Backbone Magazine asked the readers to nominate Web 2.0 companies/services in Canada for a list, and then a jury took these nominations and made a list called PICK 20. This was the result:
01. Club Penguin
02. FreshBooks
03. ConceptShare
04. Cambrian House
05. Smallthought Sytems’ Dabble DB
06. Octopz
07. Open Text
08. Kaboose
09. Standout Jobs
10. NowPublic
11. blogTO
12. Jiibe
12. Something Simpler
14. Mob4Hire
15. MovieSet
15. b5media
17. SmartHippo
18. ThoughtFarmer
19. Protagonize
20. Store Ops-Center
Obviously, some of these have tied positions, as you can see from the list. Bold means blog related.
Author: Thord Daniel Hedengren
Thord Daniel Hedengren is a designer, writer, and blogger, and also the former editor of The Blog Herald. He used to be a hotshot in the gaming industry in Sweden, but sold everything and went International. Most recently he wrote a book called Smashing WordPress: Beyond the Blog, and does loads of kickass design.
There are some excellent companies on the list. For anyone interested in online travel, Toronto-basd PlanetEye offers a travel planning service that combines photographs, mapping technology and extensive content.
Check it, and out let me know what you think.