Software testers I pay attention to:

James Christie Karen Johnson Huib Schoots Michele Playfair David Greenlees Beren Van Daele Aaron Hodder Hilary Weaver Amy Phillips Smita Pandey Mishra Ash Coleman Paul Merrill Duncan Nisbet James Marcus Bach Alan Richardson Ben Kelly Angie Jones Paul Holland Mr.Viktor Slavchev Dan Ashby Elizabeth Zagroba Michael Bolton Patrick Prill Eric Proegler Danny Dainton Trish Khoo Santhosh Tuppad Jyothi Rangaiah Mark Tomlinson

Normal (non-testing) folks I like:

Martin Hynie Scott Berkun Gina Enache Rob Lambert Michaela Ross Jeff Perkins Miguel Sanchez Garry Kasparov Kate Starr, CFA Tom O’Connell Josh Lieberman Lorinda Brandon Nouriel Roubini

Stuff you should watch/listen:

Testing In The Pub PerfBytes Screen Testing

Other useful stuff:

The BEST resource page for software testers, hosted by Huib Schoots

QASymphony Mass Ideation The Bronx Brewery StartupBox Upwardly Global Speak Easy (new conference speaker mentors) TED: Ideas worth spreading Tea Time with Testers Harvard Business Review