The ten people UNH President Mark Huddleston follows on Twitter

UNH President Mark Huddleston joined the popular social networking site Twitter on July 21, 2008 (first tweet: "Headed off to a meeting"). And while it's not unusual for someone to "follow" dozens, if not hundreds, of other people and organizations (following allows the user to see the other person's updates in their news stream) on the site, Huddleston follows only ten. Check out who's on his radar:

1) Larry Sabato (@larrysabato)

Bio: "Director, U.Va Center for Politics"

Followers: 8,903*

Sample Tweet: "On small things does history often swing. Luck, chance, circumstance, happenstance--we underrate all of these in analysis."

2) UNH Law (@UNHLaw)

Bio: "Formerly Franklin Pierce Law Center, now U. of New Hampshire School of Law, a leader in intellectual property law, social justice & innovative practical preparation."

Followers: 1,710

Sample Tweet: "On the pillared steps at 10: Our formal introduction as University of New Hampshire School of Law http://law.unh.edu"

3) David Wiley (@opencontent)

Bio: "BYU faculty trying to educate the world"

Followers: 2,316

Sample Tweet: "I used to think it was cool to be ahead of your time, now I realize it just shows an inability to forecast appropriately... #johnnyappleseed

4) A.Word.A.Day (@awad)

Bio: "A daily newsletter about unusual words and their origins. From Wordsmith.org"

Followers: 3,854

Sample Tweet: "jejune: 1. Dull; insipid. 2. Lacking maturity; juvenile. 3. Lacking in nutrition. http://wordsmith.org/words/jejune.html"

5) Inside Higher Ed (@IHEtech)

Bio: "Steve Kolowich, technology reporter for Inside Higher Ed, curates this feed"

Followers: 1,326

Sample Tweet: "Will #eBooks finally catch on in #highered this year? Or will more analog innovations carry the day? http://bit.ly.bO5kEe (#textbooks)

6) Catherine Blake (@SalesProtocol)

Bio: "Sales & Marketing Corporate Consulting, Volunteer, Mentor and Advocate for ‘the least of these' in the global community." [Location: Durham, NH]

Followers: 182

Sample Tweet: "Join me @ the New England Air Show today and tomorrow. Pease AFB www.newenglandairshow.com Blue Angels, baby!"

7) Ryan Wade (@uniqueapps)

Bio: "We publish iPhone games that don't suck"

Followers: 6,352

Sample Tweet: "Hmmm ... Biking + iPhone + Rain = NOT GOOD"

8) Michael Combs (@combscoach)

Bio: "Author/Speaker/Personal Coach/Artist/Pilot/Lover of Life"

Followers: 262

Sample Tweet: "Latest Stats on the trip: 131 Stops - Over 19,100 Miles Flown - 235.2 Hours - 46 States"

9) PilotsJourneyPodcast (@PilotsJourney)

Bio: "@PilotStu, @CFIStew, and @IDMike bring you the Pilots Journey Podcast."

Followers: 132

Sample Tweet: "How does one almost have a car wreck while flying an aircraft? Find out in episode 22!"

10) PublicPolicyPolling (@ppppolls)

Bio: "Leading National Political Polling Company (Tweets by Tom Jensen)"

Followers: 5,055

Sample Tweet: "Maybe not a big surprise at this point but Murkowski's approval is higher with Dems than Republicans"

*All follower numbers as of 9 a.m. on August 31, 2010.

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