Quora is made with awesomeness

This new site, founded my several notable former Facebook employees, is kicking butt even though it's open by invitation only.

Geoff Lewis wrote recently If You Work At A Startup But Aren’t On Quora, You’re Missing Out, and he's right (even though I don't work at a startup). His piece captures a bit of the great design, simple wisdom and small community-ness that makes this question and answer service so much more interesting than Yahoo! Answers, Hunch and Wikianswers.

There’s something about Quora. Its interface has just the right ratio of cleanliness to sexiness. Its seamless implementation of Facebook Connect login catches one’s mouse from across a crowded monitor. Its lithe speed makes the heart beat a little faster. But the quality of its questions and answers makes one fall in love. The rest of Silicon Valley seems to share my infatuation; after all, everyone is on it.

Quora today has a bit of the young, promising potential that I haven't felt on a web service since Foursquare a year ago. It's fun to visit, something that I can't say about many of the web services I visit each day.

More to come on this-- in the meantime, let me know if you need an invitation.