Hashable has spent some quality time up north these past few months – our Toronto Hashy-Hour, our event with BNotions/Third Ocean, our CEO Mike Yavonditte being featured at SproutUp – and we noticed something: You guys really, really like Blackberries. No doubt that’s hometown pride – shout-out to RIM, a great Canadian company – but it raised the inevitable question of: “Can I use Hashable if I don’t have an iPhone or Android?” And so once again we must shout to the rafters: Yes, yes a thousand times yes! (And also “oui” because we know that Canada is bilingual.) So – to mark the magical occasion of Canada Day – let’s talk about Hashable and Blackberry.

Canadians are obviously not the only ones who use and love the Berry. In fact, I (Hasher Rachel Sklar) joined the iPhone ranks only when I joined Hashable; I have always been a steadfast Blackberry addict, and still am. Yes, I am also Canadian, but still – they don’t call it the Crackberry for nothing. Why? Blackberry’s killer app, put simply, is typing. While iPhone and Androids may be flashier (and certainly app-ier), Blackberry users always cite easy, accurate typing as the Berry’s main jam.

Here at Hashable we’re not taking sides – we love all our users equally, and love even more the various ways in which they are making Hashable their own – but we did feel it was time to remind you all about how Hashable can be used happily, if not appily. See below:

(1) TWITTER – Back when an iPhone app was just a twinkle in our Dev Team’s eye, Hashable launched on Twitter. You may recall how in September 2010 your Twitter feed suddenly blew up with people cc-ing @Hashable or saying #thanks for #breakfast or #lunch, having a #meeting or throwing back some #beers. To some, that seems like long ago, now that Hashable can live in your pocket on iPhone and Android – but Twitter is still where we were born, and frankly, we’re a little sentimental about it. So here’s how to Hash a friend up on Twitter:

(a) Use a recognized Hashable hashtag: #justmet for new contacts, or remember what you did with whom using #meeting, #breakfast, #lunch, #dinner, #meeting, #call, #beers or the all-inclusive, utilitarian #with.
(b) Send a thank-you for the above, or anything else, using the #thanks tag (good manners beget good Hashcred!).
(c) Simply add @Hashable to your tweet, and we’ll pick it up.
(d) Never Hash alone! Invite your friends to join with the #invite tag, and introduce people who ought to be besties with the #intro tag. There you go, that should keep you busy.

You can do this when you’re using Instagram, Soundtracking or any third-party apps that you want to push to Twitter. Foursquare users: Hashable will automatically pick up your friends with the #with tag whenever you push that checkin to Twitter.

(2) EMAIL – Twitter is a great and easy platform for Hashing – but it’s also public. What if you want to keep your Hashing private? That option is available using email – include or don’t include it to your Hashable stream using one of two options:

(a) To make an email check-in PUBLIC: cc the email to post@hashable.com
(b) To make an email check-in PRIVATE: cc the email to dontpost@hashable.com

So easy, and so effective! A quick way of keeping track, without getting bogged down searching endless email chains or multifarious folders.

(3) WEB – You know you can use Hashable via the web, right? Go here. It’s ridiculously easy.

Er, you can use all of these on a computer, too – but you’re busy and on the go, so know that when it’s you and your Blackberry against the world, Hashable’s got you covered. And we’ll have you covered even more in a few months when our Blackberry app goes live – we are on it, fear not. But in the meantime, on this Canada Day, we just wanted to remind our Blackberry users that we care. Oh Hashada? Never mind, that totally doesn’t work. But have a great Canada Day and a great long weekend!