Heard about a great new place in town to hang out with friends? Did the latest Yelp newsletter make you want to head out the door?

Add your local hotspots to the Tweetspots wiki. (Wiki password is twitter.)

Don’t wait for someone else to organize the next local Twitter event — organize it yourself! You just may be surprised by how many new friends show up.

Looking for an effective way to field questions from the public about a recent business decision? Why not use Twitter!

Colin Browning and Aaron Strout recently used Twitter as a virtual press conference after the announcement that Mzinga and Prospero Technologies had joined forces.

For more details, you can listen to the podcast about the merger and the use of Twitter.

Source: The Bryper Blog by Bryan Person

ReadWriteWeb is hosting an informal poll asking us how far our Twitter following reaches beyond the geek community (if at all).

Hop on over and vote in the poll.

The comments are a treasure trove of experiences, ranging from PyramidView:

Twitter?!? I can’t even get my father to use email.

to Curt:

Well, my parents, as of a couple days now, ARE Twittering. They’re on a 3 month trip across the US and I helped them set up an account at @regularnavy to update us on their progress.

to Nick Nichols:

My Mom is 83. (I’m 56) She uses the computer a lot - email, Google, and keeping up with my Twitter. She lives in Dallas, TX. I live in the Philippines. She keeps telling me over and over how much she appreciates being able to keep up with me through my Twitters.

Are your parents on Twitter?

Jeremiah Owyang is looking for advice from the Twitter community in regards to his Twitter usage.

Some people say he tweets too much, while others say they’d pay for the privilege to read his Twitterstream.

Have an opinion? Let Jeremiah know.

Is there anyone’s Twitterstream you would pay to read? Who tweets too much? Who doesn’t tweet enough? Is there such a thing as too many (or too few) tweets? Let us know in the comments!

Still trying to explain Twitter to someone? Here’s a creative video that might help:

(first seen at Cranking Widgets)