To access the chat rooms, please go to
http://creativelive.com/chatIf you have an IRC client, you can log into #creativeLIVE (for instructor
questions and on-topic conversations) and #creativeLOUNGE (for various
off-topic chit-chat) on the chat server: irc.mibbit.net
If your browser supports it you can actually just click these links and it will open a window to the rooms directly. I use firefox and chatzilla so these links work great. Unfortunately, the forum software doesn't allow irc links so youll have to cut and paste into your address bar to fire them off. Chatzilla handles them well, if you go to one it opens and connects to the server and joins the first room, if there is already a server connection expected it just joins the room.
irc://irc.mibbit.net/#creativeLIVE
irc://irc.mibbit.net/#creativeLOUNGE
I will have to write myself a fiddler2 rule so i can use this post as a portal. lol.