In my opinion, Twitter is the easiest way for people new to social media to get involved.

But What’s Twitter?

The New York Times says:

Twitter is a simple messaging service that you’ve either heard about a lot or not at all. Either way, itâ€™s a fun and useful tool, well worth trying if you want to reach potential and existing customers, employees or employers.

What’s a Ruby Merbist?

The Merbist says:

A Traditional Ruby Merbist is one who is trained or skilled in the dispensing of merbal prescriptions in the Rubyist tradition.

The following list is not intended to be all-inclusive and is in no particular order, but it should give you a great start to following some talented Merbists.

Ezra Zygmuntowicz – ezmobius Matt Aimonetti – merbist Yehuda Katz – wycats Foy Savas – foysavas Daniel Neighman – hassox (His updates are protected) Carl Lerche – carllerche Corey Donohoe – atmos Fabio Akita – AkitaOnRails Geoffrey Grosenbach – topfunky maiha – maiha khelll – khelll merbivore – merbivore DataMapper – datamapper

Update: The Rubyists are converting to Merbists!! We are updating the list based on your recommendations:

Christian Guimaraes – csgui Michael Ivey – ivey Matt Todd – maraby John Schult – schulty Bryan Ray – bryanray Bruce Williams – wbruce shayarnett – shayarnett markpercival – markpercival benburkert – benburkert brianthecoder – brianthecoder

Have we missed out any Merbists?

You can help. Please feel free to add a link to a Merbist’s Twitter profile. We would love to hear why you think the particular Merbist is important to Tweet with. Also, do add a link to your Twitter profile in the comments.