10 Finnish people to follow on Twitter
by Antti Akonniemi
Here are 10 Finnish people on Twitter I recommend that you should check out and follow!
The list is not in any kind of order and it has only people who tweet mainly in English.
- @moia – Marko Ahtisaari. Dopplr, CEO and Co-Founder.
- @jyri – Jyri Engeström. Jaiku Co-Founder, currently product manager of mobile and social at Google.
- @markonen – Marko Karppinen. Owner at MK&C .THE Mac / iPhone developer to follow in Finland.
- @vilpponen – Antti Vilpponen. Co-Founder Gyllene Skor, Founder ArcticStartup. Need connections in Finland? Contact Antti.
- @saarikko – Janne Saarikko. Excellent commentary on financial, design and social media issues.
- @jussipekka – Jussi-Pekka Erkkola. Web driven communicator/marketer working at Nokia. Social media extraordinaire.
- @jussil – Jussi Laakkonen. Serial games entrepreneur, currently building: http://everyplay.com/. Online and social games, virtual goods, demoscene. Main organizer of ASSEMBLY demo/LAN part. Almost everything I learn about online games and virtual goods, I learn from Jussi
- @samin – Sami Niemelä. Nordkapp co-founder. One of the best UI/UX/design/visual interaction guys I know.
- @alexnieminen – Alex Nieminen. Marketing and media geek. Managing Director at N2 and N2 Laundry. True oldschool. Just found him on Twitter.
- @mikkohypponen – Mikko Hyppönen. CRO at F-Secure. Looking for antivirus/malware info? Mikko is your source for cutting edge news on the subject.
What are your 10 recommendations?
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I see just nine recommendations?
Uh, sorry about that! List has been updated to include 10 people :) Thanks Maija!
Should I suppose the 10th is you? ;o)
Delfin :D
I was already following 5 up to 10, I will consider your reccomendations, thanks!
My favs: @mikkokiviniemi @teppo @karikorkiakoski @juuuso
Not Finn, but definitely a software development crack: @jurgenappelo
I almost had @teppo on the list, but unfortunately he didn’t make the final list :) Cool guy though!
No women?
Speedo Petteri, there are not that many Finnish ladies twittering and most Finnish women I follow are not tweeting in English.
Oh really? No ladies tweeting in English? In 2009 they are called ‘women’ by the way. In Finnish that is…
Oona, thanks for your comment! Can you give me tips who I should have included on the list in your opinion? Given my background and interests (design/technology/business)?
I tried to focus on content these individuals produce (which I failed on some cases truth to be told), so that narrowed the list down.
Antti, thanks for including me on your list. Much appreciated! :)
Who you put on your list is really up to you. If you want to exclude any group with any criteria, it’s your decision.
Did you intentionally leave group “women” out? I don’t believe that’s the case. The criteria must be something else than a gender.
If someone is specifically interested in female gender twitters tweeting in English in Finland, they do exist.
Not many of them on my list are very active, though.
@emergingfutures is one, with interesting topics.
@minlii could become my favorite in future.
@tuija also in English
@ullaaino about film producing perspective
Since this is 2009, I’m interested in content and contribution more than gender, race, nationality, religion, political view, language, sexuality, socio-economic group, occupation, education or any other “old positioning” there may be.
Some of my favorites, adding to your list:
@anttiakonniemi Really, I mean it.
@sampsa WWF Social Media Activist, and a nice guy
@DJVassallo New on my list, more activity all the time
@chivacongelado Tweets with passion
@banton Digital marketing with fresh touch
@s_constantine Lot of insight. Gets wild sometimes. My replacement for @1938media after he blocked me ;-)
@osulop Sharing lot of interests with him.
@uszabo Good stuff related to future
Oh, these are just from top of my head. There is no way for me to list people since I can’t form criteria for being interesting. ;-)
More female Twitters (how could I forget these?)
@cybette Geeknerdcutie
@suryasnair Peopleist cutie
;)
Excellent recommendations! Thanks!
Cheers for the mention friend! :)
Am on holiday, thus the lag – nevertheless, really mean it.
Have a good summer yourself!
Hi! I’m a woman! Slow progress in starting to market my ideas little by little.. Health Enthusiast, Tweeting about everything helping you to create Balance in Life. Longing for a great happy life in Finland ;) moving back some day.. I have a Dream! Wishing Happy Days for everyone out there.. Anu
Yeah this might be helpful in finding me out here somewhere.. http://twitter.com/anuny
Can we use Twitter for educational activities?