Hey Whrrlers! I’m an intern from the University of Washington spending this summer working with Pelago’s web team. Like many of you, I’ve wanted to connect my Whrrl and Twitter accounts for a while. Today I’m happy to announce this wish has come true.

Now you can share where you’re going and what you’re doing with your followers on Twitter. If you choose, your status and/or location updates on Whrrl can be published to your Twitter account in real time, whether you update Whrrl via the web, SMS, or on your mobile phone.

How to Link Your Twitter and Whrrl Accounts

To get started, log in at www.whrrl.com, go to the twitter tab of your Whrrl settings, and link your account. It’s that simple.

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Whrrl contains more than 6.5 million points of interest in the US, but how many of these businesses are going to close in the next year? In addition to being able to drag-and-drop places on the map, now Whrrl users can mark places as having closed permanently without having to contact us through our feedback box.

I captured Frank (the software engineer who brought this feature to life) in his natural habitat, and put together a quick demo of how marking places closed in Whrrl works. Enjoy!

Video: Meet Frank & Mark Places Closed in Whrrl

Check out the Whrrl YouTube Channel for more videos!

How to Mark Places Closed

On the detail page for a place, there is a button at the bottom of the left hand column. When you mark a place closed the button will change to orange, and the business name will display [Closed] next to it. If you made a mistake, you can click the orange button and mark the place open again:

Were you following our blog back in July? If not, you might have missed the first Talking About Whrrl post, with the folks from Stickam, at Mashable’s SummerMash Seattle.

On Wednesday, we spoke with Justin from TalkingHeadTV about Whrrl. We discussed what it was like receiving support from the iFund, releasing our iPhone app, personal privacy, community building, user expectations, and more.

Whrrl on the iPhone, and Beyond

Did you enjoy these videos? Find more like them on Whrrl’s official YouTube channel.

I was walking around Pelago and noticed that we have a lot of weird and interesting “stuff” accumulating in our offices since we moved here in January. I hope you’ll find this as entertaining as I do…

Click on the pics to see the whole slideshow over at Flickr.

Today Nokia recognized Pelago as a 2008 Forum Nokia Innovation Series Developer, for our Whrrl application. We’re proud to have been selected along with these other innovative applications from around the world: Plusmo, Qik, WebMessenger Mobile, Backup-Pal, Hava Mobile Player, JoikuSpot, and UbiSafe.

Nokia is also featuring a video demo of how to use Whrrl on the 6085 Nokia handset. Go Darren!

Check out Forum Nokia. Click here.