On our dime too..
Via NBC:
South by Southwest has announced that President Barack Obama will appear as part of a keynote conversation at SXSW Interactive on March 11.
First Lady Michelle Obama will be the opening keynote at SXSW Music on March 16.
SXSW said Wednesday that it’s the first time in its 30-year history that a sitting president and the first lady have participated in the event.
SXSW said President Obama will sit down with editor-in-chief of the Texas Tribune Evan Smith for a conversation about civic engagement in the 21st century and call on the audience to apply their ideas and talents to make technology work in areas such as increasing participation in the political process and fighting climate change.