If you get around Second Life a lot, then you need to check out the SLTweets HUD, available inworld at DarkWood’s Magic Land and on SL Exchange. This handy little HUD allows you to post directly to your twitter account, a handy little feature and if you are interested my account is stoneculdesac.

But, the coolest features by far are the tagging and note taking you can do while in Second Life, and you don’t even need a twitter account for these. Using the command /123 note This is Avilion, Medieval Fantasy Role Play Community while I’m at Avilion, will place a page on your sltweets account map at sltweets.com that looks like this:

Buy using this command, /123 tag learning in second life, education, http://thegridlive.com while at the Ivory Tower of Primitives will place a page on your maps at Sltweets.com that looks like this:

Here is a pic showing you what the HUD can do:

Here is the complete listing of features from their site:

SLTweets HUD Twitter.com Features:

Twitter.com features require that you already have a Twitter.com twitter account.

Send Twitter Posts (Tweets) to your Twitter.com account from within Second Life (Ex. /123 post This is my first twitter post from SL).
Receive incoming Tweets from your Twitter.com Friends Timeline within Second Life.
Incoming Tweets and Alerts are displayed on the SLTweets HUD. (Tweet, who sent it and the time it was sent in SL time).
Tweet indicator notifies you of newly received tweets (flashing green Birdie Icon).
Twitter.com Proxy - When a posted Tweet fails due to Twitter.com being unavailable your Tweet will be stored for an attempted automated re-delivery.
Second Life location information is stored for each posted Tweet from within Second Life enabling you to use our Users Area to view interactive SL Maps of your SL Twittering.

SLTweets HUD Tagging and Notes (For research and more):

These features available by simply wearing the HUD and Tagging and Noting. Twitter.com account not required.

Save Tag’s for places you have visited or people you have met. (Ex. /123 tag convention center, nice build, ITE)
Save private Notes for places you visited, people you have met, shops or builds of interest, products, reminders or any other kind of personal note. (Ex. /123 note Great store, nice products, very low lag)
Second Life location information is stored for each Tag and Note made from within Second Life enabling you to use our Users Area to view interactive SL Maps of your SL Tags and Notes.

Additional SLTweets HUD features:

In-World Search - Search your posted Tweets, Tag’s and Notes from within Second Life.
Search results displayed in your chat window (Owner’s chat only), results include a Second Life Link back to the location the Tweet, Tag or Note was made.
Easy access to Users Area by saying /123 usersite.
Minimize button to shrink the HUD to a thin bar.
Completely Hide/Show the HUD while still being able to post Tweets, Notes and Tags and search.

Web based SLTweets features:

SLTweets Web Maps Beta - View your posted Tweets, Notes and Tags on an interactive SL Map.
Maps showing locations (visual map), time, type (Tweet, Note, Tag) and the content of the Tweet, Note or Tag. Source: SLTweets HUD Features and Updates

If you travel around as much as I do, you’ll have many tweets, notes and tags in your maps, and SLTweets makes it easy to search through them inside your account. You can also click on the maps that are created and add in markers that can be searched using the HUD inworld, believe me when I say this is one tool you need.

I plan on using it for the next few months and I will post a follow up of how it handles large numbers of notes and tags.

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