Tag: SGF

NOTE: Every Day’s A Learning Day For Presenters #sasgf13

I recently spotted some cracking advice from Charu Shankar (SAS Education) on the SAS Users Groups blog. No matter how many times one has presented at conferences, there’s always room for improvement; and the biggest influence on one’s presentation is …

NOTE: Topic(s) For SAS Global Forum 2013 #sasgf13

It’s been relatively easy to predict the key topics for the last few years at SAS Global Forum: big data, mobile BI, and visual analytics. These have been industry themes, and SAS have invested a lot in Visual Analytics. They continue to invest heavily…

NOTE: Prepped and Ready for SAS Global Forum 2013 #sasgf13

As I write this, it’s the afternoon of Sunday 21st April. In a week’s time I shall be in sunny San Francisco, indulging in a cycling tour of the area with friends in anticipation of the SAS Global Forum opening mixer in the evening. I’ll probably be …

NOTE: DS2, Final Comments

In my previous posts, I’ve covered many aspects of DS2 (previous posts are listed at the bottom of this post). It’s time to wrap up by offering a few more final details.
Whilst DS2 provides a wide range of data types, not all types are supported by all…

NOTE: Booked and Ready for SAS Global Forum 2013 #sasgf13

I referred back to my Booked for SGF 2012 post to make sure I’d done all what was necessary for my 2013 trip. I’mall set and ready to go!

There was a time when I’d need to put my slides onto floppy disks, keeping one for myself and giving one or two…

NOTE: SEUGI Proceedings

Did I miss this? The proceedings of the SAS European User Group International (SEUGI, the European equivalent of SUGI and SGF) are now all online on the SAS Community web site. Papers from 1983 to the last event in 2007 are there.

Most of the pages we…

NOTE: I’ll be Busy at SAS Global Forum! #sasgf13

I was very pleased to be invited to present a paper at this year’s SAS Global Forum in San Francisco in April/May. To then have my contributed paper accepted too was icing on the cake. I don’t yet know the dates and times where my two papers will be …

Your "2012" Top Ten

It’s traditional at this time of year to look back over the year and pull out some highlights. I thought I’d take the easy route here and publish a list of the ten most viewed articles published this year. However, I realised that this would be&nb…