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Daily Prep: Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Carried Forward from Yesterday

Completed Yesterday (Monday — Stanford Trip Day)

  • Tinkery Flash Lab with Gregory (10am) — York Scholars session delivered
  • Lake Forest afternoon events — d.School workshop + Dan Schwartz keynote
  • Confirmed Flash Lab logistics with Gregory via Slack

Incomplete Action Items

  • Push Airtable stories — Josh reviewed, ready to finalize and upload. DEADLINE: before 11am AS:DE/end-of-month meeting today.
  • Respond to Josh’s Slack about expanding Lake Forest Flash Lab (Isabelle’s suggestion) — may have been resolved in person yesterday. Confirm.
  • Finalize Flash Lab slides — boost cards with flashlab.live URLs, QR codes, problem statement handout
  • Draft CRM survey questions — Josh waiting
  • Write tag analysis plan — 3-month rollout
  • Register for ISTE Live 2026
  • Follow up with Vanessa Monterosa re: Flash Lab partnership
  • Send Rachel AI + learning-by-creating tool recommendations
  • Respond to Isabelle re: DCI Celebration June 5
  • Cat Nostrand follow-up — “how did NCCE go?” (no reply since Mar 16)
  • Create Flash Lab inventory document (basic vs deluxe)
  • Let Crystal Springs team know you’re not coming Apr 15

Open Questions/Blockers

  • Did the Lake Forest Flash Lab format get resolved? Josh + Isabelle suggested expanding from Activation Stage to full session. Today’s 3:30pm session may already reflect this.

Today’s Calendar

10:15 AM — Video Blur Discussion (30 min)

With: Wilson Wang (organizer), Rebecca Deutscher Location: Raikes 122 Context: Discussing Reuben’s video blur Efface tool. Covering feedback from Rebecca and what support the GSE Dean’s Office can provide. Wilson is Assistant Director of Data Science & Cloud Architecture at GSE — good friend, VFT collaborator. Prep needed: Be ready to demo/discuss Efface capabilities and what support you’d want.

11:00 AM — AS:DE Meeting (45 min) [END-OF-MONTH]

With: Josh Weiss, Joe Sherman Location: Zoom (stanford.zoom.us/j/92599859829) Context: Weekly team meeting + end-of-month meeting. Q1 closes today. Format: (1) What did we do? (2) Trends? (3) Stories? (4) Changes? Prep needed:

  • Airtable stories MUST be pushed before this meeting — 9 updates + 1 new (AI Comic Studio) + Chinese Room → On hold
  • Come ready with: Tinkery Flash Lab recap, Lake Forest visit so far, Q1 assessment
  • Review flashlab.live launch, ISTE progress, Health Coach Bot status

12:00 PM — Build-A-Behavior-Bot [In-person] (1 hour)

With: Marily Oppezzo, Michele Patel, Priya Talreja Location: Stanford GSE (485 Lasuen Mall) Context: Health Coach Bot meeting. Marily emailed Caitlin (med school compliance) about PHI guardrails and Firebase data storage for medical school projects. Key questions on the table:

  • Best practices for flagging/guardrails protecting PHI-sharing
  • Firebase approved on campus — is med school different?
  • Next steps for behavior change chatbot with MOVD participants Note: Conflicts with GSE Data Working Group (12-1pm ANKO 033) — Health Coach Bot takes priority.

3:30 PM — Lake Forest Visit: AI Literacy Workshops (1 hour)

With: Isabelle Hau (organizer), Christine Bywater, Josh Weiss Location: ANKO 011 Context: AI Literacy session with Lake Forest group. Isabelle suggested expanding to full Flash Lab format. This is Day 2 of the Lake Forest visit — you attended their d.School workshop and Dan Schwartz keynote yesterday. Prep needed: Confirm format with Josh/Christine — full Flash Lab or Activation Stage?

4:45 PM — Reuben <> Christine (1 hour)

With: Christine Bywater Context: Debrief from Lake Forest visit. Christine is Associate Director of CSET, manages CRAFT initiative. Good time to discuss how Build-a-Bot fits into her 5-session series and PLEX initiative.

6:30 PM — Civil Air Patrol (recurring)

Location: Hemet — You’re in Palo Alto. Skip this week.

Open work windows: Before 10:15am (push Airtable stories + timecard), 1-3:30pm (post Health Coach Bot, pre Lake Forest)

Email Action Items

Needs Response

  • Sergio Arango (Mar 27): “Follow-up Discussion on AI and Technology Aspects of SofIA” — Wants to schedule Zoom with Josh + Reuben, week of Apr 6-10. Their usual time is Fridays 10:30am PT with Ceibal partners. Reply with availability. (Note: Apr 2-3 you’re on PTO, so Apr 6+ works.)

Needs Action

  • Maren Pfirrmann / CRISPRkit (Mar 24): Cathy Chase asked Moraima to schedule 2 follow-up meetings — one on research design, one on app design. Maren wants to include Matthew Lau and Belinda Yeung. Moraima is handling scheduling, but stay aware.

FYI

  • Marily Oppezzo (Mar 24): Emailed Caitlin (med school) about PHI guardrails and Firebase for Health Coach Bot. You’re cc’d. This feeds directly into today’s 12pm meeting.
  • Priya Talreja (Mar 24): Calendar invite for today’s Build-A-Behavior-Bot meeting.
  • Christine Bywater (Mar 24): Crystal Springs Uplands closing session — but Crystal Springs Apr 15 was cancelled. May be moot.
  • Teaching Commons Conference (Apr 10, 9am-3pm, Paul Brest Hall): “Courageous Curiosity” — optional, you’ll be back from PTO.
  • Dan Schwartz (Mar 25): RE: Photosphere Creator — read, conversation with Kristen Pilner Blair.

Newsletters (skipped)

TLDR AI (x3), Stanford Report (x3), Flint, Hechinger Report (x3), ASU+GSV (x2), DeepLearning.AI, Heroku, SSIR (x2), Airtable, Stanford BeWell, CrashPlan, Microsoft (x2), Zapier, Egencia (x2)

Slack Catch-Up (Past 7 Days)

Needs Response

  • Unknown colleague (Mar 26, DM): “Not sure if you saw my previous messages, but I was hoping you might have some templates to share for workshop registration and a simple slide deck for a panel discussion event.” — Check who this is and respond.
  • Josh Weiss (yesterday, group DM with Christine): Flash Lab expansion idea for Lake Forest — confirm whether this was resolved in person.

FYI

  • Donut pairing with Matt Wood — new coffee chat match.
  • Ryan Wiseman / Tom: AC issue in ANKO 011 resolved yesterday.
  • Gregory Wilson (Mar 26): ClaudeStanford Buildathon at Tinkery — Saturday, April 11 at 10am. Cool opportunity.
  • #cop-ai: LiteLLM compromised (versions 1.82.7 and 1.82.8) — change API keys if affected. Also: free Stanford AI tools now available (Gemini, NotebookLM, Copilot Chat).
  • #gse-data: GSE Data Working Group meets today 12-1pm (ANKO 033) — conflicts with Health Coach Bot. Skip.
  • #stanford-genai-events: Teaching with AI Community Share-outs — Apr 15, May 11, May 15.

Reminders

Overdue

  • Pick premium seat on SJC→ONT flight (SW 3166, conf CKVSDS) — 48-hour window opened last night at 7:50pm. Do this NOW if not done.

Upcoming

  • Dentist (Tiffany) — May 11 at 9am
  • Godwin trip planning — talk to Christyl about timing
  • Ask Chris at Ascendant Aviation re: tax questions
  • Buy echinacea herb for cold

From Inbox Processing

INBOX.md empty — nothing to process.

Cadence Checks

  • TIMECARD: March 31 is the last day of the month — submit timecard TODAY via Axess.
  • AIRTABLE: Stories must be pushed before 11am AS:DE meeting. This is the end-of-month meeting.
  • Q1 CLOSES TODAY. Final quarterly assessment. Come to AS:DE with your Q1 recap.
  • STRATEGIC HORIZON: Monthly update due. Check /horizon on the dashboard.
  • LOGIC MODEL: Quarterly review due (March = end of Q1). Good time during upcoming Josh 1:1 (Apr 9).
  • qmd re-index: Will run in background if stale.

This Week’s Key Dates

Day Date Key Events
Mon Mar 30 Flight 6:25am, Tinkery Flash Lab 10am, Lake Forest afternoon (DONE)
Tue Mar 31 Efface 10:15am, AS:DE/End-of-month 11am, Health Coach Bot 12pm, Lake Forest 3:30pm, Christine debrief 4:45pm
Wed Apr 1 Lake Forest 9-10am, Victor Lee workshop 10am, fly home 7:50pm
Thu Apr 2 PTO — Camping (Micah’s birthday Apr 5)
Fri Apr 3 PTO — Knotts Berry Farm

Today’s Priorities

Tuesday — Full day on Stanford campus. Five meetings. End-of-month + Q1 close. Last work day before PTO.

  1. BEFORE 10:15am: Push Airtable stories + submit timecard. Both are hard deadlines — Airtable before end-of-month meeting, timecard before month ends.
  2. Pick premium seat on return flight (SW 3166) if not done last night.
  3. AS:DE / End-of-month meeting (11am): Come ready with Q1 recap, Flash Lab launch, Lake Forest update, trends, stories.
  4. Health Coach Bot meeting (12pm): PHI guardrails, Firebase/med school data storage, next steps with Marily’s team.
  5. Lake Forest AI Literacy session (3:30pm): Deliver workshop — confirm format (full Flash Lab vs Activation Stage) with Josh/Christine beforehand.
  6. Christine debrief (4:45pm): Recap Lake Forest visit, discuss Build-a-Bot in CSET 5-session series.
  7. 1-3:30pm open window: Reply to Sergio Arango, respond to Slack template request, catch up on carryover items.

Session Notes

(Added throughout the day as significant work sessions occur)

Generated: 2026-03-31 (Tuesday morning — Stanford campus, Day 2)

Source: daily/2026-03-31.md