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Event: The Austin Forum on Science, Technology & Society will host “A Preview to SXSW Interactive: Social Media & Non-Profits” presented by Hugh Forrest, South by Southwest Interactive (SXSWi); Heidi Adams, LIVESTRONG; and David J.

Neff, Lights. Camera. Help.

When: 5:45 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 7. This event is free and open to the public.

Where: AT&T Conference Center Amphitheater (Rm. 204), 1900 University Ave.

Just like Arcade Fire, President Obama's administration is going on tour. His Startup America: Reducing Barriers tour has 8 planned stops, with the Austin one coinciding nicely with the South By Southwest Interactive conference, on March 12.

The focus of the roundtable talks is for top Obama staffers to hear from entrepreneurs and small business owners on how to remove regulatory growth obstacles.

No details on where exactly the talks will be held just yet, but stay tuned to the SXSWi site for panel information.

annainaustin/flickrThere are a lot of kinds of parties in the world: birthday parties, toddler bouncy-house parties, work parties.

For South by Southwest Interactive, one of the party-est parties was the Saturday night event, Happy Cog'aoke 2.

It was the kind of event where you felt like anything could happen!