jeriellsworth?

Pinball, giant joysticks, race cars, home-made transistors (no, really,) fire, retrocomputing, more fire, etc., etc.

Just watch out for the plywood.

Or there's @RobotGrrl, too. She does social robotics stuff.

[Peter Wiggins Posted Aug 4th 2010 1:41PM]

I'd vote for @aleksk to quote her website:-

"Aleks writes for The Guardian and Observer newspapers, and hosts Tech Weekly, their technology podcast. Her writing also appears on BBC Technology, New Statesman, MIT Technology Review and The Telegraph. Check out her words here."

Oh and a BBC series too

http://twitter.com/aleksk

Peter

[dkeats Posted Aug 4th 2010 5:02PM]

@Peter Wiggins @dedparrot

I'd also add @jemimakiss from the Guardian who works with Aleks - she writes lots about tech, social media, and does videos and podcasts for The Guardian too.

[dedparrot Posted Aug 4th 2010 1:42PM]

Aleks Krotoski of The Guardian.

http://twitter.com/aleksk

[solidunit Posted Aug 4th 2010 1:43PM]

Alexia Tsotsis, TechCrunch @alexiatsotsis

[NoobsRUs Posted Aug 4th 2010 1:46PM]

There real question is are there any attractive tech women to stalk, er, I mean, follow on Twitter?

[DanSpenge Posted Aug 4th 2010 1:53PM]

I'm surprised Cali Lewis isn't in this list.

[jonnyjedi Posted Aug 4th 2010 2:31PM]

@DanSpenge

She is...

Personalities, podcasters, hosts, developers, and luminaries
Veronica Belmont - @veronica
Sarah Lane - @sarahlane
Jeri Ellsworth - @jeriellsworth
Leah Culver - @leahculver
Olivia Munn - @oliviamunn

Cali Lewis - @calilewis

Sara Chipps - @sarajchipps
...

[DanSpenge Posted Aug 4th 2010 2:34PM]

@jonnyjedi Haha, I'm so dumb that it almost deserves a round of applause. :P

Thanks for the correction, Jonny.

[bustafone Posted Aug 4th 2010 2:17PM]

Of all these chicks, for some reason Bonnie Cha *excites* me the most. Don't know why.

[jrm125 Posted Aug 4th 2010 2:18PM]

I just froogle "sandwich maker" and head to my local Target.

In all seriousness though, nice list Laura, thanks.

[Psyclotr0n Posted Aug 4th 2010 2:50PM]

@jrm125
"sandwich maker"? i didn't know they sold women at Target!

[MobileNick Posted Aug 4th 2010 3:22PM]

You can't make a post like this without pictures.

Pics! We need pics!!

/MCP rant

[snlu178 Posted Aug 4th 2010 3:40PM]

How about @androidashley the host of This Week in Mobile?

[NexusGodfather Posted Aug 4th 2010 4:02PM]

@snlu178 I second that!

[cgwaters Posted Aug 4th 2010 5:54PM]

@snlu178 And a third vote!

[atul Posted Aug 4th 2010 3:49PM]

@alexia - techcrunch
@leenarao - techcrunch
@kunur - adage

[synaesthete Posted Aug 4th 2010 6:22PM]

Thanks for this! @anitaborg_org has a great Twitter list of "tech women to follow" as well, with more than 400 of us on there: http://bit.ly/bXwWDS

[MarshallClark Posted Aug 4th 2010 6:34PM]

DrKiki from TWIT/Revision 3 should definitely be up there: http://twitter.com/drkiki

[samlawrence Posted Aug 4th 2010 8:05PM]

Agreed. BIG gaping hole not having DrKiki from TWIT/Revision 3: http://twitter.com/drkiki

[MGDdrinker Posted Aug 4th 2010 8:40PM]

"And don't worry: we'll have the male nerd list (headed up by Ashton Kutcher, of course)"

I thought Kutcher had to code his own DVD ripping software to be a nerd. Or something like that, can't remember what the challenged evolved into on the last engadget podcast.

[misskat Posted Aug 4th 2010 9:10PM]

Please add DrKiki...she's my fave!!

[Born2Jew Posted Aug 5th 2010 12:27AM]

My balls are on the walls and I cant feel my gums... SO much Vodka....

[MAAD0320 Posted Aug 5th 2010 2:27PM]

No Morgan Webb? For shame!

[joshk Posted Aug 5th 2010 3:36PM]

Suzanne Kantra, Founder of Techlicious.com, has been following the consumer tech world for more than 20 years: twitter.com/Techlicious

Also Renee Blodgett of Magic Sauce Media and We Blog the World: twitter.com/MagicSauceMedia