Depends on what you hope to accomplish in the visit. Might not make sense.

I was thinking about that today. I'd like to concentrate on *my* learning, not a backchannel. Rather selfish of me, isn't it?

I would love to see Darren anyways, but will be busy Monday. Glad to hear he'll be with you ehelfant he is Superman!

JackieB: Nah. It's good to turn stuff off sometimes.

if the conversation gets interesting, maybe you can record and then think which part to podcast.

Maybe you could record the session but not announce the live stream. That way the backchannel won't be a distraction and we all benefit.

that's great idea colleenk

Rethinking my decision: I'll do whatever I can to help ehelfant! Let me know... thanks for the opportunity.

uh yeah

is it not possible to ustream but MUTE the chat?? Seems it should be that way.

you can opt to not use the chat in UStream

then u could live stream w/o distractions

Or I could just not look.

soo? Will u stream?

Not up to me - I'll help however I can though.