The Old New Thing

Microspeak: Righteous

November 16, 2021 Nov 16, 2021 11/16/21

Raymond Chen

A colloqualism that has become a preferred adjective.

Microspeak: Persona

September 14, 2021 Sep 14, 2021 09/14/21

Raymond Chen

A template for a prototypical user.

Microspeak: Placemat

August 11, 2020 Aug 11, 2020 08/11/20

Raymond Chen

Everything in its place.

Microspeak: Click stop

February 18, 2020 Feb 18, 2020 02/18/20

Raymond Chen

A place to pause and refresh.

Microspeak: Bucket bugs, bucket spray, bug spray, and failure shift

January 21, 2020 Jan 21, 2020 01/21/20

Raymond Chen

How failures in the wild get categorized by analysis.

Microspeak: Occupant compression

April 16, 2019 Apr 16, 2019 04/16/19

Raymond Chen

Ouch, it hurts when you squeeze me there.

Obsolete Microspeak: TDBN and the six-pack

August 29, 2018 Aug 29, 2018 08/29/18

Raymond Chen

Old Windows 8 terminology.

Microspeak: knobs

June 19, 2018 Jun 19, 2018 06/19/18

Raymond Chen

Configuration settings, basically.

Microspeak: ZBB, recall class, glide path, and RTM

May 8, 2018 May 8, 2018 05/8/18

Raymond Chen

Bug tracking jargon.

Microspeak: Tented

April 25, 2018 Apr 25, 2018 04/25/18

Raymond Chen

No peeking into the tent.