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Daily Prep: Wednesday, February 11, 2026

Location: Stanford campus (final day) | Checking out of Comfort Inn Palo Alto Flight home: Southwest 1642, SJC → ONT, 7:05 PM (BQY755)

Carried Forward from Tuesday

Incomplete Action Items

  • [x] Post Legal 101 workshop announcement to Slack Done: Feb 11
  • [x] Text Dave to reschedule — suggest Friday breakfast? Done: Feb 11
  • [ ] Prep quarterly goals for Thursday 1:1 with Josh — update goals/q1-2026-goals.md Due: Before Thursday
  • [ ] Mock up login flow for Wen’s dashboard Due: This week
  • [ ] Send Wen functional test plan and end-to-end test plan template Due: This week
  • [ ] Review Wen’s database schema + survey design emails (Feb 9) Due: This week
  • Review 3D model link from HarmonAI email before Thursday meeting
  • Reply to Gregory Wilson re: Tinkery Toolkit feedback (see email below)

Open from Earlier

  • [ ] Follow up with Vanessa Monterosa re: Flash Lab partnership Due: Feb
  • [ ] Send curated question list to Sam for Legal 101 review Due: End of week (need RSVPs first)
  • Reply to Cat Nostrand re: NCCE recording/updates
  • [ ] CRM re-engagement campaign: 5 emails to send Due: Feb 7+

Today’s Calendar

ALL DAY — AI+Education Summit 2026

Location: ANKO, Shriram Hall II, 485 Lausen Mall, Stanford Schedule:

  • 8:00-9:00 AM: Registration (bring QR code from Eventbrite)
  • 9:00 AM - 12:05 PM: Morning Sessions
  • 12:10 - 1:15 PM: Lunch
  • 1:15 - 5:30 PM: Afternoon Sessions
  • 5:30 - 6:30 PM: Reception Context: SAL + HAI joint event. This is the big one — researchers, educators, leaders exploring AI in education. Directly supports Goal 2 (strategic influence in AI+Education). Great opportunity for networking, identifying potential Flash Lab/Build-a-Bot collaborators, and spotting trends. Prep: QR code on phone. Business casual. Stanford Visitor wifi (no password). Walk from the Oval — no vehicle access to building.

6:00 PM — CAP Check-in with Jonathan (recurring weekly)

Notes: Tight timing — Summit reception ends 6:30 but flight is at 7:05. May need to skip or do a quick phone call from the road.

7:05 PM — Southwest 1642: SJC → ONT

Confirmation: BQY755 Arrives: 8:20 PM Ontario Notes: Need to leave Summit by ~5:30 PM to get to SJC with buffer. Reception overlaps — attend briefly or skip.

Calendar Cleanup Needed

  • Dentist (Tiffany) at 8am — STALE. Was rescheduled to April 15. Delete or move this calendar event.
  • Meet with Dave at noon — STALE? Yesterday said this was rescheduled but no new time. If Dave responded, check texts. Otherwise delete this event.

Email Action Items

Needs Response

  • Gregory Wilson II (Tue 6:45 PM) — “Tinkery Toolkit”: Follow-up from yesterday’s Flash Lab/Tinkery meeting. He shared a first draft of the Tinkery toolkit and wants feedback, especially on visual design. Asks: should it be a document or a website like designkit.stanford.edu? This is a great collaboration opportunity — directly connects to your format design and system design strengths.

FYI (positive signal)

  • Kristen Pilner Blair — Responded “Ooh. This is great!” to Josh’s forward of the Legal 101 invite. Josh forwarded to Keith Bowen, Sarahi Espinoza Salamanca, and Kristen — inviting their cohorts too. Broader reach achieved.
  • Tamar Perez — Quick “nice to meet you” exchange from Teaching w/ AI event yesterday. She’ll be in touch. New connection: RAG Custom GPTs topic.
  • Alissa Anderson — List serv tip: “sal-initiatives-staff” isn’t far-reaching; use “sal-all-staff” for broadest reach, or “sal-all-members” for staff+faculty. Good to know for future announcements.
  • Joe Sherman — Declined Legal 101 calendar invite. Not the target audience, no concern.
  • AI+Education Summit “Know Before You Go” — Logistics reminder (covered above).

Newsletters (skip)

  • TLDR AI, AINews, Turing Post, Hechinger Report, Art of Saience — scan if time permits on flight home.

Reminders

Upcoming

  • Jonathan’s DMV driver test — March 3 at 8am (need to sign him up)
  • Dentist appointment — April 15 at 8am (rescheduled, reminder set)

Claude-ToDo

Empty — nothing to process.

From Inbox Processing

INBOX.md was empty — nothing to process.

Today’s Priorities

  1. AI+Education Summit (all day) — be present, network, take notes on trends/speakers. Look for Flash Lab, Build-a-Bot, or prototype sprint collaborators. This is your Goal 2 showcase day.
  2. Post Legal 101 to Slack — do this during morning registration or a break. Quick task, high visibility.
  3. Text Dave — reschedule suggestion (Friday breakfast?)
  4. Reply to Gregory Wilson re: Tinkery Toolkit — can be brief, acknowledge receipt, offer to dig in later this week
  5. Logistics: Check out of hotel, leave Summit by ~5:30 PM, get to SJC for 7:05 flight
  6. On the flight: Start quarterly goals prep for Thursday 1:1, scan newsletters

Session Notes

End of Day Summary

  • Completed:
    • AI+Education Summit 2026 — full day (9am-5:30pm), ANKO Building, Stanford
    • Posted Legal 101 workshop announcement to Slack
    • Texted Dave to reschedule
    • Drafted reply to Gregory Wilson re: Tinkery Toolkit (in Exchange drafts, reply-all with Josh)
    • Created people profile for Courtney Garza (people/courtney-garza.md)
    • Drafted email to Courtney Garza congratulating her on TCEA Build-a-Bot (in Exchange drafts)
    • Added Courtney TCEA story to quoted-impact.md and Airtable ([MULTIPLIER] [RIPPLE])
    • Updated personal logic model: added workshop facilitation, instructional design, removed math games, synced markdown with dashboard
    • Captured extensive Summit notes (INBOX → running-notes.md)
    • New Summit action items captured (Amanda Bickerstaff, Candace Thille coffee, spider ballooning, MIT Brainrot study, inGenius book)
    • Added task: send OpenAI API key to Sarah and Howard
    • Checked in with Jonathan via text (CAP)
  • In Progress:
    • Quarterly goals prep for Thursday 1:1 — tonight on the plane
    • HarmonAI 3D model review — tonight on the plane if found
  • Deferred:
    • Wen MyBook review (database schema + survey) — push to next week
    • CRM re-engagement campaign — push to next week
    • Gregory Wilson deeper Tinkery feedback — next week

Key Summit Takeaways

  • Mehran Sahami’s “Broken Proxy” framing (already captured in logic model)
  • Candace Thille: responsible assessment white paper coming soon — schedule coffee next Stanford trip
  • Dan Schwartz: personalization isn’t curriculum pacing, it’s targeting underserved demographics
  • Michael Taubman: “AI Driver’s License” framework (4 parts)
  • “What intelligence is and how we learn is the new design problem” — closing thought
  • Amanda Bickerstaff: “AI 2027 for Education” — look up

Decisions Made

  • Courtney Garza is a key Build-a-Bot scaling proof point — reaching out to reconnect
  • Gregory: lean toward website over document for Tinkery toolkit (like designkit.stanford.edu)

Notes for Tomorrow (Thursday Feb 12)

  • 10:00 AM: Josh 1:1 — quarterly goals discussion. MUST prep tonight.
  • 11:45 AM: [hold] CheddarAI
  • 12:30 PM: #it-connect Donut with Samir Kumar Pandey
  • 1:00 PM: VFT Seed Grantee Monthly — ANKO room 011 or Zoom. Brainstorming shared products (joint papers). Send API key to Sarah/Howard before this.
  • 6:00 PM: CAP Check-in with Jonathan
  • Need to find and review HarmonAI 3D model before VFT meeting
*Generated: Feb 11, 2026 morning Updated: Feb 11, 2026 evening*
Source: daily/2026-02-11.md