Concerned Citizens

I decided that this year I should attend SXSW Interactive to gain a better perspective on social media and Web 2.0. Part of it is for my job and part is personal. SXSW Interactive seems the place to be to dig into the technology. Since its addition two or three years ago it has really started becoming the place to be to gain the best insight on the technology and creative uses of it. While Twitter wasn’t born at the festival it really got its boost during the event about 2 years ago. This year it will really hit stride as many of the attendees will most likely be either following or be followed by someone at the festival. Call it the world’s largest Tweet Up.

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Today Gov. Rick Perry rejected $555 million in federal stimulus money destined for unemployed benefits at a press conference in Houston. ”I am here today to stand with Texas employers and the millions of Texans they employ to resist further government intrusion into their businesses through an expansion of our state’s unemployment insurance program,” Perry said in an article by Elise Hu of Austin’s KVUE. Perry held with a Republican line that infusion of federal money is not good for the economy and plans to solve the problems himself. Read more…