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Proudly Australian

First up, well done to Kat (@CooksJournal) for winning the Kindle as part of our Community Survey and thanks to you all for your feedback. We going to get some of your suggestions up and running over the next couple of months. We're also pleased to get behind a new site inspired by Internet Made in New York City that lists websites proudly made in Australia. Check out Made in Oz and pass onto you friends working on great products and startups. This fortnight's Instagram photo is by @archiboy_melbasia – can you guess what bookshop it is?! Cheers Kate // @thefetchmelb

Business events

Future Laboratory Trend Briefing, 15 Feb
SXSW Networking Night, 15 Feb
Portable Present Product Design, 16 Feb
Tony Hsieh Workshop, 16 Feb
Small Business Networking, 16 Feb
Social Media Breakfast, 17, 24 Feb
The New Entrepreneur webinar, 17 Feb
Business Chicks Breakfast, 17 Feb
Legal issues for non-profits, 17 Feb
Schmart Marketing Conference, 21 Feb
Knowledge Management Meetup, 22 Feb
Tweastie Networking event, 24 Feb
Global Service Jam, 24-26 Feb
Travel Massive Meetup, 28 Feb
Socialmelb Leap Day Drinks, 29 Feb
National Angels Conf, 29 Feb - 2 Mar
Business of Freelance Writing, 30-31 Mar

Featured event: Intranets2012

Australia’s intranet conference returns at Amora Hotel, Sydney on 16-18 May. This conference is designed by intranet folk for intranet folk and provides useful, actionable and inspiring information. For the full conference program and to register, click here.

Pinning down Pinterest

Quick news snippit: check out this chart showing the rise of Pinterest and this piece about why it's more than a virtual pinboard meaning big social media news for retailers.

Melbourne Local Profile

This fetch, we chat to entpreneur, nomad and publisher Michelle Matthews. Michelle is the founder of the popular Deck of Secrets what's on cards, which recently launched in London (like us). Check out the full interview here.

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The Fetch – melbourne – 2012-02-13

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13 February 2012 // www.thefetch.com