Companies to work for

These are a few companies that sound like they would be really cool to work for, but due to their location relative to mine presently, it will have to remain a dream for at least a few years more.

Elephant Design
A bit of a consumer product idea incubator. People post ideas and ones that the community things are viable will be prototyped and if support grows to a level that makes manufacturing it worthwhile, they will do it. It's the reverse of the way most consumer products are developed these days.

Frog Design
Frog Design does work for big clients like Apple. They appear to do cover a range of project types and their process sounds very reasonable. I even found a job description that describes the role I would like, it was that of a person who oversees a web interactive project from beginning to end from the perspective of whether it's meeting the requirements, desired usability, etc. The person is also responsible for keeping up with new technology and evaluating it for possible use in future projects. A "big picture" person... I like that. That job was in Austin, which is the closest, but I'm not ready to move again right now. I like where I am living and there are lots of opportunities to explore. Further self development now will only make me better qualified for big jobs like these in the future.

Yahoo Brickhouse
In an effort to return to its start-up roots, Yahoo has created a separate site with a staff dedicated to exploring new ideas for the future of the Internet.

Google (magazine article)
What geek doesn't want to work for Google right now?