Who are your (virtual) heroes?
If you read through Broadcasting Brain, you’ll get an idea of who some of my online heroes are.
(Time saving note: two of them would be Darren Rowse and Seth Godin, but that’s only two.)
For the sake of discussion, though:
Would you share your list of online heroes with the rest of us? And, if you don’t have any, why not?
EDIT: July 2/08 – this post led to quite a lively discussion in FriendFeed, which you can see below or at this FriendFeed link.


Julian Baldwin:
Adding to my FF response… Steve Rubel, Jeremiah Owyang, Chris Brogan… all interesting writers with diversity…Rubel is always posting interesting links and messages on FF, Owyang always covers interesting research/trends, Brogan has a very loyal community…in another category I'd put Eric Schonfeld, Mike Arrington, Mathew Ingram
1 July 2008, 5:08 pmMark Dykeman:
When you say “another category”, is that a positive or negative connotation?
1 July 2008, 5:26 pmPamela Weir:
Mine are Bob Younce of The Writing Journey and Crystal Clayton of Big Bright Bulb. I also find inspiration from Naomi at IttyBiz.
1 July 2008, 7:58 pmMark Dykeman:
Excellent. You should try Men With Pens, too.
1 July 2008, 8:56 pmHoly Moly » Blog Archive » Wer ist Dein web Hero ?:
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2 July 2008, 12:06 amJulian Baldwin:
2 July 2008, 7:34 pmMy thoughts on social networking applications. » Blog Archive » Friendfeed - So virtual yet so rewarding…:
[...] the rest, is the active participation from what some call,the “A Listers” or “Virtual Heros“. The virtual heroes are one of the essential ingredients that is building this robust [...]
4 July 2008, 12:25 amWinExtra » It’s not a matter of heroes but of respect:
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5 July 2008, 1:15 amVirtual heroes - revisited | Broadcasting Brain:
[...] A few weeks ago I asked you who your virtual heroes are. [...]
9 August 2008, 9:14 pmVirtual heroes - revisited:
[...] A few weeks ago I asked you who your virtual heroes are. [...]
10 August 2008, 2:29 amAnother virtual hero - Rex Hammock | Broadcasting Brain:
[...] EDIT: the phrase virtual hero is a reference to this blog post: [...]
13 August 2008, 10:29 am