Knowing where people are tweeting from can enrich the Twitter experience in many cases. It appears that Twitter agrees with this, and has some wheels in motion.
Location can add context to a tweet, or to a conversation in general. More geo-information would serve only to make Twitter a more valuable tool. Dan Frommer says Twitter's next project is location. He Ryan Sarver, who most recently worked at Boston-based powers Apple's iPod touch and helps out on the iPhone, among other gadgets.
Obviously, I'm going to have to take this opportunity to point out that our own Twellow) is already a valuable resource for finding Twitterers (or potential Tweeps if you will) by location.
With TwellowHood, you can use an interactive map to locate people where you live (or in other areas). At this point, only the US and Canada are supported, but more countries will be added in the future. Updates are announced via the @twellow.
It's no secret that Twitter has had TwellowHood is a great tool, and that's likely (at least partially) why Twitter is looking into location.
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