Business and entrepreneurship events

• Mobile Monday Melbourne, tonight
• Melbourne Accelerator Program, Oct 16
• Nightowls Coworking, Oct 16
• Business in EU: Hints & Hurdles, Oct 17
• Innovation for a Digital Economy, Oct 17
• Startup Grind With Xero, Oct 18
• Product Camp 2012, Oct 20
• AWCCI Strategy Workshop, Oct 22
• Hacktivism upon Organisations, Oct 23
• KMLF Meetup: Conflict, Oct 24
• Business Chicks Networking, Oct 25
• Shared Value Practitioners Forum, Oct 25
• Content Mktg & Strategy Dinner, Oct 31
• Tablets in Business, Nov 8
• Young Professionals Meetup, Nov 8
• NEXT Melbourne 2012, Nov 14
• iStrategy Conference, Nov 22–23
• Knowledge Week, Nov 26 - Dec 1
• Knowledge Through Coworking, Nov 29

Must-reads, link love

• 90 Things I've Learned From Founding 4 Technology Companies
• A Note to All Creators
• Why No One Shops from Oz Stores Online
• Volunteering To Make Career Change
• Predicting What Makes You Happy
• Why Startups Die
• Why We Are So Rude Online
• The 8 Secrets Of Success
• Former Cabbie: Ridesharing is the Future
• Women: Forget Balance, This Is Merge
• How to Be A Fatherpreneur
• You’re Thinking About Work-Life Balance All Wrong

Featured job: Gun Communications

Do you sit on the border of digital developer and digital designer? Gun Communications is looking for a skilled junior developer with a desire to get his/her hands dirty in digital design. Apply here.

Cool jobs

• Graduate Web Designer, Vue de Monde
• Front End Web Developer, Lonely Planet
• Community Engagement Coordinator, AVI
• Online Editor, Acclaim Magazine
• Online Website Producer, Myer

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Featured event: Tablets in Business Workshop

Learn how to use your iPad or Android tablet as an effective business tool in this two-hour workshop on Nov 8 with the founder of Mobial. It'll cover great business apps, barriers to adoption and more. Register here.

Digital and tech events

• UX Book Club, Oct 16
• Startmate Q&A Night, Oct 16
• Web Directions, Oct 18-19 (code: FETCH)
• Inaugural Drupalchix Meetup, Oct 18
• Girl Geek Dinners at JamHack, Oct 19-20
• BlackBerry JamHack 2012, Oct 19-20
• DrupalMel Mentoring, Oct 20
• Gangnam Style Kendo UI Mobile, Oct 22
• MJUG: Frond End Joomla Editing, Oct 24
• Adobe Developers Meetup, Oct 25
• NetSquared Meetup, Oct 25
• CryptoParty #1, Oct 27
• Extending & Customising CiviCRM, Oct 29
• MongoDB 2012, Nov 9
• gsummitX 2012 Meetup, Nov 13
• AIMIA V21 Digital Summit, Nov 23

Featured event: YOW!

61 reasons to attend YOW! 2012 Conference and Workshops: 4 international keynote speakers, 37 invited international experts talks, 20 unique professional development workshops. Register now! 

Creative, design, change and culture events

• Media Makers, Oct 16
• Bicycle Network Public Forum, Oct 16
• Creative Performance Exchange, Oct 16
• All About Children's Publishing, Oct 17
• Australia & Globalism, Oct 18
• Contemporary Site: Flinders, Oct 19
• Suitcase Rummage, Oct 21
• Kiva's 7th Birthday Celebrations, Oct 22
• The Armchair Selector, Oct 24
• Place of Assembly Opening, until Oct 27
• Handmade Japanese Journals, Oct 28
• Men of Letters (waitling list), Oct 28
• 100 Story Building Launch, Oct 30
• ACMI: "2nd Screen Synchronicity",  Oct 31
• Sustainability Jam, Nov 2–4
• Co-Creative Communities Forum, Nov 8-9
• Pause Digital Festival, Nov 8-11
• Tram Sessions: Mass Jam, Nov 19
• NonfictioNow Conf 2012, Nov 22-24

Profile: Nick Allardice

This week, Community Ambassador, Deb Itzkowic interviews Nick Allardice, Australian Director of Change.org. Read it now here.