Okay, so I am at what seems to be a sweet spot in the game before I go get the IFF thingy, so I am going around doing all the side missions, getting as many upgrades as I can, getting everyone loyal, and doing all the DLC.  All of which I've now done, except for Shadow Broker.  I remember references being made on the Bombcast that this is linked to ME3 but I kinda wanna go ahead and play it...should I?  Any suggestions?  Thanks.

You can, of course. And depending on your playstyle, the Stasis power can be very helpful.  
 
But if continuity is what's important to you, I'd wait until you complete the game, since Shadow Broker is the first DLC linking ME2 with ME3.

I played it  after finishing the game and I thought it made much more sense storywise, so that's what I recommend, finish the game first

" You can, of course. And depending on your playstyle, the Stasis power can be very helpful.   But if continuity is what's important to you, I'd wait until you complete the game, since Shadow Broker is the first DLC linking ME2 with ME3. "

As far as the story goes, it doesn't matter. I think it makes more sense to do it afterward, but it doesn't matter at all in the grand scheme of things. I'm just getting to Illium in my sixth (damn) playthrough now, and I imagine I'll do Shadow Broker as soon as it's available, just because it's so damn fun.

it's written as if to occur after the events of ME2.

They said that you should ideally play it after the main game, as it links ME2 to ME3.

" @Vaile said:

" You can, of course. And depending on your playstyle, the Stasis power can be very helpful.   But if continuity is what's important to you, I'd wait until you complete the game, since Shadow Broker is the first DLC linking ME2 with ME3. "

That's not entirely correct... Time line wise, Shadow Broker can happen anytime after you meet Liara on Illium after the initial stuff you do on Illium. "

" @LiquidPrince said:

" @Vaile said:

" You can, of course. And depending on your playstyle, the Stasis power can be very helpful.   But if continuity is what's important to you, I'd wait until you complete the game, since Shadow Broker is the first DLC linking ME2 with ME3. "

That's not entirely correct... Time line wise, Shadow Broker can happen anytime after you meet Liara on Illium after the initial stuff you do on Illium. "

Oh? Sorry for the misinformation, I thought I had read that LotSB was intended to take place after the Collector's are defeated. "

 
You'll get some usefull stuff from playing through the Shadow Broker (like information on rich mineral planets) that will help you during ME2; so i would say play it after you meet Liara for the first time on Ilium.

Story wise any time is fine.
But it is nice to play it before endgame for the bonuses you get.

Better after because:
 
http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/129/index/4638855&lf=8

Post #6: "Like many of our missions, you can do the Shadowbroker DLC before or after the suicide mission. However, because we understood that most players would be coming to this after the suicide mission, we weighted the dialog much more heavily toward the assumption that the player had already completed it."

After

Thanks for everyone's input.  I went ahead and beat the game (everyone survived!), and now am making my way through Shadow Broker.  After playing ME1 and 2 back to back, it's gonna be hard going back to other games...