Twitter has been inundated by, shall we say, “normals.” What was once our little playground has become rather more populated. But that doesn’t make it any less effective a tool for communication. It just means we have to stick together, and keep the geek community thriving.
To this end, GeekDad has assembled and refined the following: a list of 100 awesomely geeky-geeks. These are great, creative gamers and chiptune artists, astronomers and LEGO builders. Of course such a list cannot dream of being exhaustive, and we hope you’ll add your own suggestions in the comments.
| Name | Twitter ID | Geek Cred |
| Wil Wheaton | wilw | Blogger, writer, actor, and honorary GeekDad. |
| OverClocked Remix | ocremix | A community dedicated to the appreciation, preservation, and interpretation of video game music. |
| Al Yankovic | alyankovic | Geek music icon. |
| Phil Plait | badastronomer | Well-known astronomy blogger. |
| Cory Doctorow | doctorow | Science fiction author and founding member of Boing Boing. |
| Bre Pettis | bre | Maker extraordinaire. |
| Peter Sagal | petersagal | Host of Wait Wait, Don’t Tell Me. |
| Diane Duane | dduane | Celebrated science fiction author, especially famous for numerous Star Trek novels. |
| Adam Savage | donttrythis | Co-host of Mythbusters. |
| Patrick Norton | patricknorton | Tech journalist, host of Tekzilla podcast. |
See the rest after the jump.
| Name | Twitter ID | Geek Cred |
| Marian Call | mariancall | Gifted musician and all-around geek. |
| John Hodgman | hodgman | Writer, performer, geek humorist. |
| John Scalzi | scalzi | Veteran blogger; science fiction author; Stargate: Universe creative consultant; Bacon Cat creator |
| Neil Gaiman | neilhimself | “Sandman”, “American Gods”, “Coraline” etc. |
| Chris Hardwick | nerdist | comedian, actor, writer |
| Mike Massimino | Astro_mike | NASA astronaut, mission specialist for STS-125 (launches on May 12, 2009) |
| Kari Byron | KariByron | Mythbusters Co-host; GeekMom columnist. |
| Jonathan Coulton | jonathancoulton | Musician, Writer and Singer of songs with geek themes (ie. Still Alive, the Portal song). |
| William Gibson | greatdismal | SciFi writer and one of the Pioneers of Cyberpunk Fiction |
| Limor Fried AKA Lady Ada | adafruit | Hacker and Open Source Hardware advocate |
| Phil Torrone | ptorrone | Senior Editor of Make Magazine |
| Steve Wozniak | stevewoz | Inventor of the Apple Computer … nuff said |
| James Wyatt | aquelajames | Wizard of the Coast, author of 4th edition DMG |
| Mike Mearls | mikemearls | Lead developer of D&D R&D at WotC |
| MC Frontalot | mc_frontalot | Nerdcore rap extraordinaire |
| Warren Ellis | warrenellis | Comic book author and curator of the weird |
| Larry Hryb | majornelson | Aka Major Nelson; Director of Programming for Xbox Live |
| Paul and Storm | paulandstorm | Awesome geek musicians |
| Felicia Day | feliciaday | Star of “The Guild” and “Dr. Horrible”; she played geeks but she totally is a geek |
| Mike “Gabe” Krahulik | cwgabriel | Artist behind Penny Arcade |
| Jerry “Tycho” Holkins | tychobrahe | Writer behind Penny Arcade |
| Grant Imahara | grantimahara | Associate MythBuster |
| Kevin Smith | thatkevinsmith | Movie director & actor; serious comic book and movie geek |
| John Kovalic | muskrat_john | Awesome cartoonist and writer of Dork Tower |
| Jon Favreau | jon_favreau | Director of Iron Man 1 & 2, occasional actor, full-time geek. |
| Bonnie Burton | bonniegrrl | Cutting edge crafting geek |
| Stephen Fry | stephenfry | British comedian/fop/mac head – loves his gadgets, writes for Guardian |
| Jason Bradbury | JasonBradbury | Presents ‘The Gadget Show’ in the UK, tweets incessantly, ‘Dot Robot’ author, father, rides a Sinclair C5 |
| Alton Brown | altonbrown | Savage hunter of innocent cinnamon buns. |
| LeVar Burton | levarburton | You know, from Star Trek. Plus loves books, kids, etc. |
| Chris Anderson | chr1sa | He founded GeekDad. |
| Mary Jo Pehl | maryjopehl | Writer, Comedian, Pearl Forrester from “MST3K” |
| Bwana | bwana | Gamer, podcaster, and tech blogger. Plus, he does a mean Patrick Norton impression. |
| Ben Templesmith | templesmith | Gifted comic book artist. Draws great zombies, and the best Dr. Who ever. |
| Mark Frauenfelder | frauenfelder | Editor in Chief of Make magazine, and founder of Boing Boing. |
| Veronica Belmont | veronica | Tech journalist, co-host of Tekzilla. |
| Gina Trapani | ginatrapani | Founder of Lifehacker. |
| Adam Koford | apelad | Comics artist, creator of the LOLCats strip. |
| Doctor Popular | docpop | Chip-tune Musician, Game Designer, yo-yo artist, and denim-repurposer. |
| Shawn Connally | shawnconna | Editor at Make and Craft magazines. |
| Anne Wheaton | annewheaton | @wil’s better half, and deep in the geek-o-verse because of it. |
| Andy Ihnatko | ihnatko | Tech journalist and major geek. |
| John Gruber | gruber | Technology reconteur and font geek. |
| Xeni Jardin | xeni | Writer for Boing Boing, and host of BBtv. |
| CakeWrecks | cakewrecks | Source of amazing, and geeky, cakes. |
| John Cleese | johncleese | Monty Python alum and gadget geek. |
| Guy Kawasaki | guykawasaki | Tech journalist. |
| Kevin Rose | kevinrose | Founder of Digg. |
| Evan Williams | ev | Founder of Twitter. |
| Clark Gregg | clarkgregg | Actor, aka “Agent Coulson.” |
| Sarah Lane | sarahlane | Tech journalist and video blogger. |
| Bill Amend | billamend | Geeky cartoonist (writes the FoxTrot strip) |
| Leo Laporte | LeoLaporte | Technology journalist |
| Bob Goodman | b0bg00dman | Writer on Warehouse 13. Formerly on animated Batman, Superman, Batman Beyond, Justice League, others. |
| Ryan Penagos | Agent_M | Inside-scoop blogger at Marvel Comics |
| Tim O’Reilly | TimOReilly | Founder of O’Reilly Publishing, Web 2.0 conference |
| Adam WarRock | eugewarrock | Awesome nerdcore artist. |
| Greg Grunberg | greggrunberg | Actor on Heroes and serious web geek |
| David Brin | davidbrin1 | Science fiction author of the Uplift Trilogy, The Postman, and much more smart stuff |
| Penn Jillette | pennjillette | The speaking half of Penn & Teller; mostly a magic geek |
| Scott Beale | laughingsquid | Founder of the geeky blog Laughing Squid |
| Neil deGrasse Tyson | neiltyson | Astrophysicist, author of several astronomy books |
| Berin Kinsman | unclebear | Father figure of the RPG bloggers. Has been blogging about RPG’s for about 13 years and there isn’t anything he doesn’t know about the subject. |
| Scott Kurtz | pvponline | Webcomic artist/writer behind Player vs. Player |
| Scott Johnson | scottjohnson | Cartoonist, podcaster, dork. |
| MC Lars | mc_lars | Post-punk laptop rapper |
| Catalyst Game Lab | catalystgamelab | Hobby game industry veterans united to conquer licensed and original games and other related cool stuff. |
| Nerdapalooza | Nerdapalooza | Orlando’s own large-scale nerd music festival |
| Miles O’Brien | milesobrien | Science, technology, aviation and space journalist. |
| Tory Belleci | torybellici | Mythbusters’ co-host. |
| Monte Cook | montejcook | Game designer. |
| David Hewlett | dhewlett | Stargate alum, funny vid-maker, geeky dad. |
| Len Peralta | jawboneradio | Illustrator behind Geek-a-Week, and other nerdy endeavors. |
| Tom Merritt | acedtect | Tech journalist, host of “Tech News Today.” |
| Geek Chic | geekchiclabs | Makers of the most amazing gaming furniture around. |
| Brian Michael Bendis | brianmbendis | Comic book writer. |
| Geek Girl Diva | geekgirldiva | Blogger & Serial Fangirl. Geek Girl fighter and Geek Boy lover 😉 Day Job: Marketing for qmxonline.com |
| Stephen Toulouse | stepto | Former head of XBox Policy and Enforcement, all around geekl |
| Alison Gianotto | snipeyhead | Code monkey and sarcastageek. |
| Dee Bradley Baker | deebradleybaker | Voice artist extraordinaire. |
| ThinkGeek | thinkgeek | Twitter feed from the geekiest store online, manned by various staff, and always interesting. |
| Kurt Busiek | kurtbusiek | Amazing comic book writer. |
| Jaime Paglia | jaimepaglia | Co-creator of “Eureka,” and geeky dad. |
| Jane McGonigal | avantgame | Game designer & researcher, alternate reality gaming (worked on the “I Love Bees” Halo 2 project) |
| Annalee Newitz | Annaleen | io9 editor/writer; science/tech journalist |
| Katrina Hill | actionchick | Author of Action Movie Freak (Krause Pub.). MTV.com writer. G4 Next Woman of the Web. |
| Aaron Douglas | theaarondouglas | “Chief” from BSG, actor, and all-around geek. |
| William Gurstelle | wmgurst | Author of numerous catapult and ballistics books, MAKE contributor and MAKE:Television producer. |
| Stephanie Bayer | NSSteph | Customer Engagement Lead @ PopCap Games. |
| John Edgar Park | johnedgarpark | Uber-maker. Builder of NERF turrets. |
| Laura Burns | moonrangerlaura | Space News |
