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Browse our products and journal, find a planning guide, or look up a term in the glossary. Each section below links to the relevant pages.

In this issue
26 entries
Departments
5
Edition
Vol. MMXXVI
Cover price
Free to read
01 Department

Features

Seven products from our team, including the upcoming Preflight and Orbit.

  1. The flagship — case study ganttchart.ai Project plans from plain English: describe the work, get a chart. 01
  2. The reader — case study DReader An ad-free reader for Drudge Report, designed for phones. 02
  3. The map — computer vision Thyseus Objects detected in public camera feeds, plotted on a shared map. 03
  4. The lab — user research AI User Interviews Simulated research interviews with AI moderators and participants. 04
  5. The workbench — newest code-results Compare deploys with changes in business metrics. 05
  6. The inspector — case study Preflight A PDF checked against exact submission limits, before it flies. 06
  7. The journal — case study Orbit A private mood journal for iPhone and Mac, with everyday context. 07
  8. The full catalogue The Portfolio Browse all seven products and the stories behind them. 08
02 Department

Departments

About the studio and what we write about.

  1. Front of book The Cover An introduction to the studio and its products. 09
  2. About the studio The Masthead How the studio works and how this site is made. 10
  3. Notes from the night shift The Journal Longer-form notes on making small, useful software. 11
  4. The journal, by department The Topics Browse the journal by subject. 12
03 Department

The Reference Shelf

Planning guides, definitions, and an interactive type specimen.

  1. The reference library The Field Guides Instructions and examples for planning a project. 13
  2. The reference desk The Glossary Definitions and examples of project-planning terms. 14
  3. A live type specimen The Specimen Try the weight, optical size, softness, and wonk settings in Fraunces. 15
04 Department

The Field Guides

Start with these guides, or browse the full library.

  1. Explainer What is a Gantt chart? How a Gantt chart shows tasks over time, and when to use one. 16
  2. Field guide How to plan a project Define the deliverable, break down the work, and make a schedule. 17
  3. The head guide How to make a Gantt chart Compare a chart generator, a spreadsheet, a template, and a hand-drawn chart. 18
  4. Explainer The critical path method The chain of tasks that really sets your end date, found by hand. 19
  5. Reference Gantt chart templates Six project outlines to copy and adapt. 20
  6. Reference Gantt chart examples Five example plans, each with a prompt to generate a chart. 21
05 Department

Back Matter

Contact details, the RSS feed, and site policies.

  1. Correspondence Say Hello Tell us what you’re building. 22
  2. The wire — RSS The Feed Every dispatch from the journal, delivered to your reader. 23
  3. Production notes The Colophon Site credits and production details. 24
  4. The fine print Privacy Policy How the site handles personal data and third-party services. 25
  5. The fine print Terms of Use The terms for using this site. 26

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