two-foot experience n.— «It’s what Microsoft refers to as the “10-foot” (sofa-based) experience as opposed to the “two-foot” (desktop) experience, and it’s something that the company is keen to promote.» —“The...
QFE n.— «“Out-of-band releases have some advantages,” he said. “You can more quickly add QFEs and bug fixes, whereas if the functionality is tied into the kernel it takes a much longer time to release.” [Ed note: QFE...
turn blue v.— «I got caught playing the expectations game on two fronts the past week…one of them was work where I decided (some geek friends of mine will shudder) …to apply for a full time Microsoft position…since my...
bouma shape n.— «Some have used the term bouma as a synonym for word shape, though I was unfamiliar with the term. The term bouma appears in Paul Saenger’s 1997 book Space Between Words: The Origins of Silent Reading. There I learned to...