A New Year's surprise

Chris Hemedinger
Chris Hemedinger|January 2, 2013

Look at what arrived in the mail room this morning! Of course, I was expecting it sometime in January…but not first thing! Here’s to early deliveries…perhaps this will set the tone for all of my projects in the new year. tags: SAS custom tasks, sas press

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Unconventional typographical conventions

Chris Hemedinger
Chris Hemedinger|October 15, 2012

I’ve been finishing up just a bit of the “boilerplate” content for my forthcoming book about custom tasks. One of the final tasks is to write the introduction, also known as the “About this Book” section. SAS Press offers a template with examples of a few essential topics to address [...]

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A custom tasks book: by the numbers

Chris Hemedinger
Chris Hemedinger|October 2, 2012

Milestone achieved: I’ve completed the final chapter of Creating Custom Tasks for SAS Enterprise Guide using Microsoft .NET and turned it over to SAS Press for editing and production. It’s scheduled to be available in early 2013. I committed to writing this book nearly 5 years ago. I’ll engage in [...]

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I'm not supposed to be writing this

Chris Hemedinger
Chris Hemedinger|February 8, 2011

I’m not supposed to be working on this blog post right now. I’ve stayed late at the office under the pretense of working on “the book.” It’s the book about creating custom tasks for SAS Enterprise Guide, and I’ve been working on it for quite a while. I enjoy writing [...]

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An inside scoop of dummy-ness

Chris Hemedinger
Chris Hemedinger|November 14, 2007

Hot off the reel, the SAS for Dummies podcast is now available. Tune in now and hear the juicy tidbits of the story behind the book. Okay, it’s no E! True Hollywood Story, but it’s as exciting as I get without being on fire. P.S. Shelly Goodin from SAS Press [...]

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