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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.
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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.
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Melbourne, Australia
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25
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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.
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Brisbane, 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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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 More
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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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SSW Brisbane
Unit 4, 471 Adelaide St
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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 contact you by phone, email, social media, SMS, etc., and have 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.
Zendesk Support is a customer service software that puts all your customer support interactions in one place. Everything you need lives in a single location, so that communication between you and your customers is efficient, relevant, and personal.
Want to know more about Zendesk Support? Book a FREE initial meeting now!
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