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Skin cancer - ouch!
Australia has the highest rate of skin cancer in
the world - it's our #1 most common type of
cancer. According to the Australian Cancer
council, 2 in 3 Aussies will have been diagnosed
with skin cancer by the time they're 70.
As a kid, a lot of my older relatives had skin
cancers cut off - one uncle had half of his nose
removed. He said it was "too much golf". It
looked a bit odd, but he was fine. So in my
young mind, it was something that affected older
people, and it wasn't that big of a deal. All of
my relatives were a little bit scarred, but
otherwise healthy.
Then one Sunday night, I saw an episode of a TV
show called 60 Minutes that really affected me.
It was about a man, only in his 20s, who was
dying from a skin cancer on his back. That’s
when it hit me that it could happen to anyone,
at any age, and we all had to be vigilant. I now
get a skin cancer check by a dermatologist every
year.
My most recent appointment was in July, and the
doctor had a young trainee from England observe
our session. I laid down on the bench while the
doctor checked my face, stomach, legs. Then
after a minute, he had me turn over and spent
another minute looking at my back, and told me
it was "all clear".
Then the English trainee said, "What about this?"
And the doctor said, "Oh, I saw that, it's
nothing."
Me, being overcautious, asked, "Can you chop it
out anyway?".
The doctor agreed. "I'll nick that off." He put
it in a tiny bottle - and unbeknownst to me,
sent it off for testing.
A few days later he called me. "I'm terribly
sorry. That thing is a cancerous melanoma. I
need you to come back ASAP."
Keep reading for more about Adam's brush
with skin cancer.
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Featured video from SSW TV
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VIDEO: Security Devolution with
Troy Hunt
Web security has come a long way
in recent years and these days,
there's a whole bunch of browser
security features that can not
only make your site more secure
than ever, but make your job as
a developer even easier. But the
features remain largely unused
with many developers not knowing
of their existence nor how to
properly leverage them.
In this talk you'll see the
mechanics of a whole bunch of
acronyms you've probably never
heard of before, but will
witness firsthand as they're put
into action. You'll see the
attacks they prevent, how to
implement them and ultimately,
how they help better protect the
apps you're building.
Watch video
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SEP
17-18
Mon-Tue
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2
days
of
workshops
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SEP
19-21
Wed-Fri
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3
days
of
conference
sessions
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2 Days of
Workshops // 3
Days of
Conference
With more than
100 speakers
covering 36
technologies, 10
workshops and
127 talks, this
year's NDC
Sydney is not to
be missed!
SSW will be well
represented,
with Adam Cogan,
Jason Taylor,
and Thiago
Passos in the
mix among some
of the tech
world's most
passionate and
high profile
presenters.
For tickets and
more
information,
visit ndcsydney.com/.
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2-Day Angular
workshop
In this workshop we
will build a CRM
application with
Angular using
components,
services, dependency
injection, forms,
Angular modules and
lazy loaded routes.
We will then cover
unit tests and using
the redux pattern
with the ngrx
library.
By the end of this
workshop you will
have built a working
Angular applications
you can extend into
a working enterprise
application.
Read
more
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OCT
18
THU
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Melbourne,
Australia
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OCT
22
MON
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Brisbane,
Australia
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OCT
25
THU
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Sydney,
Australia
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1-Day .NET Core
course
.NET Core is the
most powerful and
flexible version
ever! Much of the
day-to-day code you
write will be the
same - but much of
the architecture and
how your project
fits together has
changed.
We will provide you
with a solid
foundation in .NET
Core, an
understanding of why
you should be using
.NET Core, and the
capability to build
an enterprise
application using
the new stack.
Read
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NOV
26
MON
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Brisbane,
Australia
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NOV
29
Thu
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Melbourne,
Australia
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NOV
30
Fri
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Sydney,
Australia
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With the latest release
of Angular, there's even
more to learn and love.
Angular Hack Days are
free events for beginner
and pros alike to come
and share the thrill of
creating something
beautiful in a
supportive and friendly
environment. Read
More
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JAN
19
Sat
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Sydney,
Australia
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JUN
1
Sat
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Brisbane,
Australia
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JUN
22
Sat
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Melbourne,
Australia
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Xamarin Hack Days are
free events that make it
easy for anyone to learn
cross-platform
development using
Xamarin, a product that
allows you to use
.NET/C# to create native
apps that will run
across Android, iOS, and
Windows. Read
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AUG
4
Sat
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Brisbane,
Australia
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MAy
18
Sat
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Sydney,
Australia
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JUL
13
Sat
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Melbourne,
Australia
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Full Stack User Group: Solving First World Problems - presented by Liam Elliott
SignalR has been around since 2013, offering real-time push notifications for
our websites. This year, Microsoft gave us SignalR Core, combined all of the
features of SignalR with the benefits of .NET Core.
Join Liam as he walks you through how easy it is to build a real-time web client
in both Angular and React using SignalR and .NET Core.
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About the presenter
From cutting his teeth on a Commodore 64 to hacking apart Snake
in Qbasic, Liam has been obsessed with technology and computers
for as long as he can remember. Starting his professional career
in 2005 with .NET 2.0 and WinForms, Liam has been developing
enterprise applications on the Microsoft platform for over 13
years. These days, as a Solution Architect at SSW, Liam has
focused his efforts on ASP.NET Core, Angular and Azure. His
latest projects make heavy use of SignalR to provide users with
real-time critical feedback.
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AUG
21
Tue
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SSW Brisbane
Unit 4, 471 Adelaide St
Brisbane
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Zendesk's primary Australian implementation partner
Most organisations start off using a simple email inbox for
support queries, and have a phone number for more complex issues
that require a call, but the modern customer wants to be able to
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the conversation continue seamlessly, regardless of who may take
on the support request. As your organisation scales, this
becomes a challenge... enter
Zendesk.
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Instantly improve your customer experience with Zendesk.
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customer support interactions in one place. Everything you need lives in
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