In Twitter, when you put a pound sign or hash tag in front of a phrase, that makes it easier to search for the phrase in past Tweets.

If you want to alert your fellow SQL Server peeps about what’s going on at the Professional Association for SQL Server summit or at their regional events, include the phrase #SQLPass in your tweet.  Capitalization doesn’t matter.

Likewise, if you’re looking for the latest info on Twitter about PASS, here are ways to find it:

• Hit Search.Twitter.com for #SQLPASS
• Hit Hashtags.org for #SQLPASS – I like Hashtags.org better because it includes a little graph showing activity by day.

Both of these services include RSS feeds for the tag activity as well, so you can subscribe in an RSS reader and stay on top of what happens without getting overwhelmed in real time.

For more about the basics of Twitter, I’ve got a Twitter FAQ covering things like RT, OH, and hash tags.