Tag: Technology

Are you too good for code reviews?

The recent issue of InformationWeek features a Q&A session with Ken Thompson, one of the creators of the Unix operating system. (He collaborated with Dennis Ritchie, of C language fame. Since much of SAS is written in C, I daresay there are a fe…

Are you too good for code reviews?

The recent issue of InformationWeek features a Q&A session with Ken Thompson, one of the creators of the Unix operating system. (He collaborated with Dennis Ritchie, of C language fame. Since much of SAS is written in C, I daresay there are a few c…

Who am I to judge?

Tomorrow I’ll be taking a few hours away from work to build something important: the self-esteems of a handful of middle-school-aged children.

I’m volunteering as a judge in a middle-school science fair. And even though I’m not a scientist (“com…

CRM technologies

As we begin to add posts in 2011, we stepped back to look at our business and our blog. We realized that the two are perfectly aligned. Although the majority of our focus is within the SAS product suite, our focus is marketing analytics and operations. Given that, it is time for us to expand […]

What’s my line? (CSEdWeek edition)

Author note: I’m “replaying” this post in honor of Computer Science Education Week. It originally appeared here over 3 years ago.

Today was “career day” in my daughter’s 3rd grade classroom. A few privileged parents were invited to attend and …

Demystifying how text analytics can detect cyberbullying

Facebook now uses technology to help detect instances of cyberbullying before it gets out of hand. I heard this report on CNN last week, and the Facebook spokesman described their detection techniques as “background technology that I can’t really…