Help to complete the list of Web 2.0 Rock Stars
Dan Thornton | July 9, 2008If you’re on the following (subjective) list of Web 2.0 Rockstars which I’m compiling with my colleague David Cushman for publication on Ditto.net, or you know one of the nominees, then could you email me a portrait photo? If not, you might find yourself represented by a blank space, a hastily-drawn cartoon, or similar!
The list itself will open for voting very shortly, once the images have all been uploaded:
- Chris Anderson (The Long Tail)
- Tom Anderson (Myspace)
- David Armano (Logic + Emotion)
- Mike Arrington (techcrunch)
- Rick Astley
- David Bausola (Zero Influence)
- Veronica Bellmont (tekzilla host)
- Josh Bernoff (Groundswell)
- Danah Boyd
- Stowe Boyd (message)
- Sergey Brin (google)
- Jason Calacanis (Mahalo)
- Marc Canter (Broadband Mechanics)
- Steve Chen (youtube)
- Amanda Congdon
- Corvida (SheGeeks)
- Cory Doctorow (Author and BoingBoing)
- Bill Gates (Microsoft)
- Seth Godin
- Louis Gray (early adopter blog)
- David Heinemeier Hansson: Creator of Ruby on Rails web application framework.
- Ariana Huffington
- Chad Hurley (youtube)
- Shel Israel (global neighbourhoods)
- Joseph Jaffe (jaffejuice)
- Jeff Jarvis (buzzmachine)
- Steve Jobs (apple)
- Scott Karp (publising2.0)
- Guy Kawasaki
- Marshall Kirkpatrick (readwriteweb, consultant)
- Leo Laporte
- Loic LeMeur (Seesmic, Twhirl)
- Lolcats
- Jared Lukes: Interactive Director at Catalyst Studios
- Heather Luttrell (indieclick)
- Alan Moore (Communities Dominate Brands)
- Jonathan Macdonald
- Hugh Macleod (Gaping Void)
- Dave McClure
- Matthew Mullenweg (wordpress)
- Barack Obama (he’s everywhere 2.0 is)
- Tim O’Reilly
- Jeremiah Owyang (Forrester analyst)
- Ivan Pope (Mr Widget)
- Larry Page (google)
- Sarah Perez (readwriteweb)
- JP Rangaswami (Confused of Calcutta)
- Howard Rheingold (Smartmobs)
- Trent Reznor (NiN)
- Darren Rowse (ProBlogger)
- Steve Rubel (micropersuasion)
- Robert Scoble (tech geek blogger)
- Doc Searls (Cluetrain Manifesto, Project VRM)
- Euan Semple (The Obvious, ex-Beeb Social computing consultant)
- Clay Shirkey (Here Comes Everybody)
- Kathy Sierra
- Shiv Singh Razor Fish
- Brian Solis (PR2.0)
- Biz Stone (twitter/blogger etc)
- Don Tapscott (Wikinomics)
- Alana Taylor (mashable)
- Ev Williams (twitter)
- Jimmy Wales (wikipedia)
- Adrian Watkins (Fox Interactive)
- David Weinberger (Cluetrain, Everything is Miscellaneous)
- Fred Wilson (a VC)
- Dave Winer
- Jerry Yang (yahoo)
- Tony @zappos
- Mark Zuckerberg (facebook)
That’s as close to the final list as possible - although if there’s a glaring omission and you can make a case for it and email me a picture asap, there’s still a chance for inclusion. Email the pictures to daniel dot thornton at bauerconsumer.co.uk and please be aware they’ll be appearing as a list on ditto.net.









Love the way that Rick Astley has been included...
Ben Matthews | July 9, 2008Love the way that Rick Astley has been included…
No FriendFeed?
aj batac | July 9, 2008No FriendFeed?
I'm flattered to be included on this list. I'd send
shel israel | July 9, 2008I’m flattered to be included on this list. I’d send you a photo, by I don’t seem to see an email address to send it to.
I'm very suprised that Kevin Rose (digg.com, revision 3, pownce)didn't
chris | July 9, 2008I’m very suprised that Kevin Rose (digg.com, revision 3, pownce)didn’t make the list.
Thanks for putting me on the list. :D I'm also apart
Corvida | July 9, 2008Thanks for putting me on the list.
I’m also apart of ReadWriteWeb and the Grand Effect Network. Sarah Perez is also part of the Grand Effect Network.
Tamar Weinberg of techipedia, Amanda Gravel of Social Honeycomb, and Chrissie Brodigan should be on the list too. They rock!
Hmmm, I'm sure Kevin Rose was on the list at
Dan Thornton | July 9, 2008Hmmm, I’m sure Kevin Rose was on the list at some point - not sure how he got dropped off, but will ensure he’s back first thing tomorrow, along with the great suggestions re FriendFeed, Tamar Weinberg, Amanda Gravel and Chrissie Brodigan….
Oh and please don't forget Wayne Sutton. He rules! http://wayne-sutton.com
Corvida | July 9, 2008Oh and please don’t forget Wayne Sutton. He rules! http://wayne-sutton.com
Cool short list. Would suggest adding Kurt Hanson (AccuTunes &
Dave Martin | July 9, 2008Cool short list. Would suggest adding Kurt Hanson (AccuTunes & RAIN), a guy on the leading edge since the last century.
Hmm... You want the guy who said Web 2.0 is
Doc Searls | July 10, 2008Hmm… You want the guy who said Web 2.0 is “what we’ll name the next crash” on the list?
OK...adding Wayne Sutton and Kurt Hanson... And we definitely want the
Dan Thornton | July 10, 2008OK…adding Wayne Sutton and Kurt Hanson…
And we definitely want the guy who said Web 2.0 is the name of the next crash….Personally I think that should probably give you a headstart!
Hey there! Thanks for including me. There's only one "L"
veronica | July 11, 2008Hey there! Thanks for including me. There’s only one “L” in my last name though
Point taken...I'll claim it was an erroneous typo and fix
Dan Thornton | July 11, 2008Point taken…I’ll claim it was an erroneous typo and fix it asap!
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