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Nov 3, 2015
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Microspeak: North star

Raymond Chen
Raymond Chen

Guiding principle.

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Sep 1, 2015
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Microspeak: move the needle

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Raymond Chen

Have a significant and noticeable impact

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Jun 30, 2015
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Microspeak: Stretch goal

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Raymond Chen

Extra credit.

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Feb 17, 2015
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Microspeak: Light up

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Raymond Chen

Enabling functionality when available.

OtherMicrospeak
Dec 2, 2014
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Microspeak: Redlines

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Raymond Chen

To the outside world, redline can mean to mark something for removal, or it could mean the maximum safe speed of an engine. But in the world of Microsoft design, the term redlines (pronounced as if it were written as the two words red lines, but the accent is on the red) refers to a diagram showing the exact position of visual elements. They typic...

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Nov 4, 2014
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Microspeak: Line of sight

Raymond Chen
Raymond Chen

I first encountered this term in a meeting I attended. Q: We would like to be able to reverse the polarity of the neutron flow without requiring a reboot. A: Yes, that is something we've been thinking about, but we don't have line of sight to having that feature before the end of the month. From context, having line of sight to a result mean...

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Oct 7, 2014
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Microspeak: All-up

Raymond Chen
Raymond Chen

In other words: All-inclusive.

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