Below is a selection of some web 2.0 companies that are popping up like wildfire. There is speculation that we are entering another Internet Boom period or Bubble, except this time the new Internet companies aren't taking venture money, because it is so easy to use free open source, and other cheap technologies and mash them together into something cool.

Browster.com
Bubbleshare.com
Popist.com
Tagged.com
Calendarhub.com

There was a great article in the March issue of Business 2.0 about the Next Net 25. 25 companies developing technology around the web that are part of the Social Networking, Mash-up Web 2.0 rage that seems to be developing.

The Next Net 25
A new Web revolution is picking up steam, and the next Google or Microsoft could emerge from the companies that are in the vanguard.
Business 2.0 Magazine
By Erick Schonfeld, Om Malik, and Michael V. Copeland
March 3, 2006: 3:30 PM EST

Go here CNN Coverage to read the coverage of the article.

Blogster.com fits into this Web 2.0 picture and we are trying to develop a diverse active user community that can use some of the web 2.0 ideas and technology.