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Daily Prep: Wednesday, February 25, 2026

Location: Home (Hemet) Note: ISTE meeting went well! Firebase+MyBook with Wen at 2:15pm. Thursday is packed (4 meetings). Friday = Colombia 8am + flight to SEE.

Carried Forward from Tuesday Feb 24

Done Yesterday

  • AS:DE End-of-Month meeting (prep doc was ready)
  • FeedbackGPT meeting with Cathy Chase — discussed renaming to AAA-Lab-GPT, upgrading to GPT 5.2
  • Processed Cathy chatbot notes (renamed project, added next steps)

Still Open — Urgent

  • Send Legal 101 follow-up email — was due yesterday morning, still not sent
  • Fix MyBook Firestore security rules — extended to 12/31/26 via Firebase console
  • Think about pricing model for ISTE — DONE. Meeting went well, discussed rev-share + authorized provider model.
  • Decide which persona question is most pertinent for ISTE — DONE. Instructional Practices.
  • Trip receipts for Moraima (overdue since Feb 13)

Still Open — This Week

  • Capacity building model first pass (due before Thu Josh 1:1)
  • Draft SMART goals through May (due before Thu Josh 1:1)
  • “5 questions” exercise — likely questions at 6/12/18 month horizons (due before Thu Josh 1:1)
  • Send moderator bot info to Sarah Williams-Habibi
  • Look into OpenAI content flagging policy for Sarah/Rachel/Kyla
  • Map three core personas to partner pathways

Today’s Calendar

9:00 AM — Driving Jonathan

Type: Personal Note: Back by 11am.

1:00 PM — Stanford <> ISTE+ASCD — DONE

With: Joseph South (ISTE), Jessica Garner (ISTE), Isabelle Hau (SAL), Josh Weiss Result: Meeting went well! See action-items.md for follow-ups:

  • Follow up with Chris Agnew (ISTE) re: EL magazine / stretchAI
  • Prepare Activation Stage concept (20-30 min Flash Lab intro + CTA)
  • Wait for Isabelle on OTL + dean buy-in
  • Explore Google funding angle (Joseph’s suggestion)

2:15 PM — Firebase and MyBook with Wen (NEW)

With: Wen Profiri Zoom: https://stanford.zoom.us/j/97631175000?pwd=7kcfdi2TfA9cNDfvaAQBfavr7LoOMM.1 Duration: 30 minutes

Context: Wen emailed last night “Help with Firebase!!!” — she has several MyBook issues:

  1. Need auto-collection of study data
  2. Only teens will use it (privacy implications)
  3. Privacy setting issues
  4. Needs the dataset for publication

Prep: This overlaps with the Firestore security rules expiring today. Good time to address both — fix rules AND discuss Wen’s data collection needs.

4:00 PM — Chiro

Type: Personal appointment (finally scheduled — was 9 days overdue!)

6:00 PM — CAP Check-in with Jonathan

Type: Personal / recurring

Email Action Items

Needs Action

  • Josh (Google Docs comment): “We should probably assume 3-hour just to be safe” on FlashLab Market Pricing doc. Review and respond in doc.
  • Wen: “Help with Firebase!!!” — needs auto-data collection, privacy settings, dataset for publication. Address at 2:15pm meeting.
  • Moraima: “Studio Services and SofIA design team” — meeting invite (Zoom). Check when it’s scheduled.

FYI / Already Handled

  • Eventbrite: AI Dev 26 SF order confirmation + payment received. Flight+hotel booked.
  • Josh: AI Dev Day approved (“Go for it, studio funds”).
  • Christina Hewko / Wilson Wang / Micaela Bonilla: Data Use Agreement thread — ongoing, check if action needed.
  • Gregory Wilson II: Replied to Flash Lab + Tinkery Toolkit threads. Meeting is Thu 1pm.
  • Alex Choi: “Tequity + CRISPRkit Discussion” — Josh replied. Check thread.
  • Firebase: Firestore security rules expiring — already tracked as priority #1.

Newsletters (scan headlines)

  • AINews: “The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Closing the Loop”
  • TLDR AI: ChatGPT Pro Lite, Anthropic distillation, Perplexity Messages
  • Latent Space: Claude Code for Finance + Global Memory Shortage (unread)
  • Hechinger: “This state is poised to shake up reading curriculum” (unread)
  • AI Snake Oil: “Towards a science of AI agent reliability”
  • Stanford Report: “How AI is transforming learning”

Reminders

Overdue

  • Schedule chiro appointment (was due Feb 16) — RESOLVED: appointment is today at 4pm!

Upcoming

  • Read: OpenAI Prompt Caching 201 cookbook (due tomorrow, personal laptop)
  • Jonathan’s DMV driver test — March 3 at 8am (6 days out)
  • Dentist appointment — April 15

Personal (no due date)

  • Pay HVFC dues
  • Ask Chris at Ascendant Aviation re: tax questions
  • Buy echinacea herb for cold
  • Email avionics shop in SEE — check on annual inspection

Claude-ToDo (processed)

  • Set up meeting with Gregory — already in action-items.md (meeting is Thu 1pm!)
  • Refresh on Verse setup for Cathy’s Chatbot — done yesterday at FeedbackGPT meeting
  • “When does the algorithm become AI?” — Andrea Carpati’s nanoGPT, for Christine’s workshop — already in action-items.md (Someday/Explore)

From Inbox Processing

INBOX.md had Cathy chatbot notes from yesterday’s FeedbackGPT meeting:

  • Rename from “FeedbackGPT” → “AAA-Lab-GPT”
  • Update model to GPT 5.2
  • Consider custom domain: labgpt.gse.stanford.edu

Routed to projects/cathy-chatbot.md as next steps. Inbox cleared.

Look Ahead (Rest of Week)

Date Event Prep/Action Needed
Thu Feb 26 9am Health Coach Bot Discussion With Marily Oppezzo, Michele Patel, Priya T. Review coach.bot101.app prototype.
Thu Feb 26 10am Josh 1:1 Debrief ISTE meeting. Capacity building model + SMART goals due.
Thu Feb 26 11:15am Chat with Josh + Christine Bywater In-person, Raikes Building 2nd Floor. Josh-initiated.
Thu Feb 26 1pm Tinkery Toolkit with Gregory Wilson II Zoom. Discuss AI Tinkery doc, Build-a-Bot + Flash Lab integration.
Fri Feb 27 8am AI After — Colombia Ana Saavedra. Early start (timezone). Check chatbot data status.
Fri Feb 27 10am-6pm N73898 to SEE Flight. Check on annual inspection while there?

Today’s Priorities (Updated Afternoon)

Priority order: (1) Time-sensitive external, (2) Meeting prep, (3) Carryover, (4) Strategic

  1. Fix MyBook Firestore security rules — still urgent, address at 2:15pm meeting with Wen
  2. ISTE meeting — DONE. Went well! Follow-ups tracked in action-items.md.
  3. Firebase + MyBook meeting with Wen (2:15pm) — prep: review her email, fix security rules, discuss data collection
  4. Respond to Josh’s Google Doc comment — Flash Lab pricing doc, “assume 3-hour”
  5. Send Legal 101 follow-up email — overdue from yesterday, 2 days now. Get it out.
  6. Start capacity building model — needs a first pass before Thursday’s Josh 1:1.
  7. Chiro (4pm) — finally getting this done.

If Time Permits

  • SMART goals draft for Josh
  • Send moderator bot info to Sarah Williams-Habibi
  • Trip receipts for Moraima
  • Follow up with Cathy on Learning Science Principle Cheat Sheet
  • CRM re-engagement emails

Session Notes

Afternoon Session

  • ISTE meeting completed successfully — follow-ups captured in action-items.md
  • Bulk email inbox cleanup: deleted ~1,400+ newsletters/calendar invites/marketing emails, marked old emails as read. Inbox down from ~1,639 unread to ~201.
  • Recovered all Egencia travel confirmations/receipts (needed for reimbursement)
  • Fixed mail-search MCP default mailbox bug (INBOX → Inbox case sensitivity)
  • Rebuilt mail-search FTS5 index (13,409 emails)

Late Afternoon Session (post-Wen meeting)

  • Wen/MyBook meeting — discussed Firebase data collection needs. Wen wants a dashboard for AI Trust Survey data collection (12-week teen program). Agreed to prototype and review Friday. Follow-ups captured in action-items.md.
  • Fixed Firestore security rules — extended via Firebase console to 12/31/26. No data in DB yet; will add proper role-based rules when auth is built.
  • Created reference/blog-ideas.md — first idea: “quality without expertise” angle from Unaligned.io article on AI consumer perspective
  • Created meeting prep doc: prep/2026-02-25-wen-mybook-firebase.md
  • Chiro appointment done (4pm)

Day Summary

Big wins: ISTE meeting went well (partnership moving forward), Wen meeting unblocked MyBook next steps, inbox massively cleaned up, Firestore rules fixed before expiry.

Still didn’t get to:

  • Legal 101 follow-up email (now 3 days overdue)
  • Capacity building model doc (due before tomorrow’s Josh 1:1)
  • SMART goals draft (due before tomorrow’s Josh 1:1)
  • Trip receipts for Moraima
  • Josh’s Google Doc comment on Flash Lab pricing

Tomorrow Preview (Thu Feb 26) — Packed day

Time Event Prep Needed
9:00 AM Health Coach Bot Discussion With Marily Oppezzo, Michele Patel, Priya T. Review coach.bot101.app.
10:00 AM Josh 1:1 ISTE debrief, capacity building model, SMART goals. At minimum bring ISTE debrief notes.
11:15 AM Chat with Josh + Christine Bywater In-person at Raikes 205C (Reuben remote via Zoom). Josh-initiated.
1:00 PM Tinkery Toolkit with Gregory Wilson II Zoom. AI Tinkery doc, Build-a-Bot + Flash Lab integration.

Heads up: You don’t have the capacity building model or SMART goals done for Josh tomorrow. Consider: (1) do a quick pass tonight, (2) come to the 1:1 with ISTE debrief as the centerpiece and flag the other items need more time, or (3) ask Josh to push those to next week.

*Generated: Wed Feb 25, 2026 morning Updated: Wed Feb 25, 5:15pm*
Source: daily/2026-02-25.md