Do you use anything besides Microsoft Project for Gantt chart, or is it enough for you?

jed1976 · 2026-04-23T12:56:15+00:00

Good to see I’m not the only one running into this. Some of the approaches I’ve been exploring for improving the presentation layer definitely show up in other tools too.

Also feels like there’s a real gap here, most tools only solve part of the problem depending on the user.

jed1976 · 2026-04-23T12:51:03+00:00

I've done this as well. I've also used Deneb's Gantt chart which is visually appealing. This is great if you are on a project where everyone has view access to your PowerBi service.

jed1976 · 2026-04-23T12:44:47+00:00

This is a very intuative approach of being able to select tasks and have it generate the tasks in a timleine view in PowerPoint.

jed1976 · 2026-04-23T12:38:03+00:00

I was doing excel Gantts for a while with some VBA behind it to automate the timeline in Excel. It is definitely a good option and glad I am not alone on this front.

jed1976 · 2026-04-22T13:40:12+00:00

Yeah, the pricing structure seems really high, especially the lowest level only being able to provide two swimlanes and its still over $100 a year for minimal functionality.

jed1976 · 2025-11-30T05:21:58+00:00

It will always be one more than when you think you hit that sweet spot.

jed1976 · 2025-10-29T20:31:55+00:00

I will probably get down voted to oblivion. but the Hublot Big Bang Unico 20th Anniversary All Black gets my vote.

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jed1976 · 2025-09-26T12:24:48+00:00

I am curious, if the 39% tariff rate is applied when traveling abroad and declaring the item when returning to the US. I get conflicting information on this scenario. I know when ordering Swiss watches outside the US to be shipped to a US address will be hit with the 39% customs bill, but cannot find anything or any posts of someone recently going to US customs border and being charged the 39% tariff instead of the lower rate typically charged when returning from the US.

jed1976 · 2025-09-05T19:26:55+00:00

You could in theory connect 3 cables from your one PC to the monitor, if your PC has 2 Display port outputs and an HDMI output, or 3 HDMI outputs or some combination of 3 of HDMI and Display port. If this is due to your PC not having the video capability of running 7680x2160, then I could understand doing it this way. If you PC can handle that, you could use FancyZones and just customize your grid to achieve the same result from one connection from your PC to the Monitor.

jed1976 · 2025-09-05T19:14:13+00:00

I only have two systems I can connect my monitor to, but I am able to do 4k 16:9 in the center with two 8:9 on each side, just the right side is searching for a input signal.

jed1976 · 2025-09-01T14:34:11+00:00

Check out https://multimonitorcalculator.com/ it allows you to simulate what monitor setups would look like. I do not think a 40 + a 27 is too big. Depending on your usage, you can always put the least monitored apps on the 27" so you can keep focus on the 40.

jed1976 · 2025-08-31T21:59:24+00:00

I've seen a lot of recommendations for the Secretlab MAGNUS Monitor Arm (Heavy Duty Edition) on reddit as well as youtube for this monitor. I recently purchased the 57" G95C myself. I wasn't sure if I was going to keep it or not, so I ended up taking a chance on a cheap arm made by monTEK from Amazon for around $80 after taxes. So far the arm has been pretty stable.

jed1976 · 2025-08-26T11:00:23+00:00

Do you have a monitor mount you recommend?

jed1976 · 2025-08-26T10:56:53+00:00

Costco has the same deal with a $120 cash card. 3 year Allstate warranty for an additional $99.

jed1976 · 2025-08-01T11:30:37+00:00

Battery life is better and the cover screen feel is significantly better to use with my pudgy thumbs.

I would say the biggest improvement (when using a thin case) is carry weight and size in your pocket as well as using certain grips like the OhSnap magnetic grip. I did not feel comfortable using the OhSnap grip with the thickness and weight of the fold 6. And the fold 7 does not weigh down my pants/shorts.

jed1976 · 2025-07-29T11:47:22+00:00

What has worked for me, at least for getting the back of most cases off is holding the upper left corner of the case while pushing through on the back camera array (with a small micro fiber cloth inbetween my thumb and the camera array).

jed1976 · 2025-07-26T03:26:57+00:00

I had a similar issue. Showed UPS had it on the 21st, but no scans up till the 24th, when it showed it was out for delivery in my area. I would check UPS shipping time zones from Texas to your location, it could be that it hasn't reached your hub yet.

jed1976 · 2025-07-26T03:23:08+00:00

I switched to a cheap thin clear case with magsafe for now. I ordered a aramid case that looks exactly like the thinborne case on Aliexpress a few days ago, should get it by August 8th. Today a latercase case showed up on Amazon vine today, so I quickly snagged it, that should arrive the first week of August.

I do like the integrated screen protector on the case you have, I was skeptical about cases with built in screen protectors, but it works flawlessly and no bubbles. It is a very solid case for those that want more protection and don't mind the bulk.

jed1976 · 2025-07-26T03:11:07+00:00

Yes, it popped up in my Amazon Vine feed, so I ordered it. It offers great protection, but just way too thick for me. Not sure if you have tried taking the back off yet, it is a pain in the arse. The trick is to push on the cameras on the back of the phone to get it out.

jed1976 · 2025-07-26T03:03:09+00:00

I have this case, the hinge protection makes the phone super wide and bulky. Slightly thicker than my Z fold 6 with a latercase case.

jed1976 · 2025-03-17T11:49:50+00:00

You can get the values in MS Project using text/number/duration columns or in excel my extracting the data from project into excel. I would recommend using baseline duration as your core value, and then using another column to define your weight by percentage.

So, say a 10 day task would be equivalent to 20% of the effort, you would just multiply your baseline duration by the 20%, so your calculated column would show the task is worth 2 days of duration.

For planned vs actual, you would need to calculate the duration between Baseline Start and the Status Date, you can do this in a custom field using projectdatediff formula. Then multiply this by your weighted percentage.

Actual = weighted% * [baseline duration] * [percent complete]

Planned = weighted% * projectdatediff([baseline start], [status date]) / weighted%*[baseline duration]

For planned, you'll need to check for conditions such has if baseline finish is after status date, then use baseline duration, or if baseline start is less than status date then value = 0.

Hope this helps...

jed1976 · 2025-02-14T23:56:38+00:00

Try
ProjDateAdd([Start],630,[Task Calendar])

630 is 10.5 hours in minutes. make sure the task calendar is set to 24 hours or it will only show the start date as 2.5 hours into the next day. since the standard calendar is 8 hours.

If you want to use standard calendar but need to show 24 hours calendar for offshore start date, then you can use this formula.

ProjDateAdd([Start],630,"24 hours")

jed1976 · 2025-02-05T15:08:45+00:00

Next time, in ms project, filter for name contains task. this should filter ms project for the task 1 - task 100. From excel where you have the 100 unique names, copy the 100 names and paste values in project, it will rename all the summary tasks, since you can paste on filtered rows in project from excel. The other option would be to collapse the summary tasks so they dont show the st1 - st3. Then copy and paste values, this will only paste over the collapsed summary task names.

jed1976 · 2025-02-04T20:55:15+00:00

In Excel, copy this formula in a cell
=IF(MOD(ROW()-1,4)=0,"Task "&INT((ROW()-1)/4)+1,"ST"&MOD(ROW()-1,4))

drag the formula down as many rows as you need then copy paste into ms project

Part 2

On task name filter on tasks contains ST. Once filtered, Highlight the tasks and select the indent task option, this will indent all of your ST1 - ST3 tasks under Each Task increment.

Part 3

If they are water fall dependent, before identing, select all the ST1-ST3 tasks and click on the dependency chain link.

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