Dave Winer called Twitter a coral reef last April. It’s the highest compliment he said that he could pay.
When I see something like StrawPoll, that brings together polling and twitter, I think we have to say that Twitter is more basic than a coral reef. Twitter is like water. Without it, you can’t really use the Internet anymore. Google’s search is water, too, and it wouldn’t make sense to have the Internet without it.
StrawPoll also has a beautifully designed front page that reminds me of CSS Zen Garden, a great site for getting inspired about web design.
If you’re making a web app you might want to follow the advice of this guy:
Your web app needs to be like water. Everybody needs water.