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Daily Prep: Friday, March 13, 2026

Carried Forward from Thursday

Incomplete Action Items

  • Follow up with Vanessa Monterosa re: Flash Lab partnership
  • MyBook: embed Wen’s training videos + schedule walkthrough
  • Draft CRM survey questions — run by Josh async before sending
  • Find out if anyone we know has been through an ISTE course
  • Create Flash Lab inventory document (basic vs deluxe components)
  • Frame what BaB validation looks like for Health Coach Bot study
  • Update Airtable with recent activities
  • [x] Read Josh’s “special sauce” article — full analysis written at prep/2026-03-19-flash-lab-special-sauce.md Done: Mar 13
  • Write tag analysis plan — 3-month rollout, AI-assisted, confident data by July
  • Register for ISTE Live 2026 (end of June)

Done Yesterday

  • Goals SMART goals finalized with Josh (Goal 2: two case studies by Q2, Goal 3: 1.5x engagement + 2 partners by Q2)
  • Flash Lab rename discussed — Josh talked to YouCubed, sent “special sauce” article
  • Tag analysis direction agreed — Reuben to lead
  • ISTE Live attendance approved
  • Apr 2-3 off requested for Micah’s birthday + camping
  • Cat Nostrand “how did NCCE go?” email drafted

Today’s Calendar

2:00 PM — Weekly Personal Review

Solo block. Use for synthesis, weekly review, and prep for next week. Consider: Run /synthesis? Next week is heavy — Thursday has 4 back-to-back meetings.

Otherwise: No meetings today. Wide-open Friday for deep work.

Email Action Items

No actionable emails today — only newsletters/FYI (SSIR paywall change, Stanford WorkLife workshop, AMD AI event).

Timecard Reminder (from yesterday)

  • Submit Axess timecard — due by end of pay period (Sun 3/15). Do today.

Reminders

Overdue

  • Reschedule dentist (Tiffany) — can’t make Apr 15, conflicts with Crystal Springs PD in Burlingame. Call today. (was due Mar 12)
  • Read: OpenAI Prompt Caching 201 cookbook (was due Feb 25) — personal laptop

No Due Date (Personal)

  • Ask Chris at Ascendant Aviation re: tax questions
  • Buy echinacea herb
  • Go through Google DeepMind skills collection
  • Read: arxiv.org/abs/2512.05470 (personal laptop)

Claude-ToDo (Mobile Capture) — Processed

  • Ask for Apr 2-3 off — DONE (requested at yesterday’s 1:1)
  • Follow up with Marily — she was supposed to send documents (already tracked in action-items.md)
  • Google Workspace CLI — evaluate for exec assistant system (explore/someday)
  • Personal executive assistant bot idea (explore/someday)
  • SQLite for exec assistant: https://x.com/gukevinr/status/2031889622385729730 (explore/someday)
  • Exec assistant reference: https://x.com/nurijanian/status/2032124503330058696 (explore/someday)

From Inbox Processing

INBOX.md is empty — nothing to process.

Today’s Priorities

Friday — no meetings until 2pm personal review. Deep work day before a packed next week.

  1. Read Josh’s “special sauce” article — This is fresh from yesterday’s 1:1 and directly feeds the Flash Lab rename conversation. Reflect on what makes our approach different from vibecoding/DIY alternatives.
  2. Submit timecard — Due Sunday 3/15, get it done today.
  3. Reschedule dentist — Call Tiffany. Overdue from yesterday.
  4. Start LAUSD Foundation prep — Meeting is Thu 3/19 with Isabelle, Josh, Sadie Jefferson (LAUSD Foundation), Larry Corio (ASU), and Dominic Caguioa (LAUSD). They may want Flash Lab. Prep file needed: prep/2026-03-19-lausd-foundation.md.
  5. 2:00 PM: Weekly Personal Review — Run synthesis, review the week, prep for next week’s heavy schedule.

If Time Allows

  • Draft CRM survey questions (Josh waiting for async review)
  • Tag analysis plan outline
  • Flash Lab inventory document
  • Register for ISTE Live 2026

Look Ahead: Next Week

Josh is in Michigan Mon-Wed (3/16-18). Thursday is stacked.

Day Event Time Notes
Sat 3/14 Christyl honor choir 3:30 PM Personal
Mon 3/17 Chiropractor 8:00 AM Badura D.C., Hemet
Mon 3/17 SAL All Hands 10:00 AM Isabelle hosting, ANKO/Shriram III + Zoom. Big meeting.
Mon 3/17 AS:DE Meeting 11:00 AM Josh in Michigan — may be async or abbreviated
Mon 3/17 Christyl concert (be available) Evening Personal
Mon 3/17 CAP 6:30 PM Hemet
Tue 3/18 Health Coach Bot Regroup 9:00 AM Marily, Michele, Priya. Prep needed — review Prompt Lab plan.
Tue 3/18 GSE All-Staff Meeting 10:00 AM IT spotlight + new Sr. Assoc. Dean Olivia Crawford
Tue 3/18 CAP Check-in with Jonathan 6:00 PM Personal
Thu 3/19 AOPA Know.Learn.Fly. webinar 9:00 AM Aviation — optional
Thu 3/19 Josh 1:1 10:00 AM First 1:1 after Michigan
Thu 3/19 SofIA design team 12:30 PM Moraima, Cathy, Joe, Josh, Sergio, Micaela
Thu 3/19 CRAFT Team Meeting 2:00 PM Christine Bywater. Check craft-general Slack beforehand.
Thu 3/19 LAUSD Foundation 3:00 PM Isabelle, Josh, Sadie Jefferson, Larry Corio, Dominic Caguioa. PREP NEEDED.

Prep Needed This Week

  • LAUSD Foundation (Thu 3/19) — Research LAUSD Foundation, understand what Flash Lab offering would look like for them. Create prep file.
  • Health Coach Bot (Tue 3/18) — Review Prompt Lab plan, check action items from Mar 3 meeting.
  • CRAFT (Thu 3/19) — Check craft-general Slack channel morning-of.

Session Notes

End of Day Summary

  • Completed:
    • Read Josh’s “special sauce” article + wrote comprehensive strategic analysis (prep/2026-03-19-flash-lab-special-sauce.md) — six differentiators, positioning vs. vibecoding, strategic moves
    • LAUSD Foundation prep file created (prep/2026-03-19-lausd-foundation.md) — full web research on all 3 external attendees + LAUSD AI context
    • Weekly review completed — digest for week of Mar 15 created
    • qmd semantic search engine installed and configured as MCP server
  • Not completed (carry forward):
    • Submit Axess timecard (due Sun 3/15) — do tomorrow
    • Reschedule dentist (Tiffany) — call Monday
    • CRM survey questions, tag analysis plan, Flash Lab inventory, ISTE registration
  • Decisions: None requiring logging
  • Notes for Monday: No work meetings Mon 3/16 (Josh in Michigan). Tuesday is the first active day — SAL All-Hands 10am, AS:DE 11am. Export AI Comic Studio data before Wed 2pm meeting with Cathy.

Weekly Review (2:00 PM)

  • Created digest for week of Mar 15: digests/week-of-2026-03-15.md
  • Thursday Mar 19 is the critical day — 4 back-to-back meetings (Josh 1:1, SofIA, CRAFT, LAUSD Foundation)
  • Josh in Michigan Mon-Wed — use the space for deep work + LAUSD prep
  • New meeting spotted: AI Comic Studio Log Data (Wed 2pm) with Cathy + Marisol Liu — need to export Feb data before then
  • CRAFT Slack channel check failed (different workspace) — check morning-of Thu
  • Key prep priorities for next week: LAUSD Foundation research, Health Coach Bot status review, AI Comic Studio data export, tag analysis plan
  • LAUSD Foundation prep file created (prep/2026-03-19-lausd-foundation.md) with full web research on all 3 external attendees:
    • Dr. Sadie Jefferson — LAUSD Ed Foundation Executive Director. PhD. Former UChicago Education Lab + CPS Deputy Chief of Staff. Raising $100M in 5 years. Innovation Fund explicitly covers AI.
    • Larry Corio — ASU Learning Transformation Studios. Former IDEO/Teachers Guild. Active LAUSD partnership. He’s the connector/broker.
    • Dominic Caguioa — LAUSD Director of Ed Tech & Innovation. Leads ITI, iDREAM Mobile Lab. ISTE award winner. Code.org TTT facilitator. He’s the district’s ed-tech decision-maker.
    • Critical context: LAUSD’s “Ed” AI chatbot disaster ($6.2M, founder charged with fraud, superintendent on leave). Flash Lab is the exact opposite — teacher empowerment, not vendor dependency.

Generated: 2026-03-13 (Friday morning)

Source: daily/2026-03-13.md