Two-step dancing in... Massachusetts?

We went to a country bar/saloon/dance place in Worcester, MA, about 50 min west of Boston.
People were wearing cowboy hats! I was rather surprised.

We also did a lot of electric-slide like group dances, which were fun, but they are very complicated! And there are many many varieties of them too.

Connected Health conference 2007

This was a huge industry show, but there was a bit of academic piece to it, through IEEE.

Microsoft, Intel, Cisco, Verizon, ATT, Sprint are all trying to get into healthcare. These companies do mostly data flow and IT-related things.

There were also lots of people with ideas trying to figure out how to get their ideas funded. They had sessions on obtaining venture capital.

I also learned about the issue of rising health care costs in the US. There is no one party to blame: insurance profits, malpractice, new technology, etc. all contribute to the rising costs, and a single law will not fix the problem. People want the latest, and the greatest procedures, machines, medicines.