Finding the Social Signal Open House at TechSoup | Social Signal

Social Signal is holding an open house in Second Life on Wednesday, January 3 from 2-4 PST. The event will be held in TechSoup's space on Info Island.

If you're new to Second Life, this is a great way to try it out and meet some other people, so we thought it might be helpful to give you step-by-step instructions on how to get online and find us.

To get started, visit http://www.secondlife.com and hit the big orange "join now" button to get your free account and software (it's a big download, so allow it some time).

Once you've got an account and the software, there are many different ways to explore and move within the world of Second Life. For visitors who are uncertain how to make it to Social Signal’s Second Life open house event, just follow these steps to get there.

1. Log into Second Life.
2. Select View -> World Map. This will open a bird’s eye view of Second Life, showing every feature and object in the world.
3. On the World Map window, look to the right sidebar. There are many different options you can select, but the one we’re looking for is the text entry box labeled “Search by Region Name”. Click in it to begin typing, and enter “Info Island” into it. This will cause two region names to appear in the Search Results area beneath it: Info Island and Info Island II.
4. Click “Info Island” in the Search Results list. This centers your map on the Info Island region, and highlights it with a bright red circle.
5. At the lower right of the World Map window, click the “Teleport” button to go to Info Island. You will find yourself in the Info Island Welcome Center. You’re almost there!
6. Looking around the Info Island Welcome Center, it may take a few moments for everything to appear on your screen. When it does, look for a large black billboard in the southeast corner of the Welcome Center, labeled “Info Island Teleport Station”.
7. Walk over to it and click the green ball labeled “ICT/TechSoup”. This will teleport you to the location of the Social Signal gathering. See you there!