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Chris Hemedinger is a technical architect in the Global Services Factory (part of SAS® Professional Services®). He's also co-author of the popular SAS for Dummies book, author of Custom Tasks for SAS Enterprise Guide using Microsoft .NET, and a frequent participant on the SAS® Enterprise Guide® discussion forum.Tags
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Applied data science in college basketball
Revenge of the Nerds was so 1980s. Now it's a new world order: math geeks and athletes are working together. I'm not talking just about ... Read More
Custom tasks for SAS Enterprise Guide: Q&A
Last week I delivered a SAS Talks session: Introduction to Custom Tasks for SAS Enterprise Guide (click to watch it). I promised that I would ... Read More
Using Windows PowerShell to connect to a SAS Workspace server
This post is another in my series about creating apps with SAS Integration Technologies, a topic that I'm preparing for SAS Global Forum 2013. ... Read More
Using SAS to count the number of LinkedIn "shares" for your article
Last year I shared this popular tip for counting how many times a web link has been shared on Twitter or Facebook. I use this ... Read More
Upcoming SAS Talks: Custom tasks for SAS Enterprise Guide
If you're using SAS Enterprise Guide and you're not using custom tasks, you're missing out! Custom tasks are new features you can plug in – ... Read More
Using Windows PowerShell to find registered tables and columns in SAS metadata
In a previous post, I described how to write a Windows PowerShell script to connect to a SAS Metadata Server. In this post, I'll show ... Read More
Using Windows PowerShell to connect to a SAS Metadata Server
SAS Integration Technologies provides a flexible platform to create all types of apps, from simple utilities to full-blown applications. As part of the research for ... Read More
Mathematical squiggles in SAS
John D. Cook shared a picture of "pretty squiggles" on his blog, as well as a prose description of the mathematics behind it. I'm more ... Read More
If Netflix had used my viewing history to create its new show
Netflix has made a big splash in the news with its use of big data. By analyzing millions of data points about the viewing habits ... Read More

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