I took some time away from work to spend with family and friends. It was wonderful. While I was sitting in the sand, I remained blissfully ignorant of what was going on in the business world. We did have to track hurricane Earl through the Atlan…
The SAS World – A Two Week Snapshot
Hello Everyone;As I indicated in my last post, this is truly the calm before the storm. Next week marks the official launch of the fall SAS user group season! Two Toronto-specific groups will be kicking off the end of 2010, and they couldn’t be more …
NOTE: Sort Your Sorted Data
In my previous post I spoke of using views to give you access in EG visual coding to tables with dynamic names. This works well, but there’s one final observation to make if you want to avoid poor performance in some circumstances.
If you’re used to u…
Peer Revue
Perhaps you are like me and have gotten top-ten list fatigue from the typical
press that SAS gets.
The pervasive coverage leaves the impression that we all arrive on campus at 10:00AM,
grab a massage before heading to the
natatorium for a few laps,
take a stroll around the lake
before going to the cafeteria for a subsidized lunch while listening to a piano recital,
spend some time at the book exchange,
then head home at 1:30.
Apparently, the only ones who do any real work around here are the pianist and the massage therapists… and those writing the press releases.
I present Peer Revue to disabuse you of that myth.
Peer Revue
Perhaps you are like me and have gotten top-ten list fatigue from the typical press that SAS gets. The pervasive coverage leaves the impression that we all arrive on campus at 10:00AM, grab a massage before heading to the natatorium for a few laps, tak…
SAS in the News
What do social networking, SAS, and Saddam Hussein’s chauffeur have in common? The article, “Untangling the Social Web,” in the newest issue of Economist magazine has given SAS some nice free PR. I wonder if I’m an “influencer?” I wonder how long it will take for this posting to show up in SAS Institute’s own […]