Innovative Web 2.0 companies.

The March 2009 issue of Fast Company has a very interesting list of their 10 most innovative web companies.

Your familiarity with the companies on this list will depend on your level of immersion in Cyberspace. I discovered some new companies myself and found plenty of interest to share.

Google is obviously number One. They mention the new Chrome browser which I have tried and it looks interesting. The main problem I had with it was that Roboform hasn't been updated to work on it, so I had to enter all my usernames and passwords manually. This is not happening, so I will wait to explore more when Roboform updates their software.

I have found myself using the iGoogle homepage more. I am particularly amused by the always cynical quotes which Google posts. Being a big fan of uplifting quotes, these more snarky ones are a bit like a guilty pleasure.

I have also become a regular user of their maps and directions which are much better than the other options out there. Be careful though, sometimes they do screw up. Double check if they don't look right. Spoken from experience.

On Gmail, you are given the option of opening attached docs in Word or with Google docs. I have found for some reason that some Word docs are illegible when opened in Word but work when opened with Google docs. Someone with more computer knowledge could probably explain why; I just report the facts, mam.

There is way too much information about this list to put in one post. I will make this the first of a series.