Hail to the Hashtag!

I've been Twittering for a while. But as for it's features, efficiencies and value, I've been sold on it slowly.

TweetDeck satisfied my CPA column craving, allowing me to categorize and organize those I follow into a tidy format. That tool alone boosted my Twitter presence considerably. But hashtags were always a bit of a mystery. While I understood them by definition, I couldn't seem to break into their culture or figure out how to shim them in to my already time-thirsty internet life.

Then, j...