Email, Jason Stanford, communications director, Austin Mayor Steve Adler, May 17, 2016

4:27 p.m.

And regarding the “first tweet” thing, the Mayor uses that as shorthand for how Twitter became real when it came to SXSW. He often says that Austin is where good ideas become real, and he likes to cite Twitter as an example, though in this case he is inexact with his word choice. The Mayor has been duly and suitably reminded that words have meaning but apologizes to no one for bragging about Austin’s role as a launch pad for innovation.