Netiquette IQ Blog Of 3/18/17 - For Wont Of A Comma

Buy the books at  www.amazon.com/author/paulbabicki ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The article below is a nice one on the use of commas. In my book “ Netiquette IQ . . . “ there is a wealth of information on punctuation usage for email! “The writer who neglects punctuation, or mispunctuates, is liable to be misunderstood for the want of merely a comma, it often occurs that an axiom appears a paradox, or that a sarcasm is converted into a sermonoid.” Edgar Allen Poe +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ A Comma (or Its Absence) Can Change a Sentence’s Message By Mark Nichol  - dailywritingtips.com Writers are divided in opinion about punctuating introductory words or phrases—and often, they are at war with themselves with the topic. Even adherents of open punctuation will generally insert a comma after an adverb, whether it is transitional, like however, or descriptive, like suddenly, and will follow even a brief modifying phrase such as “according to the study” or “contrary to popular belief” with pausing punctuation. But somewhere in between—in the case of a short opening phrase like “last year” or “in retrospect”—many people believe a comma setting the phrase off from the sentence’s main clause is unnecessary. For consistency, I advocate generally using a comma regardless of the phrase’s length, but even though I am a close-punctuation adherent, I realize there are exceptions. Consider the use of please, for example. Read this sentence: “Please sit down.” Now, read this one. “Please, sit down.” Did you read them differently? I hope so. The intent behind each statement is distinct: “Please sit down” is an imperative barely tempered by a courtesy term; the person to whom the statement is delivered is expected to comply. By contrast, “Please, sit down” is an entreaty; the speaker sincerely hopes that the other person will accept the invitation. There’s a difference, too, between “Of course you would say whatever you thought I wanted to hear” and “Of course, you would say whatever you thought I wanted to hear.” The first sentence is delivered with some heat; the speaker’s tone is wounded and derisive. The second statement, by contrast, is more measured and reflective. These examples are more subtle than when one decides whether one should punctuate, for example, “In time you will understand why I acted as I did”: You either agree with me that if one is to punctuate a more extensive introductory phrase (“When you have time to reflect, you will understand why I acted as I did”)—and most writers will choose to do so—it’s only logical to treat a more concise opening phrase the same way (otherwise, where does one draw the line?), or you don’t agree. But sometimes, what a sentence communicates changes with the mere insertion or omission of a comma, and the writer should be sensitive to such nuances to help the reader read between the lines.  ====================================================   Good Netiquette And A Green Internet To All!  =====================================================================Tabula Rosa Systems - Tabula Rosa Systems (TRS) is dedicated to providing Best of Breed Technology and Best of Class Professional Services to our Clients. We have a portfolio of products which we have selected for their capabilities, viability and value. TRS provides product, design, implementation and support services on all products that we represent. Additionally, TRS provides expertise in Network Analysis, eBusiness Application Profiling, ePolicy and eBusiness Troubleshooting.  We can be contacted at: sales@tabularosa.net  or 609 818 1802.  =============================================================== In addition to this blog, Netiquette IQ has a website with great assets which are being added to on a regular basis. I have authored the premiere book on Netiquette, “Netiquette IQ - A Comprehensive Guide to Improve, Enhance and Add Power to Your Email". My new book, “You’re Hired! Super Charge Your Email Skills in 60 Minutes. . . And Get That Job!” has just been published and will be followed by a trilogy of books on Netiquette for young people. You can view my profile, reviews of the book and content excerpts at:  www.amazon.com/author/paulbabicki Anyone who would like to review the book and have it posted on my blog or website, please contact me paul@netiquetteiq.com. In addition to this blog, I maintain a radio show on BlogtalkRadio  and an online newsletter via paper.li.I have established Netiquette discussion groups with Linkedin and  Yahoo.  I am also a member of the International Business Etiquette and Protocol Group and Minding Manners among others. I regularly consult for the Gerson Lehrman Group, a worldwide network of subject matter experts and I have been contributing to the blogs Everything Email and emailmonday . My work has appeared in numerous publications and I have presented to groups such as The Breakfast Club of NJ and  PSG of Mercer County, NJ. Additionally, I am the president of Tabula Rosa Systems, a “best of breed” reseller of products for communications, email, network management software, security products and professional services.  Also, I am the president of Netiquette IQ. We are currently developing an email IQ rating system, Netiquette IQ, which promotes the fundamentals outlined in my book. Over the past twenty-five years, I have enjoyed a dynamic and successful career and have attained an extensive background in IT and electronic communications by selling and marketing within the information technology market.

Netiquette Core Email Closings - A Must Read!

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Business email closings My sincere thanks for your consideration Sincerely Cordially Best regards/wishes for our mutual success Cheers (less formal) Kind regards/wishes Many thanks I remain yours truly Respectfully yours Warm regards Yours respectfully/sincerely/truly Very truly yours Most sincerely Friendly email closings Good wishes Yours Greetings to all Kind thoughts Take care/take good care Wishing you the best Write soon Your friend Until next time Stay in touch Cheers Informal only Stay tuned for more Stand by Be good/well Cheerio More to come Take care Take it easy Until next time See you soon Stay well So much for now Many more Adiós Aloha Your friend Health and happiness Good Netiquette And A Green Internet To All!  =====================================================================Tabula Rosa Systems - Tabula Rosa Systems (TRS) is dedicated to providing Best of Breed Technology and Best of Class Professional Services to our Clients. We have a portfolio of products which we have selected for their capabilities, viability and value. TRS provides product, design, implementation and support services on all products that we represent. Additionally, TRS provides expertise in Network Analysis, eBusiness Application Profiling, ePolicy and eBusiness Troubleshooting.  We can be contacted at: sales@tabularosa.net  or 609 818 1802.  =============================================================== In addition to this blog, Netiquette IQ has a website with great assets which are being added to on a regular basis. I have authored the premiere book on Netiquette, “Netiquette IQ - A Comprehensive Guide to Improve, Enhance and Add Power to Your Email". My new book, “You’re Hired! Super Charge Your Email Skills in 60 Minutes. . . And Get That Job!” has just been published and will be followed by a trilogy of books on Netiquette for young people. You can view my profile, reviews of the book and content excerpts at:  www.amazon.com/author/paulbabicki Anyone who would like to review the book and have it posted on my blog or website, please contact me paul@netiquetteiq.com. In addition to this blog, I maintain a radio show on BlogtalkRadio  and an online newsletter via paper.li.I have established Netiquette discussion groups with Linkedin and  Yahoo.  I am also a member of the International Business Etiquette and Protocol Group and Minding Manners among others. I regularly consult for the Gerson Lehrman Group, a worldwide network of subject matter experts and I have been contributing to the blogs Everything Email and emailmonday . My work has appeared in numerous publications and I have presented to groups such as The Breakfast Club of NJ and  PSG of Mercer County, NJ. Additionally, I am the president of Tabula Rosa Systems, a “best of breed” reseller of products for communications, email, network management software, security products and professional services.  Also, I am the president of Netiquette IQ. We are currently developing an email IQ rating system, Netiquette IQ, which promotes the fundamentals outlined in my book. Over the past twenty-five years, I have enjoyed a dynamic and successful career and have attained an extensive background in IT and electronic communications by selling and marketing within the information technology market.

Netiquette IQ Blog Of 3/16/17 - Critical Thinking - A Must Read!

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From whatis.com

Critical Thinking Critical thinking is the capacity to be objective, rational and analytical about subjects, situations and cognitive problems. As a process, critical thinking is the ongoing effort to improve our cognitive abilities in that capacity. The capacity for critical thinking varies significantly from one person to another but it can be increased through effort and education. The first area to explore is our own cognitive processes to understand the ways in which we tend to err. Cognitive biases are tendencies in our thought processes that lead us to make irrational decisions. The biases often result from our unconscious application of heuristics, cognitive shortcuts that we use to avoid putting a lot of effort into thinking about things. The availability bias, for example, is the human tendency to think that examples of things that come readily to mind are more representative than is actually the case. The confirmation bias, another type of error, is our tendency to place too much faith in materials that support our own beliefs and attitudes, seeking out such materials and avoiding those that challenge us. The self-serving bias is our tendency to view our own activities positively and interpret ambiguous data in a way that suits our own purposes. The recorded history of critical thinking goes back to Socrates, in ancient Greece. The Socratic method of teaching involves providing students with questions and subjecting all answers to a rigorous process involving further questions designed to test the validity of those answers. The Socratic method is still considered a powerful tool for fostering the capacity for critical thinking. The Foundation for Critical Thinking offers suggestions for improving our capacity through questioning, probing into: Goals and purposes. Key concepts and ideas. The nature of the problem or question. Whether the available information is adequate. Whether there are alternative interpretations that should be considered. Whether unwarranted assumptions have been made. The potential implications and consequences of a given solution. Alternative perspectives. Critical thinking is sometimes contrasted with creative thinking, which involves openness, curiosity, imagination and innovation. The two modes of thought are complementary rather than conflicting, however, and both are important in a business environment.

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We can be contacted at:

sales@tabularosa.net  or 609 818 1802.

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In addition to this blog, Netiquette IQ has a website with great assets which are being added to on a regular basis. I have authored the premiere book on Netiquette, “Netiquette IQ - A Comprehensive Guide to Improve, Enhance and Add Power to Your Email". My new book, “You’re Hired! Super Charge Your Email Skills in 60 Minutes. . . And Get That Job!” has just been published and will be followed by a trilogy of books on Netiquette for young people. You can view my profile, reviews of the book and content excerpts at:

 www.amazon.com/author/paulbabicki

Anyone who would like to review the book and have it posted on my blog or website, please contact me paul@netiquetteiq.com.

In addition to this blog, I maintain a radio show on BlogtalkRadio  and an online newsletter via paper.li.I have established Netiquette discussion groups with Linkedin and  Yahoo.  I am also a member of the International Business Etiquette and Protocol Group and Minding Manners among others. I regularly consult for the Gerson Lehrman Group, a worldwide network of subject matter experts and I have been contributing to the blogs Everything Email and emailmonday . My work has appeared in numerous publications and I have presented to groups such as The Breakfast Club of NJ and  PSG of Mercer County, NJ.

Additionally, I am the president of Tabula Rosa Systems, a “best of breed” reseller of products for communications, email, network management software, security products and professional services.  Also, I am the president of Netiquette IQ. We are currently developing an email IQ rating system, Netiquette IQ, which promotes the fundamentals outlined in my book.

Over the past twenty-five years, I have enjoyed a dynamic and successful career and have attained an extensive background in IT and electronic communications by selling and marketing within the information technology market.

Netiquette IQ Security Bulletin - Announcementts From Abobe, VMware And A Large One From Microsoft

Adobe Releases Security Updates 03/14/2017 03:35 PM EDT Original release date: March 14, 2017 Adobe has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player and Shockwave Player. Exploitation of some of these vulnerabilities may allow a remote attacker to take control of an affected system. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review Adobe Security Bulletins APSB17-07 and APSB17-08 and apply the necessary updates. VMware Releases Security Updates 03/14/2017 03:52 PM EDT Original release date: March 14, 2017 VMware has released security updates to address a vulnerability in Workstation and Fusion. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability and take control of an affected system. Users and administrators are encouraged to review VMware Security Advisory VMSA-2017-0005 and apply the necessary updates. Test Drive the Gigamon Visibility Platform for AWS test drive for FREE the Gigamon® Visibility Platform for AWS. During the test drive, you will be able to access and evaluate multiple real-world cloud use cases—within minutes. It’s a terrific way for you to experience in a tangible way the benefits of the Gigamon Visibility Platform for AWS. There’s a large market opportunity with real challenges… According to a recent Intel survey of 2,000 IT professionals, 93% are using some type of cloud service, with 62% moving customer data into cloud infrastructures. (And as networks expand and perimeters fade, IT administrators and security operations teams face growing challenges in managing, securing, and understanding the data traversing their public cloud infrastructure. …And Gigamon offers a real solution How does the Gigamon Visibility Platform for AWS solve these challenges? First, it is the industry’s first holistic view of data in motion—traversing not only AWS public clouds, but also private, virtualized, and hybrid clouds. Second, it allows cloud operations and cloud security teams to see, manage, secure, and understand what matters within their public cloud environments. ·         Provides a consistent way to access network traffic within and across VPCs ·         Distributes traffic effectively to multiple tools ·         Customizes network traffic to specific tools using policies ·         Delivers elastic, on-demand visibility as workloads scale out Resources to share about Gigamon Visibility Platform for AWS Video: For more insight into Gigamon’s AWS strategy, watch this three-minute video of Gigamon Director of Product Management Sesh Sayani  ================================== Gigamon Visibility for AWS With the rapid evolution of the public cloud that brings instant advantages of economies of scale, elasticity and agility, IT and data center administrators are re-evaluating their investments to deploy or scale applications on-premise.  They either deploy new applications in the public cloud or use the public cloud for additional needs to augment the on-premise private cloud.  In either case, what enterprises end up with is a hybrid cloud environment.  Other enterprises start in the cloud with no physical data center footprint, commonly referred to as a born-in-the-cloud model.  Unlike SaaS environments, in which application ownership and security of information is the responsibility of the SaaS provider, an Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), or public cloud environment, places the responsibility of application and information security on the enterprise. So, how does an enterprise which has migrated or deployed workloads into the public cloud manage, secure and understand its data traversing the public cloud?     Join Tabula Rosa & Gigamon at 10am PT / 1pm ET on March 16, 2017 to learn how the industry’s first pervasive visibility platform addresses the following challenges inherent to IaaS and public cloud deployments: Inability to access traffic, and by extension, information traversing the public cloud for analysis Discreet vendor monitoring agents per instance Impacts workload and VPC performance Increased complexity Static visibility with heavy disruption Tabula Rosa Systems Your source for dynamic, effective and comprehensive solutions. For almost 15 years, Tabula Rosa Systems (TRS) has brought elite IT technology products, solutions and services to our customers. New world class products for network, security and systems management are added regularly to our repertoire. Each of our products is a leader in price/performance, customer satisfaction and long-term viability. Our newsletter features product solutions based upon input from our customers. To schedule a meeting/webex or to request a product evaluation: Call (609) 818-1802     Visit Our Blog     Email sales@tabularosa.net Check out our popular Netiquette IQ blog and Paul Babicki's book "Netiquette IQ - A Comprehensive Guide to Improve, Enhance and Add Power to Your Email" Also, check out Paul's latest book, "You're Hired! Supercharge Your Email Skills In Just 60 Minutes...And Get That Job!," Good Netiquette And A Green Internet To All!  ===================================================================== Tabula Rosa Systems - Tabula Rosa Systems (TRS) is dedicated to providing Best of Breed Technology and Best of Class Professional Services to our Clients. We have a portfolio of products which we have selected for their capabilities, viability and value. TRS provides product, design, implementation and support services on all products that we represent. Additionally, TRS provides expertise in Network Analysis, eBusiness Application Profiling, ePolicy and eBusiness Troubleshooting.  We can be contacted at: sales@tabularosa.net  or 609 818 1802.  =============================================================== In addition to this blog, Netiquette IQ has a website with great assets which are being added to on a regular basis. I have authored the premiere book on Netiquette, “Netiquette IQ - A Comprehensive Guide to Improve, Enhance and Add Power to Your Email". My new book, “You’re Hired! Super Charge Your Email Skills in 60 Minutes. . . And Get That Job!” has just been published and will be followed by a trilogy of books on Netiquette for young people. You can view my profile, reviews of the book and content excerpts at:  www.amazon.com/author/paulbabicki Anyone who would like to review the book and have it posted on my blog or website, please contact me paul@netiquetteiq.com. In addition to this blog, I maintain a radio show on BlogtalkRadio  and an online newsletter via paper.li.I have established Netiquette discussion groups with Linkedin and  Yahoo.  I am also a member of the International Business Etiquette and Protocol Group and Minding Manners among others. I regularly consult for the Gerson Lehrman Group, a worldwide network of subject matter experts and I have been contributing to the blogs Everything Email and emailmonday . My work has appeared in numerous publications and I have presented to groups such as The Breakfast Club of NJ and  PSG of Mercer County, NJ. Additionally, I am the president of Tabula Rosa Systems, a “best of breed” reseller of products for communications, email, network management software, security products and professional services.  Also, I am the president of Netiquette IQ. We are currently developing an email IQ rating system, Netiquette IQ, which promotes the fundamentals outlined in my book. Over the past twenty-five years, I have enjoyed a dynamic and successful career and have attained an extensive background in IT and electronic communications by selling and marketing within the information technology market.