To get followers many people choose spammy techniques: opening an account of some popular user and following many users he follows. But this is very visible so my recommendation is to first add the people you already know - post the "follow me on twitter" widget to your blog and profiles on MySpace and Facebook, search for the people you actually know and follow them. And of course it is not forbidden to follow people that encourage you to do so - like when you read a blog you find interesting and see a Twitter username of the author, it is always a good idea to follow this blogger as you will both have something to discuss already.
And it is wise to keep in mind that Twitter is about conversation and you should really try to engage with the community to get noticed. I promise, eventually you will find yourself totally absorbed in Twitter
