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By Emily Lakdawalla

Ustream live video chat went pretty well

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Well, it was an experiment, and I think it worked pretty well. I seemed to have a peak of about 88 participants and almost as many silent observers, which is quite a satisfying number. If you weren't able to watch the video live, it's archived on my Ustream show page; just look below the big picture of my head to where it says "elakdawalla's video clips" and click on the image, and skip the first minute or so (which is how long it took me to figure out I needed to mute the speaker on my computer so I wouldn't have massive feedback). I decided it was time for me to wrap up when I found myself twirling back and forth on my office swivel chair; that must have looked rather silly on the monitor. This was successful enough that I think I will try it again!

If you did watch, I'd appreciate any comments you may have on what I could do to make it better next time. I've already received quite a few helpful suggestions, and agree that I need to appoint moderators in advance next time, and also appoint someone who will filter questions out of the chat room and send them to me separately so there's no downtime as I skim through the chat to find questions.