During the SAS Global Forum this past week, SAS offered several demos on mobile technology including: Michael Hecht, SAS, JMP iPad App Super Demo Chris Hemedinger hosted a Live Tech Talk on Tuesday that covered the new SAS Visual Analytics Explore…
Requirements. Whose Responsibility? #sasgf12
I was pleased to see some papers on the subject of software development processes at SAS Global Forum this year. The IT industry hasn’t yet reached a point where a consensus on the perfect software development process has been reached (will it ever?)…
Papers Without SAS?! #sasgf12
I was pleased to see a number of papers at this year’s SAS Global Forum that dared to focus on topics outside of SAS technology and syntax. Two papers that particularly caught my interest were How to Create a Business Intelligence Strategy by Guy Garre…
The makeup of SAS Global Forum
Question: What do John Travolta, Gina Davis, and I all have in common? (I mean, besides the obvious fact that we are all awesome dancers.) Answer: We have all had makeup applied by artist Roxie Stice. I was the host for two SAS Tech Talks, which were broadcast via Livestream […]
Taking the storyboard approach
A storyboard is a blueprint of drawings/ideas in a specific sequence to illustrate a story. Let’s take the Pixar film Toy Story as an example (I have a two-year-old and admittedly have watched this movie more than the hairs on my head). Before th…
The things I missed at #SASGF12
Unfortunately, my clone attempt didn’t work like Chris Hemedinger’s did. With all my papers, presentations, and demo hall duties, I realized yesterday that I certainly missed a lot. Included is my to-do list for items to watch and catch up on this week…