My newsfeed is exploding with people returning from SXSW in Austin, just some of the hundreds of thousands who were estimated to have gone.  The music, film, and idea fest has helped cement Austin’s place in the new startup economy and now other cities around the nation are following their lead.  I made a piece for Virginia Public Radio reporting on Tom Tom Founders Fest in Charlottesville.  Tom Tom is trying to rebrand the city of our founding fathers as an incubator for new ideas.