Swordswallowing

As reflected in my previous post, I had the pleasure of meeting Dan Meyer the other day. Dan's got a lot of things going on in his unconventional life. He's president of the Sword Swallower's Association International, he's been on a plethora of talk shows, and he's been the recipient of the coveted IgNobel awards, which I featured on an early Snacks4theBrain! podcast. Dan's agreed to permit me to podcast his presentation at HealhCamp Nashville yesterday, and I'll take him up on it, assuming I can get clear audio out of the hi-8 videotape of it that he so graciously loaned to me.

Watch for Snacks4theBrain! episode 84 to feature some pretty neat swordswallowing! Meanwhile, here's a teaser, video I snagged in his presentation:

HealthCamp Nashville #hcn09

This will e ongoing all day today. Check back in for more as I view events and present a little SL thingie at 2:00 pm CDT.

Attending keynote for HealthCamp Nashville with Paul Meyer, Chariman of Voxiva, "THE POWER OF THE INTERNET, THE REACH OF THE PHONE"--got in a bit late but it's an interesting talk. His company works with with Mexico, Rwanda, Peru, and obviously quite a few oter places.

vid@net is an interactive support system for HIV/AIDS and their families

text4baby will be rolled out soon, hoping it's "the American Idol of health services." (Text BABY to 311411)

paual@voxiva.com

The US is behind in mobile health because it's the only country in the world where you actually pay to receive text messages

Telecompanies have moved toward a "toll-free" model for providers who want to provide texting to their clients/subscribers

Cites the Pew Internet and American Life Project Survey, Dec. 2007

"For minority populations the cell phone _is_ their internet.