We will periodically spotlight an area of the world where Coolmaps Components Club members have set up web design businesses and market themselves on the webbies.coolmaps.com locator.

This week we look at the Boston metropolitan area. You can link to the sites of our webbies members by clicking on the map above or in the Boston area on the coolmaps.com USA Webbies map.

From Bunker Hill to the Boston Harbor (where they dumped all that tea), to Lexington and Concord, Boston has more revolutionary history than IE3 had bugs! Boston also has Fenway Park, Harvard Square and the Quincy Market.

One if by land, Two if by sea, Three if by email

Not only is Boston tied deeply to the past, it is also in the thick of the future. A couple of the headline making Boston baked companies are Allaire (ColdFusion), Akamai, Be Free, and CMGI. Boston is also home to many Coolmaps Components Club members, including three who are found on our webbies web developer locator:

fish.net
fish.net helps small to medium sized business decide what to do with their internet presence and then implement it for them in a budget driven fashion.

fish.net focuses on three areas with each client:

• Building a crisp easy to navigate site that focuses on the client's main need.
• Helping that client promote their web presence.
• Helping the client understand what is happening to their website as it begins to generate activity. This allows them to be able to make educated decisions regarding their site.

fish.net president Peter Ericson states "We find that most companies don’t understand the internet and have a very poor grasp on its potential. We help them find that potential."

Most of fish.net's technology related partners have been developed through past personal contacts or through NetObjects and coolmaps message boards.

"Coolmaps makes me and my clients look great by helping my biz stay on top of the technology craze. I love being able to resell services such as SendLetter to help my clients effectively campaign via email newsletters."

Hammer Inter@ctive
Hammer Inter@ctive, based in Newton, MA is a fast-growing, full service graphic design and interactive media development company. They have been designing and developing leading edge interactive multimedia, rich web experiences and hard-hitting print and broadcast campaigns for over 15 years.

Founding partner Gary Tashian says "What better place to be than Boston during the modern day gold rush? The whole city is buzzing with the hottest cutting-edge talent and technology companies in the country - and there is plenty of work to go around. A great organization - MIMC (Massachusetts Interactive Media Council) provides the interactive community with a forum to share and discuss the interactive happenings in the Boston area."

Among the development tools used at Hammer, NetObjects Fusion is the tool of choice for building sites FAST - and coolmaps.com has made it even faster with the coolest and easiest to use components anywhere. (Check out their Member Profile.)