Politico's Mike Allen Defines 'Hip'

Politico‘s Mike Allen is learning a lot of hip things in Austin, where he’s reporting from the South by Southwest (SXSW), a film and music festival.

Among the cooler things he’s picking up on there is just what is in and what isn’t. Apparently, he says, the BlackBerry is on its way out and Washington could be impacted.

“Hanging last night with the hip kids at the Magnolia Café on South Congress Street (we ordered the “hummadilla,” ‘followed by crawfish etouffe), nothing was more embarrassing than a BlackBerry – worse than taking a lunchbox to school when all the other kids have switched to bags.

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