hints for success

• Come to class. Take good notes. Ask questions. Do the reading and the exercises suggested in class. Do the assignments on time.

• Contact me if you are confused or fall behind, for whatever reason. Come to my office hours or talk to me on-line during virtual office hours.

• I get MANY email messages every day, so please keep your message short and to the point.

• Note that email messages where the sender's name seems fake (e.g., "Mickey Mouse") or the subject is blank or undecipherable, may be automatically filtered out in attempt to eliminate spam and other offensive messages.

• Please don't email me programming code.

• Don't ever email me an application!

• Please don't email me a Word document. Send me PDF if you need to send me something formatted, otherwise please send plain text.

• If I haven't replied to you, please be patient. Sending me multiple copies of the same message (or multiple messages that say the same thing) only clogs my inbox, which takes me longer to get to your message...

• PLEASE SIGN YOUR EMAIL with your full name.

• Please send all mail to my Brooklyn CIS address: mqazhar at sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu