Austin , Texas ( CNN ) -- In her first visit to South by Southwest Interactive , the tech-themed conference underway here , former first daughter Chelsea Clinton devoted the bulk of her prepared talk Tuesday to the admirable work of her family 's foundation in improving global health care . But it was her more personal remarks , often about her famous family 's early use of technology , that seemed to resonate most . `` I definitely taught my parents how to text and how to charge their phones , '' she told almost 3,000 people in an Austin convention hall . `` I 'm sure that 's not uncommon for many people in this room . '' Clinton , 34 , said she got her first computer , a Commodore , `` from Santa Claus '' as a child and sent her first e-mail while in high school in the mid-1990s . That was around the time her father , then-President Bill Clinton , sent the first presidential e-mail , to astronaut John Glenn in space -- a fact she said her dad was `` ridiculously '' proud of . `` He 's now a pretty good tweeter and a pretty good texter , but he 's still only sent about two e-mails , '' she said . She then joked about how her father is not the most famous texter in the family and showed the photo of her mother , wearing sunglasses and wielding a phone , that inspired the `` Texts From Hillary '' meme . Wearing jeans and a black jacket , Clinton gave a rather stiff , scripted 25-minute speech , followed by a more relaxed Q & A session with Fast Company editor Robert Safian . She showed glimmers of both her mother 's poise and her father 's command of detail , rattling off stats about mobile banking usage in Kenya and the 750,000 children in the world who die each year from dehydration caused by diarrhea . `` I 'm obsessed with diarrhea , '' she said . `` It does n't make me squeamish . '' As the only child of two ambitious parents , growing up in the spotlight of the Arkansas governor 's mansion and the White House , Clinton said a lot was expected of her at a young age . At age 6 she said she would debate her parents , one at a time , about issues or current events while the other parent moderated . `` It taught me that not only was it OK to have an opinion and a point of view , '' she said , `` it was expected that I would have an opinion and a point of view . '' Asked for the umpteenth time about whether she 'll enter politics , Clinton demurred , although she left the door open at least a crack . `` I do n't know , '' she said , adding , `` For a long time , my answer to that question was no . '' She expressed dismay that none of her friends -- most of them smart , accomplished people -- show any interest in running for office . `` I find that really troubling , '' she said , adding that when her father graduated from Georgetown University in the 1960s , he said about half his classmates were pondering a future in politics . Clinton did urge the coders , designers and other tech professionals in the audience to devote their careers to making the world a better place . Tech entrepreneurs can sometimes find quicker solutions to global problems than policy makers , she said . Asked for her advice to SXSW attendees pondering careers in social good , she offered this : . `` I 'd focus on what you 're most passionate about and what makes you angry . I 'd ask myself , 'What do I think is really unjust ? ' That should be a starting point for how you engage with the world . ''
Chelsea Clinton speaks live at South by Southwest Interactive Festival . Asked whether she would run for office : ` ` I do n't know '' She is the chair of her family 's foundation . Her personal advice to SXSW attendees : ` ` Focus on what makes you angry ''