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Daily Prep: Friday, April 10, 2026

Three meetings back-to-back this afternoon. Morning is open for catch-up and email backlog.

Carried Forward from Yesterday

Incomplete Action Items

  • Reply to Monica Chen on Slack — Rachel Wolf’s grant proposal context
  • Reply to Slack re: workshop promotion ideas (Josh wants to boost signups for next Thursday)
  • Reply to Leon Furze — confirm reschedule (quick)
  • Forward Egencia receipts to Moraima — flight + hotel PDFs (overdue)
  • Reply to Anthony Pollina — review his AI lesson plan
  • Weigh in on Efface/Privacy Office thread — contract/vendor question
  • Draft CRM survey questions — Josh waiting
  • 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 (no reply since Mar 16)
  • Create Flash Lab inventory document (basic vs deluxe)
  • Download CRISPRkit TestFlight (code: NGEHQB)
  • Check with GSE IT about loaner Android devices / Chromebooks
  • Research Android apps on Chromebooks for CRISPRkit

Open Questions/Blockers

  • Marily/Caitlin: IRB feedback on Health Coach Bot
  • Brooke (OTL): Geoff Cox + YouCubed contract precedent
  • ISTE: Alissa scheduling meeting with Jessica Rami + Isabelle — watch for invite

Today’s Calendar

1:00 PM — Tinker Time Planning for META (90 min)

With: Christine Bywater Location: Zoom (pw: 963140) Context: Christine is Associate Director of CSET / Digital Pedagogy. She’s spearheading PLEX (Professional Learning EXtension). Previously discussed how Build-a-Bot could fit into her 5-session series. She’s been doing PD through spring and just returned from Germany. This is META planning for Tinker Time programming. Prep: Think about what Accelerator Studio could bring to Tinker Time for the next cycle.

2:00 PM — Weekly Personal Review (60 min)

Context: Recurring weekly review block. Consider running /weekly-review during this time. Good chance to triage action items and prep for next week.

3:00 PM — Josh<>Reuben 1:1 (45 min)

With: Josh Weiss Location: Zoom (pw: 588228) Context: Q2 opener. Debrief quarterly planning. Rescheduled from Thursday. Topics to raise:

  • Q2 priorities and goal check-in
  • CRM survey questions (still in draft)
  • Workshop promotion for next Thursday
  • ISTE registration status
  • Crystal Springs in-person next Tuesday

Slack Catch-Up

No DMs or @mentions needing response. Unreads are all channel noise (pet pics in #cop-remote-workers, lost-and-found in #general, IT requests in #gsesupport, article shares in #genai-learn-news-resources and #cop-ai).

Still pending from yesterday:

  • Monica Chen — waiting for context on Rachel Wolf’s aquaponics grant proposal
  • Workshop promotion — ideas for boosting signups (currently ~25 people for next Thursday)

Email Action Items

No new actionable emails today. Only newsletters.

Reminders

Personal (Claude list)

  • Ask Chris at Ascendant Aviation re: tax questions
  • Buy echinacea herb for cold
  • Read: OpenAI Prompt Caching 201 cookbook (overdue since Feb 26)
  • Read: arxiv.org/abs/2512.05470 (personal laptop)
  • Go through Google DeepMind skills collection

Claude-ToDo (mobile capture)

  • Look into Google Workspace CLI for exec assistant system
  • Figure out personal exec assistant setup (separate from work laptop, SU-18)
  • Ask for 4/2 and 4/3 off for Micah’s bday (past — complete or remove)
  • Consider SQLite for exec assistant (x.com link saved)
  • Check Amazon Business subscription — make sure not paying

From Inbox Processing

Inbox empty — nothing to process.

Cadence Checks

  • TIMECARD: Due by April 15 (Wednesday). Submit via Axess before then.
  • GSE ALL-STAFF MEETING (Wed Apr 15, 10am): GPS performance cycle + Sequoia HR system preview. Worth attending.
  • STUDIO SERVICES (Wed Apr 15, 2pm): Meeting with Scott Doorley, Leticia Britos Cavagnaro, Cathy Chase, Moraima, Josh, Joe.
  • SofIA MEETING (Thu Apr 17, 10:30am): Sergio Arango + Josh. Tech & AI questions. Consider running /meeting-prep before then.
  • WEEKLY REVIEW TODAY (2pm): Consider running /weekly-review during this block.
  • qmd INDEX: Was 27 days stale — re-indexing now in background.

Next Week Preview

Day Date Key Events
Sat-Mon Apr 11-13 (open)
Mon Apr 13 HOLD 100x (12pm)
Tue Apr 14 AS:DE Meeting 11am, CAP evening
Wed Apr 15 Chiropractor 8am, GSE All-Staff 10am, Studio Services 2pm
Thu Apr 16 Josh 1:1 10am, “Shaping the Narrative” workshop 1pm
Fri Apr 17 sofIA meeting 10:30am, Weekly Review 2pm

Today’s Priorities

Friday — afternoon is stacked. Use the morning to clear Slack debt and prep for Josh 1:1.

  1. Reply to Monica Chen on Slack — Rachel’s aquaponics grant context (quick)
  2. Reply to workshop promotion thread — Slack channels and email lists to boost signups
  3. Tinker Time Planning (1pm) — Christine Bywater, META planning
  4. Weekly Review (2pm) — triage action items, prep for next week
  5. Josh 1:1 (3pm) — Q2 debrief, CRM survey, workshop promo, ISTE
  6. Forward Egencia receipts to Moraima — still overdue, just do it
  7. Submit timecard — due by Wednesday Apr 15

Session Notes

(Added throughout the day as significant work sessions occur)

Generated: 2026-04-10 8:07 AM PDT (Friday)

Source: daily/2026-04-10.md