With help from our fantastic friends, the hard graft is being done by Cameron Koczon of Fictive Kin and Chris Shiflett of Analog.
The conference won’t be as good without you there.
About Brooklyn Beta
Brooklyn Beta is a collaboration between Analog and Fictive Kin. We want to be the friendliest web conference you’ve ever attended. Inspired by Webstock and our coworking studios in Brooklyn (thanks, Tina!) and Bristol, we’ve found that things are better when done with people you like. Friends are also a great audience, willing to overlook the assorted mishaps that will inevitably pop up on conference day.
Our goal for the conference is to inspire you to “make something you love.” We’d love to see what the Web would be like if all you talented web people started using your magical abilities to bring your own ideas to life.
To help, we’ve put together a conference aimed at turning inspiration into action with talented folks from every web field attending. We want to get all the people who can turn an idea into reality in one place and see what happens.
Our beta offering for 2010 is the conference itself. We hope you’ll leave inspired and anxious to build something of your own to beta in 2011. If that happens, you’ll have a hard time wiping the smiles off our faces.
Want to Sponsor?Get inspired, meet new friends, and bring your own ideas to life.
Crew
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Alan ColvilleI’m a user experience designer and founding member of @analogcoop and @mapalong. I write here http://www.alancolville.org and cycle there. http://analog.coop
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Andrei ZmievskiCoder, photographer, beer lover and brewer, Russian, and San Franciscan. I work on @mapalong and other cool projects. http://zmievski.org/
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Aymie SpitzerDesigning for the common good with Hyperakt. Learning to live simply and with intention in this city. (and eating lots of ice cream) http://aymiespitzer.com
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Bedrich RiosI don't always design, but when I do, I prefer doing it for @gimmebar http://bedrichrios.com
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Cameron KoczonI run @fictivekin. I co-founded @gimmebar, @teuxdeux, and @brooklynbeta http://fictivecameron.com
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Chris ShiflettHi, I’m Chris, web craftsman and co-founder of @analogcoop, @mapalong, and @brooklynbeta. I live and work in Brooklyn, NY. http://shiflett.org/
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Creighton MershonJust a dude, designing stuff, hanging out, enjoying life. http://workshoplovesyou.com
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Frank BattagliaA propeller head that worked for a brief stint as an Intellectual Property attorney.
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Ian HunterFounder & CTO @zaarly, Rubyist and Javascripter, amateur aviator, architecture buff, reasonable human being. http://ianesque.com
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Jessi ArringtonWORKSHOP co-founder, graphic designer, passionate about conserving our planet and about color. I'm a pretty lucky so and so. http://luckysoandso.com
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Joel PerrasI'm a physicist turned Big Data geek. Life is weird like that. http://nerderati.com
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Jon GibbinsWeb developer and co-founder of @analogcoop, working on @mapalong. Accessibility geek tweeting as @a11y. Closet musician. http://dotjay.co.uk/
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Josh StewartGraphic Designer, co-founder of WORKSHOP and Studiomate. http://workshoplovesyou.com
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Lisa DenlingerI work as a web developer. I also like making pottery, bicycling, trail running, and eating fried pie in Portland, Oregon. http://lisamusing.com
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Nate AbeleLead developer & chief fanboy of Lithium, the light, fast web framework for PHP 5.3. Inefficient things upset me. I don't like Mondays. Or socialism. http://nateabele.com/
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Paul ReinheimerSenior PHP Developer working in Biomedical Information Science. Also: Photographer, Baker, Cyclist, Author. http://blog.preinheimer.com
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Sean CoatesWeb, Beer. I work on @gimmebar. http://seancoates.com
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tash hall lampardExercising the Office of Lord High Admiral of Webstock; Air Commodore of Lil Regie. http://www.webstock.org.nz
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Tina Roth Eisenbergswiss designer gone NYC, editor of swiss-miss.com, creator of @teuxdeux, founder of @creativemorning, force behind @tattly, mother of two http://www.swiss-miss.com
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Tyler MinceyI'm a person of the fictive variety. Member of @FictiveKin working on @GimmeBar and other hijinks. http://fictivekin.com/
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vonlampardCigars, snaps, Boston Terriers, webstock.org.nz, lilregie.com, consultations.org.nz; & by day online team at NZ Post. My views, not my employers, yada yada...
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WilliamBurksSpencerFounder of @letscaravan http://letscaravan.com
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陳 Jon TanDesigner. Scribbler. Orator. @mapalong, @analogcoop, @fontdeck, and @mildbunch. http://jontangerine.com/
Who’s coming
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Aaron PineroI create things. http://www.aaronpinero.com
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Adam Robertsonhttp://about.me/robeam http://robeam.com
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Adam SpoonerLucubrator. http://adamjspooner.com/
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AJ SchusterI love baseball and @dorkfishgirl. Occasionally in that order. http://ajschuster.tumblr.com/
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Amy EllisHead of Integrations and Partnerships for MailChimp.com. Roller skater, scotch drinker, crossword puzzle do-er. Occasional adult language. http://www.amyellis.tumblr.com
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Andrew CornettDesigner at @Kickstarter, motion graphic artist, and California native living in New York. http://www.andrewcornett.com
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Andy CochranDesigner at OpenPlans, fine artist, WordPress geek, three-speed internal hub bike commuter, Alton Brown devotee, and contently ineffectual indie rock guitarist. http://openplans.org/
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Andy McMillanFounder of @fictionco, organiser of @buildconf and publisher of @themanual. A master of karate and friendship for everyone. http://goodonpaper.com
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Annie LaughlinDesign hungry. Nachos and sharpies in hand. http://annielaughlin.com
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Ben ColemanWeb designer living in Bristol. Part of http://grow.coop. Climber of mountains, drinker of Guinness. http://www.bencoleman.org
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Ben Pieratt
Orson Welles directed The War of the Worlds when he was 24 and voiced Unicron in Transformers The Movie when he was 71. How can anyone follow that up? http://pieratt.com
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Ben RamseyVP of Engineering at @Moontoast and co-organizer of @phpcomcon. I enjoy web development, good beer, and spending time with my family. http://benramsey.com/
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Brian HoffDesigner, writer, speaker and design thinker. Founder of http://thedesigncubicle.com http://www.thedesigncubicle.com
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Brian McAllisterGraphic/Web designer in New York. I run http://fanagr.am with @jackiebackwards. http://brianmcallister.com
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Cameron MollDesigner, Speaker, Author, Husband, Dad. http://cameronmoll.com/
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carl collinsI make websites understandable. I am one of the founders of GothamSmith. Check us out. http://wordsvsdeeds.com
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Casson Rosenblatt
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Chris Cascianofreelance web developer, web standards geek, author 'The CSS Pocket Guide', photographer, hiker in NJ / NYC. see also: @hikenj http://placenamehere.com/
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Coley ChengI am the open book on your mantle. Let's discover this world together. http://coley.tumblr.com
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corey gene aubuchonInteractive Media Machine http://cgaubuchon.com
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Craig ShapiroCo-founder & CEO, Collaborative Fund (@CollabFund); Chairman @CreativeMorning; former President @GOOD
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Dan Hodos -
Dan MallBrooklyn Art Director/Designer, love @emilyjanemall, working at @bigspaceship, former Interactive Director at @happycog, singer/keyboards for @four24 http://www.danielmall.com/
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Dan Rubindesigner, singer, photographer, barbershop harmony aficionado, philosopher, polymath; improving the world through design. also, half-English by birth. ⁂ http://about.me/danrubin
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Daniel Howells -
Dave DawsonListener, learner, maker. http://www.iamdavedawson.com
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Dave Ditges -
David KanedaCreative director at Sencha. Pushing pixels, crafting code, and abusing alliterations since 1983. http://9-bits.com
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David SleightThe flotsam and jetsam of a mind otherwise occupied. Reformed newsroom creative director, Gridulator maker, founder Stuntbox LLC. http://stuntbox.com/
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DougieURTURT.com dougiemann.com http://URTURT.com
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Ed FinklerDork, Dad, JS and PHP feller, open source nerd, webapp security dude, Spaz developer, general miscreant. See also: @funkalinks http://funkatron.com
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Elizabeth KairysVisual Designer/Art Director/Painter http://www.elizabethkairys.com
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Elizabeth NaramoreCompletely inappropriate most of the time. Community Dev. Manager for SourceForge. I also dig #php #writing #scifi #poetry #goodbeer #fantasyfootball #oldbooks http://www.naramore.net/blog
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Elliot Jay StocksDesigner / illustrator / speaker / author. Publisher of @8faces. Engaged to @samkabam. Passionate about typography, Belgian beer, and the English countryside. http://elliotjaystocks.com
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Eric JacobsenCo-founder of Svpply, developer of Lookwork, herder of cats. http://whiskyvangoghgo.com
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Erica HeinzVisual geek with a physical bent. Web designer, creative lead. Founder of http://yogoer.com, blogger at http://huff.to/alea73 http://energy7.com
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Ethan MarcotteDesigner, developer. Started that whole “responsive web design” thing. “Eight? Who taught you math?” http://ethanmarcotte.com/
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Eugene GetovWeb Developer inspired by open source technology. Co-founder of Grow.Coop http://mildbunch.org
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Fred WilsonI am a VC http://avc.com
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HoeflerFrereJonesHoefler & Frere-Jones designs fonts. J. Hoefler tweeting. http://www.typography.com. http://www.typography.com/
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HyperaktHyperakt is an independent NYC design firm led by co-founders @juliavakser and @deroyperaza http://hyperakt.com
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Ian AdelmanDirector of Digital Design at The New York Times. Prev: Dir. of Design & UX @nymag. Founding AD of @slate. Also: DJ/vinyl hoarder, cycler, and wannabe surfer.
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Jack ChengWriter, designer and maker of things. Co-founded @disrupto. Fascinated with time, memory, and arbitrary constraints. http://jackcheng.com
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Jackie BalzerFront End Superhero. Behance Team Member. Skateboarder. Eater. Shopper. @freebowlofsoup's lucky girlfriend. Asthmatic cat owner. Awesome. http://jackiebalzer.com
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Jason Santa MariaDesigner by day, designer by night. http://jasonsantamaria.com/
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Jeff CasimirI started Jumpstart Lab and travel the earth teaching Ruby, Rails, jQuery and speculating about my Ruby-scene gossip magazine The National Requirer http://jumpstartlab.com
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Jeff LoisellePHP Web Developer & Musician http://jeff.loiselles.com
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Jeffrey BarkeWeb developer at The Knot http://jeffreybarke.net/
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jen strickland★design signifies intent. what are your intentions?★ http://inkpixelspaper.com
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Jessica Hischeavid procrastiworker http://jessicahische.is/awesome
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Jh
Não devemos nunca nos manter inertes a olhar p o céu á espera d graças ou milagres Devemos buscar o q desejamos cm nossa energia interior. http://gatasbloguera.blogspot.com/
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jodifyFriend of Tom. UX | IxD at Barbarian Group. http://about.me/secretstars
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John G Brooks -
Jon Kantro
Brooklyn transplant living in California; Designer at @peeltv; Designer of Pinna music player @pinnaplayer. http://jonkantro.com
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Jon SchlossbergFake moustache salesman, pants wearing facilitator. UX at Bonobos.com. http://www.jschlossberg.com
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Jonathan ChuPython, Django developer. Founder of 3atmospheres. http://jontourage.com
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jonny gothamDesigner. Tinkerer. Happily ever after-er. http://jonnygotham.com/
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Josh BrewerDesigner at Twitter, Co-creator of 52WeeksOfUX.com http://t.co/ILw1vcU
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Josh ClarkDesigner, developer, author of O'Reilly books 'Tapworthy' and 'Best iPhone Apps.' I help creative people build irresistible iPhone apps and genius websites. http://globalmoxie.com/
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Josh SmithGraphic Designer http://www.joshsmithdesign.com
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joshikeerti
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Joshua SortinoI'm a digital architect specializing in responsive web design who cautiously Tweets (in other words, following me won't clog your feed). http://joshuasortino.com
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Justin HilemanI make the Internet. http://bobthecow.info/
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kellantechnological solutions for social problems. (if you follow me, consider introducing yourself with @kellan message) http://laughingmeme.org
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Kenn Whitegenes • neuro • cardiac • pathways • zeros • ones {signals→patterns} http://kennwhite.com/about
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KesterTuned in and Bugged out http://www.kesterlimb.com
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Kevin ChengNot a ninja, rockstar, or superhero. My blog: http://kevnull.com. My book: http://seewhatimean.org. My webcomic: http://okcancel.com. My everything: @c
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Kevin Finn -
Kevin GriffinFocusing on iPhone. http://kgriff.posterous.com
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Kitt Hodsden#drupal developer, #hackerdojo founder, #ultimate player, master #gardener, #ignitesv organizer, contact tw@ki.tt http://ki.tt/
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Krystyn HeideNow tweeting as @krystynheide! http://twitter.com/krystynheide
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Lachlan HardyI'm the man in the box http://lachstock.com.au
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Larry LegendiOS developer and founder of House of Legend. Obsessed with great design, UX, music, and the web. http://www.houseoflegend.com
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Lisa HerrodDesign, Research and Strategy of Inclusive User Experiences: That's a hybrid of traditional UX and accessible design practices. I design for diversity. http://scenarioseven.com.au
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Liz DanzicoDog owner aficionado/Occasional dabbler in user experience http://www.bobulate.com
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Mandy BrownWriter, editor, designer & publisher. Co-founder of A Book Apart, editor at A List Apart, and Community Manager at Typekit. http://www.aworkinglibrary.com
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Marco ArmentCreator of Instapaper. Amateur writer. Coffee nut. http://www.marco.org/
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Marcus WhitneyDad. CTO & Co-Founder of Moontoast. Based in Nashville and Boston. Learning and doing, a lot. http://marcuswhitney.com
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Maria Mendez -
Marie WilliamsTechnophile, blogger, 한국어 학생, lover of life and perpetual smiler. Co-curator of PhotoAdvent.org. The world is my oyster. http://thesimpli.st
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Matt JacobsI make things better. http://www.capndesign.com
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Matt Linderman37signals guy. http://www.37signals.com
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matthew waddle -
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Max RittGraphic Dethinker http://campsite-studio.com
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Meagan FisherWeb designer at MetaLab. Lover of owls. Eater of food. Owner of the most humongous cat animal ever. Your twitter stream is just you being defeated by things. http://owltastic.com
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Meghan MInformation Processor http://www.thatredhairgirl.com/
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MelanieLover of all things SF (minus the crackwhores & taxi drivers), great food and craft beer (follow me @pintmuse for beer related goodies) http://iamsfgirl.com
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Mike TaylorWeb Opener for Opera Software, and stuff. http://miketaylr.com
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Mike WolstatWeb developer and UI designer http://wolstat.com
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Nicholas SloanI write software with PHP, Python, and all the coolest buzzwords. I live in Pittsburgh, PA, and I love it. I laugh a lot at my own jokes. http://nasloan.com
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patrick h laukeLover, fighter, ranter, renaissance man, web evangelist at #opera - but tweets are personal opinion and not necessarily accurate or relevant... http://www.splintered.co.uk
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peteFor the next two weeks...it's tweeting season! http://www.pete3.net
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Phoebe ETech tinkerer, design problem-solver, ITP alum. I manage TechStars NYC HackStars & TechCrunch Disrupt DesignTrust; @wefestival Twitter custodian http://femmebot.tumblr.com/
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Raul GutierrezI am a hater of cats and cheese, but man do I love bacon. Can we be friends? http://www.mexicanpictures.com/headingeast
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Robin HenryWilson -
Ryan BrillSenior Frontend Developer at SolutionSet. http://www.ryanbrill.com/
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Sam Brownuser interface designer @foursquare http://sam.brown.tc
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Samantha martineznames samantha but sam is fine ^_^ i just a silly girl living in a krazy world!
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sarah forstI'm a web developer from Brooklyn, NY. http://styleanderror.net
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Sarah Rahner -
Scott MacVicarScottish PHP Ninja working for Facebook http://www.macvicar.net
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Scott TrudeauMichigan ex-pat in Brooklyn, web nerd, banjo novice, loves food, mildly abrasive :: CTO @ Apartment Therapy http://sstrudeau.com
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Shali NguyenSenior Designer at Ning with daily ramblings about the social web, music, and pretty things http://www.shalinguyen.com
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Shelley BernsteinChief of Technology at the Brooklyn Museum. I live in Red Hook, work on the web and love my dog. I attended #nasatweetup #sts134 and it changed me. http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/shelley
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Simon CollisonDesigner, author, speaker, new adventurer. http://colly.com
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Skylar ChallandDesigner, developer, chocolate fountaineer. Making stuff @oakstudios and hanging out @studiomates.
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SnookI make stuff on the web. http://snook.ca/
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StandardistasLearn how to build hand-crafted web pages using structured HTML and CSS using a Web Standardistas' approach. http://www.webstandardistas.com
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Stefan GoodchildJack of all trades, master of some. http://stefangoodchild.com
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Steve FranciaVP of Engineering @ OpenSky • Leader, Developer, Speaker, Husband, Dad • Ecommerce, Social, Linux, Python, PHP, MongoDB, Vim, Symfony2, Zoop. http://spf13.com
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StoryCorpsOur mission is to provide Americans of all backgrounds and beliefs with the opportunity to record, share, and preserve the stories of our lives. http://storycorps.org
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susan smith -
Theresa SummaWeb developer, resident of NYC, creator of things, chatterbox, somewhere between an ENTJ and an INFJ. http://theresaanna.com
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Todd Fabacher -
Tom SartainWeb developer at @arc90. Working on @kindlingapp. Brooklynite. Tall guy. http://ummwhat.com
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Trent WaltonFounder & 1/3 of http://paravelinc.com http://trentwalton.com
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Tyler GawDesign. Development. Skateboarding. Ham sandwiches. http://www.tylergaw.com
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Vishal ParpiaAkuma demands more cowbell. http://about.me/viz
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WashtenawCommCollege -
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Yaron SchoenWeb Designer by day, Theoretical Physicist by night. Oh and founder of tweetment.com http://www.yaronschoen.com
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zrogerDrupal Monkey http://zroger.com










