The Old New Thing

January 30, 2008 - The Old New Thing

Even without a nitpicker's corner, I have to worry about nitpickers

January 30, 2008 Jan 30, 2008 01/30/08
Raymond Chen
Even without a nitpicker's corner, I have to worry about nitpickers. I just have to do it in a more subtle way. Here are some examples of changes I've made to upcoming entries in order to forestall nitpicking: What's scary is that I've noticed that I begun pre-emptively nitpicking my own entries while I'm writing them. In the balance ...

Microspeak: Housing

January 30, 2008 Jan 30, 2008 01/30/08
Raymond Chen
The real estate department at Microsoft has their own weird jargon. In the real estate world, you don't "work" in a building; you are "housed" there. Here are a few citations. The new buildings will be able to house N workers. Employees housed at Facility X will be able to use temporary parking spaces being constructed at Location ...