Hi Shawn, have you heard of this: http://developersdevelopersdevelopersdevelopers.org?

Startups and small companies like Twitter, GitHub and Heroku are going to be there. I think registration is already closed, but maybe you take down the list of companies and apply to a few specific ones you like directly. Yeah, I know how the job market is, but often there are many cool companies that are overlooked because they don't have the 'brand names' like Google or Microsoft.