I’ve just got back from a holiday with a week away from the internet, but while my writing about it paused, Rewired State keeps moving faster and faster, so there’s a few updates to come.

First up: The EU. Me and Emma Mulqueeny were invited to Belgium so we could present at an EU workshop called Public Services 2.0 event. We were part of the representatives of the “micro level”, up against (or with) the “meso” and “macro” levels of EU e-government. Up against keynote speakers mentioning “small budgets like 2 million Euros”, we really were the micro level, but attempted to show that that certainly didn’t mean we were outgunned.

In my 10 minutes I introduced them to the geek community, some of the influences, the event, and just some of the output of the day. It seems it was received well (Google translate is now vital for keeping up with the twitter stream), and had people approach me later with thoughts on subjects varying from Rewired State events in Sweden to how this can help excluded groups use technology. All interesting stuff we’re following up.

Below are the slides and a video: