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Daily Prep: Tuesday, January 27, 2026

Jury Duty Week - Day 2 (still on standby)

Nightly check-in: Text badge number to 951-289-7434 at 6pm

  • Badge: 0389088642
  • Last check: Thursday night (Jan 29)

Carried Forward from Yesterday

Incomplete Action Items

  • MyBook mockup - “unified wrapper” concept for Wen’s workflow (Meeting: Jan 28 at 11am)
  • Read Wen’s project proposal - Due before Jan 28 meeting
  • Update Airtable, prep 2-3 stories for end-of-month (Due: Jan 29)
  • Reply to Cat Nostrand re: NCCE recording/updates

Open Questions/Blockers

  • None - all blockers from yesterday resolved

Today’s Calendar

All Day - Jury Duty (Standby)

Status: Call-in / text check-in only (likely not reporting) Badge: 0389088642

10:30 AM - End-of-Month Wrap-Up (YOU’RE FACILITATING)

Duration: 90 minutes (10:30am - 12:00pm) Location: Zoom (https://stanford.zoom.us/j/96582298161) Attendees: Josh Weiss, Joe Sherman, Reuben Thiessen

Big Goal: Wrap up 30-day documentation cycle and adjust for February

Meeting Format:

  1. “What did we do?” - Activity review
  2. “What trends are popping up?” - Pattern analysis
  3. “What stories are emerging?” - Candidates for Airtable
  4. “What should we change?” - Process discussion

Your Prep Doc: prep/end-of-month-prep-jan-2026.md (ready!)

Key Stories to Propose for Airtable:

  • ISTE Partnership Evolution (train-the-trainer emerging)
  • Crystal Springs 4-session PD arc
  • New Schools Venture Fund interest (meeting Jan 29)

Discussion Points to Raise:

  • Capacity-building tags are low - intentional or under-logged?
  • External partnerships scaling (ISTE, Australia, Oman) - capacity check
  • [VALUE-VISIBLE] capture - only 1 instance logged

2:00 PM - Legal 101 Planning Call with Sam McClure

Duration: 15 minutes Location: Zoom (https://stanford.zoom.us/j/95535970863) Attendees: Josh Weiss, Reuben Thiessen, Sam McClure, Sarahi Espinoza Salamanca

Context:

  • Sam McClure runs Stanford Startup Law: Sustainability at Stanford Law School
  • Provides pro bono legal resources to early-stage startups (pre-incorporation through $500k raised)
  • Sam already does “Legal 101” webinars for GSB, Doerr, Med School
  • Josh proposed a similar workshop for SAL Seed Grantees in Spring 2026

Purpose: Plan out what a Legal 101 session for SAL early-stage teams could look like

Prep: You already created a planning doc with timing, objectives, and audience. Have it ready to reference.

6:30 PM - Civil Air Patrol

Location: Hope in the Valley Baptist Church, 1480 N Kirby St, Hemet Note: Weekly meeting - leave by ~5:45pm

Email Action Items

Needs Response

  • Dr. Leslie Hart (Fri 3:12pm): “Research design” - She’s asking Cathy about qualitative measures for observational case study with their AI tool “Cheddar”. You’re CC’d. FYI for now - Cathy is the main contact.

  • Jessica Rami (ISTE) (Fri 1:47pm): “Connecting us!” - Meeting scheduling with Isabelle/Joseph for Feb 25. Josh confirmed availability. Check if anything needed from you.

Needs Action

  • Wen Profiri (Mon 12:20pm): Replied to your MyBook meeting confirmation - she’s working on mass-producing personalized educational videos in 80 languages for Dr. Stafford. Looking forward to the meeting. No action needed - meeting is set for Jan 28.

FYI Only (Newsletters skipped)

  • Google Cloud pricing changes (May 2026)
  • AINews: Anthropic MCP Apps spec
  • AlphaSignal: Claude in Excel
  • Turing Post: Open Source AI
  • TLDR AI, Flint, Hechinger Report, Penn GSE, Stanford Venture Studio - newsletters

Reminders

Due Tomorrow (Wed Jan 28)

  • Pick up suit jacket from tailor - Ready after 3pm (for Oman trip Feb 1-6)

No Due Date (Personal)

  • Book flight and hotel for AI+Education Summit at Stanford (Feb 10/11)

From Claude-ToDo (Work items to process)

  • Jury duty reminder at 6pm - Already handled via nightly check-in process
  • X link (mvanhorn tweet) - Needs review and routing

From Inbox Processing

INBOX.md was empty - nothing to process.

This Week’s Key Dates

Day Event Priority
Tue 1/27 End-of-Month Wrap-Up @ 10:30am (YOU’RE FACILITATING) HIGH
Tue 1/27 Sam McClure planning call @ 2pm High
Tue 1/27 Civil Air Patrol @ 6:30pm Personal
Wed 1/28 Anna-Lena call @ 8am PT (Flash Lab debrief) High
Wed 1/28 Wen/MyBook @ 11am High
Wed 1/28 Pick up suit jacket after 3pm Medium
Thu 1/29 Vanessa/New Schools @ 9:30am High
Thu 1/29 Josh 1:1 @ 10am - GPS goals finalization High
Thu 1/29 Idea to Code presentation @ 3:30pm High

Today’s Priorities

  1. 10:30am End-of-Month Wrap-Up - YOU’RE FACILITATING (90 min with Josh & Joe)
  2. 2pm Sam McClure call - Legal 101 workshop planning (15 min)
  3. MyBook prep - Read Wen’s proposal, sketch “unified wrapper” concept for tomorrow’s meeting
  4. 6pm - Text jury duty check-in
  5. 6:30pm - Civil Air Patrol

Notes

  • Oman trip is 5 days away (Feb 1-6) - finalize tick-tock schedule and advocate scaffolding this week
  • GPS goals MUST be finalized at Thursday’s 1:1 with Josh
  • Anna-Lena call tomorrow (Wed) is at 8am PT - early start
  • X link from Claude-ToDo (mvanhorn tweet) - couldn’t fetch (requires JavaScript). Check manually if curious.

Generated: Tuesday, 2026-01-27 morning

Source: daily/2026-01-27.md