It's too early to tell yet. I imagine this will change when the hot chicks in the 2 girls 1 cup video come forward.

I will tell you that the angry German kid has definitely changed my life for the better and deserves his status.

It's too early to tell yet. I imagine this will change when the hot chicks in the 2 girls 1 cup video come forward.

I will tell you that the angry German kid has definitely changed my life for the better and deserves his status.

Not sure this think is working very well. I kinda feel like we're slumming it.

Not sure this think is working very well. I kinda feel like we're slumming it.

Not sure this think is working very well. I kinda feel like we're slumming it.

I am short on time right now so I just picked a few names. I think the term 'celebrity' in any context is about as useful as a nun's vag***.

Also, what's with the comment code not allowing for the simple things like paragraph breaks?!

Diesel, Dvorak? Really? The guy's the perfect example of an internet troll. Never says anything but to be shocking and get traffic, and he's rarely right about anything.

As for the main list it's missing some huge names:

Ze Frank, blogger and entertainer, host of the Show with Ze Frank, probably the 2nd most popular videoblog of all time, after Rocketboom while Amanda Congdon is still there, and let's face it, he's not just the pretty face she is.

Xeni Jardin of BoingBoing/NPR. She's smart AND she's a reporter? That never happens anymore. Not to mention her gadget reviews are some of the best in the business.

Pete Rojas from Engadget is a solid bet, taking gadget-blogging into the mainstream media and doing it better than anyone else.

What about Sean Bonner and Jen Chung? With the Metblogging and Gothamist empires, they represent some of the biggest cities in the world with daily coverage of stories the major newspapers don't make.

Merlin Mann, and the 43 Folders gang? John Gruber of Daring Fireball fame? Fake Steve Jobs?

Probably not the best list I've seen.

I would put tech bloggers on that list, but really those that read/watch/listen are generally techie as well.

Leo Laporte
http://leoville.com/

Merlin Mann
http://www.43folders.com/

John C Devorak
http://dvorak.org/blog/

Any Podcaster on TWIT
http://twit.tv/

Cory Doctorow and Mark Frauenfelder of BoingBoing
http://craphound.com/
http://boingboing.net/markf.html
http://boingboing.net/

And many more I am sure...

Most of these people are internet publishers and by mission, influcence the discourse.

I wonder if lonelygir would make your list?

What about:

Vint Cerf or Ted Nelson, ask a ninja?

I'm way out of my league here...