Contrary to popular belief, it's possible to be productive on Twitter. Just ask the Twitter Angels, virtual Good Samaritans who help the jobless find employment. Or celebuchef Rick Bayless' followers, who learn valuable cooking and dining tips from one of the industry's foremost experts.
These innovations below prove how Twitter is used to stay productive. From tweet-based psychoanalysis to crowdsourced cookbooks, it's clear that this microblogging service is more than just a superficial way to pass time.
35 Productive Twitter Practices
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Twitter Petitions
Deborah Gibson Asks Fans to Help Her Join 'Dancing with the Stars'
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Twittering Food Trucks
Koji BBQ Taco Truck Fuels Hungry Angelenos
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Mobile Restaurant Rows
Twittering Food Vendors Converge to Give LA Tasty Eats
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Twitter Shaming
Microbloggers Blast CNN's Iran Election Coverage at #CNNfail
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Twitter Internships
Pizza Hut is Hiring a Social Media ‘Twintern'
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Crowd-Powered Consumerism
JustBought.It Combines Twitter, Google Maps & TwitPic
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Virtual Good Samaritans
'Twitter Angels' Aid Ailing Job-Seekers
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Round-the-Clock Crowdsourcing
Ideas Culture's 'Ideas While You Sleep' Puts Twitter Users to Work
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Twitter Cooking Tips
Rick Bayless Lets Tweeps Pick His Pro Chef Brain
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Talking Plants
Plants Twitter When They Need Water
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Twitter Psychoanalysis
TweetPsych Reveals What Your Tweets Say About You
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Twitter Pizza Promos
Kraft's DiGiorno Delivers Free Flatbread Pizza to Tweetups
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Twitter TV Petitions
‘My Name is Earl' Cancellation Sparks Online Outrage
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Twitter-Inspired Dictionaries
140pedia Defines the World in 140 Characters or Less
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Twitter Weather Updates
Toronto Weatherman Informs Wired Citizens With Twitter Updates
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Live Revolutions on Twitter
With All Media Channels Blocked, Moldova Shows Conflict on Interne
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Twitter Wine Tastings
Eco-Friendly Experts Tweet to Facilitate Shared Experience
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Twitter Interventions
Flailing Brands Embrace Microblogging to Stay Afloat
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Twitter Travel Deals
Pueblo Bonito Offers Discounts for the Social Media-Savvy
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Hands-Free Twittering
Researchers Develop Means to Twitter Via Brain Interface
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Live Twitterviews
Alexa Chung Will Take Questions Live on MTV Via Twitter
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Twittering Churches
What Would Jesus Tweet?
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Unborn Baby Bloggers
The 'Kickbee' Fetus Sends Twitter Tweets Via Kicks
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Twitter Heart Monitors
Device Measures Your Pulse & Tweets It to All Who Care
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Twitter For Saving Lives
Skiers Tracked Down Via Tweets and Google Maps
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Ads Killed by Social Mothers
Twitter Moms Destroy Motrin Marketing in 48 Hours
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Twitter Concierges
Hyatt Extends Hospitality to the Internet With @HyattConcierge
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Twitter 911
Neighborhood Tweet-Watch Allows Instant Emergency Responses
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Twittering Surgeons
Social Network-Savvy Doctors Share Step-by-Step With Students
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Crowdsourced Twitter Cookbooks
Web-Savvy Cooks Turn to Twecipes When They're in a Rut
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Sports Commentweeters
Setanta Sports UK Debuts First Ever Twittercast
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Crowdsourced Operas
Royal Opera House Solicits Tweets for Upcoming Twitter Opera
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Social Bribing For Charity
@tferriss Donates to Charity With Every New Twitter Follower
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Twitter TV Show Resurrections
‘Chuck' Reappears After Subway & Twitterverse Save
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Micro-Blogging Auctions
Tweebay Uses Twitter For Socially Connected Selling
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Patrick Swayze Releases Photos to Counteract Twitter Death Rumors
Twitter Petitions
Deborah Gibson Asks Fans to Help Her Join 'Dancing with the Stars'
80s Disco Fashion
Shoulder Pads and Metallics at Versace Fall 2009
50 Crowdsourced Innovations
From Bathroom Breaks to Company Recipes
Twittering Food Trucks
Koji BBQ Taco Truck Fuels Hungry Angelenos
Gold-Plated Pop-Up Bars
Andreas Strauss Makes Mobile Food a Little More Luxe
20 Ways Celebrities Use Twitter
From Shaq's Gauntlet-Throwing to Lenny Kravitz' Self-Leaked Pics
Crowdsourced T-Shirts
Teepay Lets You Design and Sell Your Own Tees Online
Mobile Restaurant Rows
Twittering Food Vendors Converge to Give LA Tasty Eats
Celebrity Twitterazzi
Ashton Kutcher Sends Pic of Demi Moore's Rear on Twitter
13 Ways Twitter Enables Activism
From Real-Time Election Tracking to Live Iran Protest Coverage
60 Addicting Reality TV Show Innovations
Augmented Reality Tee Shirts
Squidder's E-Shirt Displays Hologram of Your Last Twitter Post
Twittering Celebrity Moms
Lindsay Lohan's Mom Expresses Outrage Over Underage Clubbing on Tw
Twitter Shaming
Microbloggers Blast CNN's Iran Election Coverage at #CNNfail
13 Twitter-ific Inventions
From Twitter Tutorials to Crowdsources Twitter Cookbooks
Comic-Con Contest Fails
EA's 'Sin to Win' Promo for "Dante's Inferno' Crosses the Line
Twitter Childbirths
Baby Phat CEO Kimora Lee Simmons Tweets While Giving Birth
Tweaked-Out Twitter Debuts
Danny DeVito Joins Twitter, Makes Fantastic First Tweet & TwitPic
Crowdsourced News Photography
New York Times Readers Picture The Recession in Photos
Twitterific Fashion
Threadless Clothing Brings Your Tweets to Tee-Shirts
Outrageous Opera Outfits
Viktor & Rolf Design for German Opera “Der Freischutz”
Twitter Newspapers
USA Today's Del Jones Uses Tweets as Only Source
Pint Sized Opera
Media Calling 10 Year Old Hollie Steel A ‘Lil Susan Boyle'
Twitter Rumormongering
Patrick Swayze Death Tweet Puts Media Into Frenzy
Twitter Sing-Alongs
‘Billie Tweets' is a Tribute to Michael Jackson
Virtual Good Samaritans
'Twitter Angels' Aid Ailing Job-Seekers
Crowdsourcing Company Recipes
Campbell's Lets You Make Suggestions
Postmortem Messaging
Twitter & Facebook Launch 'Webwill' for Dead Online Lovers
Bright Business Promos
Artemide Offers Discount on Lamps for Entrepreneurs
Twitter-Inspired Calendars
The ‘Status Calendar' Lets You Update Your Offline Activiti
Twitter Remorse
John Mayer Disses Twitter After Jennifer Aniston Dumps Him For His Obsession
Interactive Twitter Charts
Mailana Maps Your Tweets and Those of Your Followers
Viral Sea Predator Movies
'Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus' Becomes Unexpected Hit
Twitter Psychoanalysis
TweetPsych Reveals What Your Tweets Say About You
Twittering Football Teams
NFL's Green Bay Packers Formally Adopt Social Networking Tools
Magical Twitter Promos
Cast Spells on Your Followers With Harry Potter on Twitter
Twitter Message Boards
Tweetboard Brings Twitter Conversations to Your Site
Costly Crowd Art
Andreas Gursky's '99 Cent II Diptychon' Photo Sells for $3.34 Million
Twitter-Fueled TV Launches
P. Diddy Leverages His 227,000 Followers for "P. Twitty TV"
Twitter Pizza Promos
Kraft's DiGiorno Delivers Free Flatbread Pizza to Tweetups
Crowdsourced Dance Tributes
‘Eternal Moonwalk' Honors Michael Jackson's Legacy
Music Video Clothing Promos
Adidas Originals FIVE-TWO 3 Commercial with RIP Slyme & DJ Fumiya
Twitter Movies
Tweets Move From Your Computer Screen to the Big Screen
Twitter TV Petitions
‘My Name is Earl' Cancellation Sparks Online Outrage
Real Life Twitter
CollegeHumor Video Proves Tweets Don't Translate Offline
Clever Twitter Clients
Tweetie App for Mac Promises User Friendliness
Tattoos For Virtual Fans
Twitter Fail WhaleTattoo Created Thanks to @BaltimoreMD Friending
Twitter Weather Updates
Toronto Weatherman Informs Wired Citizens With Twitter Updates
Celebrity Twitter Challenges
Shaquille O'Neal to Race Lance Armstrong
Masked Twitter Ads
Magpie Pays You If You Twitter Their Advertisements
Live Revolutions on Twitter
With All Media Channels Blocked, Moldova Shows Conflict on Interne
Twitter Wine Tastings
Eco-Friendly Experts Tweet to Facilitate Shared Experience
Crowdsourced Home Makeovers
Voting for Comcast Town Finalists Commences
Crowdsourced Credit Crunch Advice
Google Tip Jar Lets You Submit and Rank Money Saving Ideas
User-Suggested Twitter Features
Project Retweet Will Make the RT a Native Feature
Cataloging Crotchety Chatter
Justin Takes Twitter by Storm with @shitmydadsays
Crowdsourced Cinema
Netflix and Film Independent Team Up to Find Talent
Twitter Travel Deals
Pueblo Bonito Offers Discounts for the Social Media-Savvy
Live Twitterviews
Alexa Chung Will Take Questions Live on MTV Via Twitter
Twittering Churches
What Would Jesus Tweet?
Twitter Rumormongering
TweetOnTheStreet.com Dishes the Dirty Details
Tweeting Maintenance Mayhem
Scheduled Twitter Shutdown Paused For Iranian Protests
Twitter For Saving Lives
Skiers Tracked Down Via Tweets and Google Maps
Crowdsourced Smile Collections
Yoko Ono's 'Smiling Face Film' Invites Participation Via Flickr
Twitter Concierges
Hyatt Extends Hospitality to the Internet With @HyattConcierge
Real-Time Social Searches
Twitter Adds Search and Trends to Home Page
Twitter on TV
Replacing Yellavision With On-ScreenTweeting To Express Yourself
Social Networking Stickers
StickyTwits Bumper Stickers Advertise Your Twitter URL
Social Site Lingo
Twitter Gains Entry into Dictionary as Both a Verb and Noun
Unrealistic TV Deaths
NPR Chronicles Top 10 Nonsensical TV Hospital Killers
Social Goofing
Odd Uses For Twitter, From Farting Office Chairs to Tweeting Kitties
Crowdsourced Dictionaries
Germany's Duden Dictionary Lets You Add New Words
Crowdsourcing Your Designs
Ponoko Lets You Submit Ideas and Others Make It For You
Crowdsourced Twitter Cookbooks
Web-Savvy Cooks Turn to Twecipes When They're in a Rut
Cyber Sample Sales
SheKnows.com Lists Exclusive Online Designer Discounts
Demystifying Explosive Growth
Evan Williams Speaks About Twitter's Success at TED
Sports Commentweeters
Setanta Sports UK Debuts First Ever Twittercast
Twittering Primates
The Lucky Monkey Tests the Mind of a Computer Using a Chimpanzee
Crowdsourced Gardening
Landshare Lets Communities Grow Their Veggies Together
Intergalactic Twitter Updates
Shuttle Commander & Crew to Make First Space Tweets
Crowdsourced Operas
Royal Opera House Solicits Tweets for Upcoming Twitter Opera
Twitter Hot Lists
Jeremy Gutsche Profiled in ‘10 of The Hottest Guys @Twitter'
Twittering Jurors
Courtroom Live-Blogging Raises Legal Issues
80s House Music for Marketing
The Nokia 5800 Commercial Pumps Up The Volume
Twitter Media Takeovers
Chicago Tribune Masthead Now Features Twitter Usernames
Crowdsourced Copy Editing
GooseGrade Lets You Correct Any Website in the World
Books About Microblogging
"My Life in Tweets" Catalogues 4,100 of James Bridle's Twitter Updates
Storytime Twitter
Greg Fishbone Tells 140 Character 'Tweet Mystery of Death' Stories
Twitter Secretaries
Twuner Dictates Your Tweets Aloud for Your Listening Pleasure
Twitterfied Words
'Thsrs' is an Online Thesaurus Perfect For Social Networking Sites
Olfactory Opera Experiences
Green Aria Libretto Uses Scent To Tell Classic Story
Social Bribing For Charity
@tferriss Donates to Charity With Every New Twitter Follower
Twitter TV Show Resurrections
‘Chuck' Reappears After Subway & Twitterverse Save
Telecommunication Choirs
Cosmote Telecom Uses Opera To Deliver Message
Million-Friend Milestones
Oprah's Twitter Followers Reach 1 Million, And Other Tweet Headline