I’m a WUSS and proud of it

When the Western Users of SAS Software gather in Long Beach, CA this September, I’ll be proud to be counted among the WUSSers. (You can learn more about WUSS here; don’t look here.) The WUSS organizers must have some serious clout, because the line-up of presenters reads like a “Who’s […]

Graphs of Olympic proportions!

Everyone in the world has their attention turned towards the Olympics this week, so what better topic to tie in to a SAS/GRAPH blog than that?!?! I had seen a graph on the guardian website that I thought was interesting, so I decided to try to create …

User Groups: WUSS meets in Hollywood this Year!

Okay – not exactly Hollywood – but it’s only 30 minutes away – so you could visit during the evening or stay the weekend after the conference to do some star-sightings.   Long Beach is outside of Los Angeles and close to Hollywood!  It’s not too late to sign up for the Western Users of SAS Software (WUSS) conference in Long Beach, CA the same week as Labor Day (Sept 5 -7). Early registration ends August 6, but for a few extra dollars you can register anytime this month.  I spoke with Scott Leslie, the Academic Program Chair, earlier this week and it’s excited about the conference and reminded me of all the great things going on.  I had a few questions for him.   Will Captain Kirk be There? Scott could not confirm if Bill Shatner or Leonard Nimoy would make an appearance but SAS Institute is sending some of their superstars.  You can see complete details at the SAS Presenter’s page – here’s some highlights: Diane Hatcher is presenting information about how to set up a report approval process using the new  SAS® 9.3 Integration Technologies.   Allison Booth provides some tips for using Proc Report.  She’s a great speaker and don’t […]

I Git Busy

While I was on vacation, I got a friendly email reminding me that my WUSS 2012 paper was due July 30th.  Yikes!  I had exactly one week to get home and write it.  My mother calls it procrastinating.  I prefer to think of it as Lazy Loading.

So I w…

Top 10 reasons to get SAS certified

Since 1999, the SAS Global Certification program has helped thousands of SAS professionals achieve their career goals. In today’s busy world, it’s hard to add something else to our already full plates, but personal development can payoff. Here’s …