Every few months I take a weekend to step back and make myself a list of startups doing impressive things. One of the things that struck me was the extent that startups coming out of NYC were included on the list for the first time. It used to be that NY mainly about AdTech and SEO-farm focused "new media" startups. These companies were often pretty underwhelming. Nowadays, NYC is definitely undergoing a web renaissance with clusters in social media and commerce.