SAS user engagement, recovering software developer, customer advocate, author, GitHub maintainer, dad of 3, Buffalo native in Raleigh. Opinions mine.

Joined September 2008
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I made this design and put it on a shirt. May have some stickers made too! #SASUsers #includeeveryone
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At #SESUG2025, Chris Hemedinger (@cjdinger) is bringing the laughs with his keynote talk "Confessions of a SAS Dummy"! From quirky pet projects to productivity hacks, @SASsoftware sneaks into all corners of life. Get ready to laugh, learn, & embrace your own inner SAS Dummy
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From 🐦 chirps to SAS charts. See how SAS' @cjdinger used BirdNET-PI and SAS to track and analyze 140,000 backyard bird songs! 🎵 2.sas.com/61854bGOL
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Which SAS skill should you get an award for? 🤔
40% Synchronized DATA step
10% 100-line code dash
10% Data quality hurdles
40% Breaking (code lines)
10 votes • Final results
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Using OneDrive and SharePoint Online along with SAS? Unlock new power and flexibility by using Microsoft Graph APIs from your SAS programs. Join me for this #SASwebinar LIVE August 1 at 11 am ET. Register now: 2.sas.com/60119Uikh #SASusers #m365
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Want to find out what kind of SAS user you really are? 💡 Take our quiz and share your results! 🤓 #SASUsers 2.sas.com/6018kHqJq
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Learn about SAS Viya Workbench and how to leverage it! Join this #SASwebinar LIVE March 5 at 11 am ET. Register now: 2.sas.com/6018XjxZI
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Celebrate the predicted early Spring with some SAS code, but make sure you have a lot of time on your hands...and don't say we didn't warn you. #FeelsLikeWeveDoneThisBefore #GroundhogDay
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A #SASTip from author Ron Cody, who has also written a novel in which the hero uses SAS! Using the BXOR Function to Encode and Decode Text buff.ly/3NY3mCk
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"When grown-ups add new features, they add them: they don’t change existing ones" - it's a tirade on semantic versioning but really it's about dev culture and the willingness to make breaking changes buff.ly/48llSgm #devs

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SAS Programming: Getting Started, a Free Learning Journey buff.ly/41H2XKa #SASUsers #Learning #NewYearsResolution
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Christmas Greeting Card with SAS Visual Analytics buff.ly/3RPBy5E #SASUsers #SASTip #Xmas
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9 reasons SQL has got to go (via @peterwayner) buff.ly/3GLfv9H Thems fightin' words. Or are they? #SQL #SASUsers #Devs
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Announcing the 2024 SAS Customer Recognition Awards buff.ly/3RugUb5 - You could win a trip to SAS Innovate in Vegas in April! #SASUsers
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10 tips for creating effective statistical graphics buff.ly/417OJ4Y #SASTip #stats #SASusers
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Presented using SAS Visual Analytics: State of Emergency - Iceland Shaken communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-V… #SASUsers #Iceland #earthquakes
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Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs): A Brief Introduction buff.ly/3GqAbUh #MachineLearning #Simulation #SASTip #SASUsers
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Data visualization tip from @RickWicklin: Plot rates, not counts buff.ly/3GbgbFq #SASTip #SASUsers
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Just a reminder that #SASUsers can use dark theme in SAS Enterprise Right RIGHT NOW. #SASTip youtu.be/Es8TqvujPuM?si=cB5n…

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Some great Ask the Expert sessions coming up in Nov! Here's the rundown #SASUsers: youtube.com/shorts/08FoCL5fm…

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Just a reminder that the NWKDOM function in SAS can help remind you when DST ends and begins each year. h/t @RickWicklin go.documentation.sas.com/doc… #SASTip #SASUsers
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