Tired of delivering the typical stream of status updates on Twitter? Why not try some of the following ideas for other things you can do with the service?

Thanks to an open API and a philosophy of interconnectivity, Twitter (Twitter)’s vast array of third-party services has you covered on a number of alternative uses for the famed microblogging tool.

Take a look at Mashable.com: TWEET IDEAS: 13 Things to Do on Twitter Besides Tweet.