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Today's Brief

An editorial masthead with three lead items. Your priorities printed each morning as the front page of a quietly elegant daily — Monocle, FT Weekend, the New York Review — for an audience of one. The day has a typography, and you set it.

Aesthetic · Editorial / Newspaper
Typography · Serif headlines, sans kickers
Best for · Mornings with coffee

iPhone

The front page, daily.

Sections (categories) are like the front, business, leisure pages. Switching sections re-typesets the page. "Inside today's brief" runs at the bottom, the way a newspaper carries its index.

9:41
Vol. VI · No. 152$0.00
The Daily Brief
Tuesday · 2 June
WorkPersonalFunSome Day
Section · Work  ·  Three leads, in order of priority
I
Lead · Roadmap

Finalize the Q3 roadmap proposal

The deck still wants an exec summary; three slides, four bullets each, by end of day.

II
Lead · Hiring

Hire a senior backend engineer

Recruiter call scheduled Wednesday; shortlist by Friday morning.

III
Lead · Engineering

Migrate auth to OAuth 2.1

Spike the token-refresh edge cases; migration RFC by next week.

Inside Today's Brief
  • Errands Dry cleaning3 pm
  • Health DentistThu 10
  • Calendar 1:1 with Priya11 am
  • Reminders Call momtoday
Front page · Work
9:41
Vol. VI · No. 152$0.00
The Daily Brief
Tuesday · 2 June
WorkPersonalFunSome Day
Section · Personal  ·  Three leads, in order of priority
I
Lead · Home

Replace the kitchen faucet

New cartridge arrives Saturday. Allow two hours; shut-off valve sticks.

II
Lead · Health

Schedule the annual physical

Dr. Chen's office, before July. Lab work needs a week's lead time.

III
Lead · Travel

Plan the family trip to Maine

Hold three cabins for August week one; deposit due before month-end.

Inside Today's Brief
  • Errands Dry cleaning3 pm
  • Reminders Call momtoday
Front page · Personal
9:41
Newsroom · Work

Tomorrow's leads

Lead I
I
Finalize Q3 roadmap proposal
Lead II
II
Hire senior backend engineer
Lead III
III
Migrate auth to OAuth 2.1
Drag to set running order · tap to spike or revive
  • Lead I
    Finalize Q3 roadmap proposalThe deck wants an exec summary
    Hold
  • Lead II
    Hire senior backend engineerRecruiter call Wednesday
    Hold
  • Lead III
    Migrate auth to OAuth 2.1Spike token-refresh edges
    Hold
  • In tray
    Quarterly reviews with reportsBy 20 June
    Run
  • In tray
    Update the team handbookOn-call hand-off section
    Run
  • In tray
    Refactor the deployment pipelineCut release time in half
    Run
file a new lead
Newsroom · Edit & spike

Mac

Three columns. Dropcaps. The full broadsheet.

Mac is the broadsheet edition — three articles in real newspaper columns, drop caps, double rule under the masthead. Sections live in the sidebar like the front-page-rail of a print publication.

The Daily Brief · Work
Vol. VI · No. 152Personal Edition

The Daily Brief

Tuesday · 2 June
Section · Work  ·  Three leads, in order of priority
I
Lead · Roadmap

Finalize the Q3 roadmap proposal

The deck still wants an exec summary; three slides, four bullets each, by end of day. Bring the priorities into one line on the cover.

II
Lead · Hiring

Hire a senior backend engineer

Recruiter call scheduled Wednesday; shortlist by Friday morning. Three candidates already through screening — diligence the references.

III
Lead · Engineering

Migrate auth to OAuth 2.1

Spike the token-refresh edge cases; write the migration RFC. The rollover window is the second week of July at the latest.

Inside Today's Brief
  • Errands Dry cleaning3 pm
  • Health DentistThu 10
  • Calendar 1:1 with Priya11 am
  • Reminders Call momtoday
macOS · 1080 × 660

iOS Home Screen

Pocket editions.

Small carries the masthead and the lead headline. Medium is a tear sheet — three headlines under the title. Large is the full front page in miniature.

Vol. VI · 152
The Daily Brief
Lead · Work

Finalize the Q3 roadmap proposal

Small · 158
Vol. VI · No. 152   ·   Tuesday 2 June
The Daily Brief
IFinalize Q3 roadmap proposalRoadmap
IIHire senior backend engineerHiring
IIIMigrate auth to OAuth 2.1Eng
Medium · 338 × 158
Vol. VI · No. 152  ·  Tuesday 2 June
The Daily Brief
IFinalize Q3 roadmap proposal
Exec summary still needed for the deck.
IIHire backend engineer
Recruiter call Wednesday.
IIIMigrate auth to OAuth 2.1
Spike token-refresh edge cases.
InsideDry cleaning · 3 pm · Dentist Thu
Large · 338 × 354

Mac Desktop Widget

A folded front page on the desktop.

Vol. VI · 152Tue 2 Jun
The Daily Brief
I
Lead · Work
Finalize Q3 roadmap proposal
II
Hiring
Hire senior backend engineer
III
Engineering
Migrate auth to OAuth 2.1
InsideDry cleaning · 3 pm
Desktop widget · 320pt

TRMNL · 800 × 480 · 1-bit

Tomorrow's headlines, today, on paper.

Vol. VI · No. 152Section: Work

The Daily Brief

Tuesday · 2 June
Three leads, in order of priority
I
Lead · Roadmap

Finalize Q3 roadmap proposal

The deck still wants an exec summary. Three slides, four bullets each, by end of day.

II
Lead · Hiring

Hire senior backend engineer

Recruiter call scheduled Wednesday. Shortlist by Friday morning.

III
Lead · Engineering

Migrate auth to OAuth 2.1

Spike the token-refresh edge cases. Migration RFC by next week.

Inside
Errands · Dry cleaning, 3 pm
Health · Dentist, Thu 10
Cal · 1:1 Priya, 11 am
e-ink preview · printed each morning