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Daily Prep: Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Jury Duty Week - Day 3 (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: TODAY at 11am) - DONE
  • Read Wen’s project proposal - Due before today’s meeting
  • Update Airtable, prep 2-3 stories for end-of-month (Due: Jan 29)
  • Reply to Cat Nostrand re: NCCE recording/updates
  • Colombia chatbot for Ana Saavedra - due Jan 27 (overdue)

Open Questions/Blockers

  • None carried forward

Today’s Calendar

All Day - Jury Duty (Standby)

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

8:00 AM - Workshop Update with Anna-Lena Neurohr - DONE

Duration: 1 hour (8:00am - 9:00am PT / 5:00pm - 6:00pm Paris) Location: Google Meet (ozd-gott-kjj) Attendees: Anna-Lena Neurohr (Learning Planet Institute, Paris)

Outcome: Great debrief. Key learnings: researchers needed “Build” renamed to “Research Design”, balked at “user” term, AI boosters too business-focused (no one used them), paper/pens preferred over laptops. Structure works well. Projects emerged include youth governance, peace education, AI as mediator’s coach. Potential [MULTIPLIER] story.

Notes: meetings/running-notes.md Screenshots: assets/meetings/2026-01-28-anna-lena-flashlab/

10:00 AM - GSE Dean’s Search Committee: Staff Listening Session

Duration: 45 minutes (10:00am - 10:45am) Location: Raikes 111 or Zoom (94601294499, pwd: 745764) Organizer: Joanna Carr on behalf of Provost Jenny Martinez & Daniel McFarland

Context:

  • Search for next Dean of GSE
  • Listening session for staff input on the deanship and school’s future
  • Optional - attend if you have input to share

Prep needed: None required - optional attendance

11:00 AM - MyBook with Wen Profiri

Duration: 1 hour (11:00am - 12:00pm) Location: Zoom (98264365296, pwd: 197723) Attendees: Wen Profiri (AI Specialist, MyBook seed grant)

Context:

  • MyBook: AI-guided nostalgic writing for Chinese American seniors with dementia
  • Multi-platform approach: Perplexity Spaces, Notion Sites, Google Learn About
  • Wen sent workflow diagrams (NotebookLM generated) on Jan 20
  • Ball is in your court: mock up “unified wrapper” concept

Key questions (from AS:DE Jan 22):

  • Why high school students for delivery? Distinguish user testing vs. workflow testing
  • How can we simplify the multi-platform workflow?
  • What does the “unified wrapper” look like?

Prep needed:

  • Read Wen’s project proposal if you haven’t yet
  • Sketch out unified wrapper concept (even rough notes help)

3:00 PM - Pick up suit jacket from tailor

Note: Ready after 3pm - needed for Oman trip Feb 1-6

3:00 PM - Josh 1:1 (Oman Prep)

Duration: 30 minutes (3:00pm - 3:30pm) Location: Zoom (92230331812, pwd: 731020) Attendees: Josh Weiss Topic: Oman Prep

Context:

  • This is an extra check-in for Oman prep (regular 1:1 is Thursdays)
  • GPS goals still need finalization (happening at tomorrow’s regular 1:1)
  • Oman trip is in 4 days (Feb 1-6)

Prep needed:

  • Have tick-tock schedule progress ready to discuss
  • Advocate scaffolding status

6:00 PM - Jury Duty Text Check-in

Action: Text badge number 0389088642 to 951-289-7434

6:00 PM - Reminder: Ask Jonathan about CAP

Note: Ask Jonathan if he needs to do anything to promote/test for next week’s CAP meeting

Email Action Items

Needs Response

  • Cat Nostrand (Tue 5:09pm): “Re: bot101.app problems?” - She replied. Check thread and respond re: NCCE recording/updates.

  • Josh Weiss (Tue 4:30pm): “FW: Testing Ground [January]” - SIL newsletter forward. Review if relevant.

FYI Only (Newsletters skipped)

  • TLDR AI, AINews, AlphaSignal, Turing Post, DeepLearning.AI, Stanford Report, Hechinger Report, etc.
  • Google Cloud pricing changes (May 2026)
  • Airtable announcing “Superagent”
  • ASU+GSV Summit announcement
  • Microsoft Dynamics event

Reminders

Due Today

  • 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)
  • Reschedule dentist appointment (conflict with Stanford trip 2/11) - due Feb 7

From Claude-ToDo (Work items to process)

  • Remind me about jury duty 1/27 at 6pm - Outdated, can mark complete
  • Ask Tim about CAP airplane wash - Done. Tim said it shouldn’t be a problem.

From Inbox Processing

INBOX.md was empty - nothing to process.

This Week’s Key Dates

Day Event Priority
Wed 1/28 Anna-Lena call @ 8am PT (Flash Lab debrief) HIGH
Wed 1/28 Wen/MyBook @ 11am HIGH
Wed 1/28 GSE Dean Search listening session @ 10am Optional
Wed 1/28 Josh check-in (Oman prep) @ 3pm High
Wed 1/28 Pick up suit jacket after 3pm Medium
Wed 1/28 CAP meeting @ 6pm Personal
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
Fri 1/30 Last day of jury duty (standby) -
Sat 2/1 Oman trip begins TRAVEL

Today’s Priorities

  1. 8am Anna-Lena call - AI Flash Lab international pilot debrief (gather feedback, potential Airtable story)
  2. 11am Wen/MyBook meeting - Come with unified wrapper ideas, even if rough
  3. 3pm Josh check-in - Oman prep status (tick-tock, advocate scaffolding)
  4. 3pm+ Pick up suit jacket - For Oman trip
  5. 6pm - Text jury duty check-in
  6. 6pm CAP check-in with Jonathan - Ask about promotion/testing for next week

If time permits:

  • Reply to Cat Nostrand
  • Update Airtable entries (due tomorrow)
  • Start Colombia chatbot work (overdue)

Notes

  • Oman trip is 4 days away (Feb 1-6) - this is crunch time for prep
  • GPS goals MUST be finalized at tomorrow’s 1:1 with Josh
  • Anna-Lena call is a potential [MULTIPLIER] story - international adoption of AI Flash Lab
  • MyBook meeting: Don’t stress about having a polished mockup - rough ideas are fine

Session Notes

End of Day Summary

  • Completed:
    • Anna-Lena Flash Lab debrief (8am) - Great feedback, potential [MULTIPLIER] story
    • MyBook meeting with Wen (11am) - Dashboard mockup delivered, next steps defined
    • Josh check-in (3pm) - Oman prep reviewed
    • Created /end-of-day skill for Claude Code
    • Set up digests/ directory and weekly digest workflow
  • In Progress:
    • Oman hackathon prep (advocate scaffolding, voting form questions)
    • MyBook Firebase setup (new action item from Wen meeting)
  • Deferred to tomorrow:
    • Reply to Cat Nostrand
    • Update Airtable entries (due tomorrow anyway)
    • Colombia chatbot (still overdue)

Decisions Made

  • Weekly digests will live in digests/week-of-YYYY-MM-DD.md format
  • MyBook will use Firebase hosting with embedded training videos

Notes for Tomorrow

  • Big day: Vanessa/New Schools (9:30am), Josh 1:1 with GPS finalization (10am), Idea to Code presentation (3:30pm)
  • Need to prep for Idea to Code - confirm slides are ready
  • Last day before Oman prep needs to be locked in

Generated: Wednesday, 2026-01-28 morning Updated: Wednesday, 2026-01-28 end of day

Source: daily/2026-01-28.md