#cttu @SuziCraig @lisadavenport @ljwaks @jobtutors @kparlin @PicSeshu @MyCaricaturecom @AgentMurphy @cellularchloe @EnzaDandeneau @derekbeere

On Fridays, I attempt to put up a Follow Friday post relating to people that I follow on Twitter and have had recent interactions with. Using TwitterFeed it automatically shows up on Twitter as well. It also shows up on Facebook, and identi.ca, even though some identi.ca people grumpily say they don’t do Follow Friday. Today’s Follow Friday post is around the CT Tweet Crawl. “CT TweetCrawl is a mix of suits, creatives, seasoned pros, media folk and entrepreneurs who connect at local venues worth talking about.“ As a geeky media type, I just barely fit the bill and felt a tad out of place there. However, I did meet a bunch of interesting people and had some great conversations.

Starting off the list is @SuziCraig of Fathom. She organizes the Tweet crawls, does a good job of it, and understands the importance of social media.

The Tweet Crawl’s host as @lisadavenport of Lisa Davenport’s Home Gallery. The Home Gallery was a wonderful setting for the event, even though the decorating motifs seemed more traditional than the geeky pile of spare computer parts that I like to decorate with.

The most interesting discussion I had was with @ljwaks. Dr. Waks writes about Education 2.0. He’s just started his blog, and his posts are long and ponderous. Much different than the 140 characters you find on twitter, but well worth the read.

Another interesting person was Peter Begin of The Alternative Board in Greater Hartford. Peter is a former Fortune 500 CFO who helps owners of small businesses set up ‘alternative boards’ that get together and share ideas on how on make their companies as successful as possible. He is just starting to look at social media and I couldn’t find him on Twitter yet.

Also in the business area is Stephen Harvey of @jobtutors. He is a former executive recruiter who now helps train people in how to mount more effective job searches. He is also just starting to get his feet wet in social media. It seems like his business is well suited for exploring wise use of social media as well as modeling that use.

Leading the pack for the creatives is @kparlin. She is about to be launching a new site about creativity called SparkLab. In addition, her husband runs a photography business in Connecticut.

Another photographer at the event was @PicSeshu. On his current site, Seshu.net he describes himself as a “documentary wedding photographer serving multicultural, ethnic & interfaith clients in Connecticut, New England and around the world”. He comes at this with a background in journalism and does some amazing photography. Of course, after everyone gets married, they start having kids and he’s starting to expand his business into children photography as well. He showed some of his work in that area which was quite amazing as well.

If photograph isn’t your thing, you might want to check out @MyCaricaturecom. You should check out some of his work on his website.

I spoke with plenty of other people including @AgentMurphy, @cellularchloe, @EnzaDandeneau, and @derekbeere

So, that’s my #CTTU Follow Friday. There are others that I probably should have mentioned, but perhaps I’ll get them next time around. So, who are you following?