user-hostile design

The opposite of "user-friendly" design, it defines the likely product of design work that does not include continual involvement of users in the requirements and design process.

The user-hostile design of the user interface for this product resulted from a design attempt by the developers with no style guide and no user-centered design methods.

by jfkelley February 8, 2012

e-speak

To communicate with someone via instant message. (See e-spoke)

I will e-speak with the vendors about this in the AM.

by jfkelley March 5, 2009

boondongle

A device you must plug into your computer to verify that you bought -- and are entitled to operate -- an over-priced and under-performing software application.

I found and plugged in the boondongle, but the software application turned out to be useless.

by jfkelley May 1, 2009

webunculus

A miniature rendering of a website, complete with representative tabs, navigation features, text blocks, etc., used to reflect, in real time, dynamic changes to style.

As you drag your cursor across the color wheel to change background colors, notice the effects that will have on your website by watching the webunculus.

by jfkelley June 11, 2009

certificant

A person who has been certified or has received a certification.

We will notify all certificants 30 days before their certifications expire.

by jfkelley May 13, 2013

notificant

a person who has been notified

Notificants who do not respond to our first notifications will be sent a second reminder.

by jfkelley April 8, 2015

Push-down, Blow-out Stack

A FIFO (First-In, First-Out) stack in computing is also known as a Push-down, Pull-out stack - records or events or items are pushed down at the top and pulled out at the bottom. A LIFO (Last-In, First-Out) is also known as a Push-down, Pop-out stack - records are pushed down from the top and pulled out from the top.

You can imagine a FIBO or Push-down, Blow-out stack where you keep pushing events or to-do items (or emails) down at the top until the pressure reaches a certain point at which time the bottom of the stack ruptures and all the items in the queue blow out the bottom and scatter all over the floor.

For some folks, their email inbox is a Push-down, Blow-out stack where any emails that get pushed down below the fold (bottom edge of the screen) essentially disappear from their reality and might as well have blown out all over the floor.

My To-Do list is a Push-down, Blow-out stack which has reached critical mass and exploded; it's blissfully reassuring now that I have nothing in my To-Do list!

by jfkelley June 19, 2018