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Daily Prep: Monday, April 27, 2026

Last quiet day before SF. Calendar is intentionally clear after AS:DE so you can knock out timecard + monthly Airtable + ISTE 150-word draft before Tue 6am wheels-up. End-of-month + DL.AI start tomorrow — there is no second chance.

Carried Forward from Friday (Apr 24)

Closed loops

  • ✅ Jessica Tsang COI on AI+CT grant (cleared Apr 24)
  • ✅ Rachel Wolf VFT viewer ask (delivered, resolved)

Critical / time-boxed (must land this week)

  • Submit timecard via Axess — submitted Apr 27 (3 days early).
  • Run /monthly-airtable — completed Apr 27 (3 new: CRISPRkit, SofIA, Dancing through Time; 6 already existed; 9 April entries total).
  • Draft 150-word ISTE session description — run by Josh, then send to Nadia Selim.
  • Register for ISTE through Moraima ($385 presenter, AS ops code) — by May 1.
  • Send Belinda Yeung email re: React Native options for CRISPRkit — sent 8:38am.
  • GPS “robust” free-write (5 min walking + 20 min pen-and-paper) — for Thu Josh 1:1.
  • Bring “Reach” framing to Thu 1:1 — Josh’s assignment (Apr 23).

Cyan DeVeaux intro chain (from Apr 23 meeting)

  • Intro Cyan to Kathy Kerns (Stanford lead librarian) — participant recruitment
  • Find/share Tech Interactive (San Jose) contact card with Cyan
  • Connect Cyan with Brian Brown + HCI devs re: Unity captioning
  • Connect Cyan with Tim/Tammin (Joyful Learning)
  • Connect Cyan with Cathy Chase for study-design sounding board
  • Schedule recurring 4–6 week Cyan check-ins (Cyan, Josh, Joe, Reuben)

Other carryover (still open)

  • Confirm/send Moraima Egencia receipts — draft updated 2026-04-27, ready to attach + send
  • Reply to Anthony Pollina — review his AI lesson plan
  • Weigh in on Efface/Privacy Office thread
  • Draft CRM survey questions — Josh still waiting (since Mar 5)
  • Follow up with Vanessa Monterosa (NewSchools) re: Flash Lab partnership
  • Cat Nostrand follow-up (no reply since Mar 16)
  • Create Flash Lab inventory document (basic vs deluxe)
  • SofIA auth flow / schema / conversation memory design (carries into Thu meeting)
  • SofIA Prompt Lab advisory
  • Draft 3-year Accelerator anniversary emails (Josh, Kristen, Cathy, Isabelle)
  • Lane Young / Alexander Dawson trio meeting — waiting for Christine to schedule
  • Audit mybook.fyi Airtable — cross-reference emails with Wen
  • Add Quoted Impact entries to Airtable (sofIA, Dan/Josh Q2, Shaping the Narrative)

Open Questions/Blockers

  • Marily/Caitlin: IRB feedback on Health Coach Bot
  • Brooke (OTL): Geoff Cox + YouCubed contract precedent
  • ISTE: Josh + Reuben to align on 150-word session description before sending to Nadia
  • Josh: confirm grantee attribution on the anonymous “consultation from Cathy/Josh/Reuben” Quoted Impact line (Apr 21 DM dump)

Today’s Calendar

10:30–11:15 AM PT — AS:DE Meeting / End-of-Month Wrap-up

With: Josh Weiss, Joe Sherman Zoom: Join Context: Weekly AS:DE — but this is also the end-of-month review per the standard format (what did we do, trends, stories, what should we change). Bring:

  • April Quoted Impact candidates (sofIA, Dan/Josh Q2, Shaping the Narrative)
  • ISTE 150-word draft for Josh’s eyes
  • “Reach” + “robust” heads-up before Thu 1:1
  • Quick scan of projects/partnerships-projects.md for stories worth elevating to Airtable

12:00–12:30 PM PT — 100x AI Roadmap Update

With: Marion Shields (organizer, 100xforum.org), Lloyd Reeb, Pete Chambers Zoom: Meeting ID 621 242 6881, Passcode 498977 (Join) Context: Bi-weekly 100x Forum AI Roadmap recurring. “Stay on top of enhancements/adjustments to the AI Roadmap; align on who is doing what.” Comes right out of AS:DE — you’ll have ~45 min between the EOM debrief and this. Pull last 100x notes if any are filed.

1:00–2:00 PM PT — Reuben ↔ Trevor DELETED

Stale recurring. Reuben deleted today’s instance and all future Trevor meetings (2026-04-27).

4:00–7:00 PM PT — DeepLearning.AI Dev Day Early Check-in (optional)

Location: Pier 48, Shed A, SF — but you don’t fly in until 6am Tue. Skip unless plans changed.

Travel hold (all-day): Hotel “The Mosser” (SF)

Apr 28 check-in / Apr 29 check-out. Reservation placeholder begins today; flight is tomorrow 6am.

Email Action Items

Needs Response

  • Christian Haake (NLQ) — “Re: Übersetze Build-a-Bot ins Deutsche” (Apr 27, 1:15am PT). German translation of Build-a-Bot inquiry. Worth a reply this week — could be a multiplier (German-speaking K-12 partners). Triage: respond before SF or batch with post-trip catch-up Thu.

FYI / Watch

  • Stanford Venture Studio — “SUG Info Session tomorrow 4/28” — AI in Teaching and Learning seed grant info session. You’re cleared to apply (Jessica Tsang’s COI clearance Apr 24). Skip the live session; you’ll be at AI Dev 26.
  • Stanford Report — “Social scientists embrace the AI moment” — newsletter, skip.
  • Hechinger — “Same essays, different AI feedback” — newsletter, skim if time.
  • TLDR AI — Google/Anthropic $40B deal, AI run store, Claude Agent Memory — newsletter, skim if time.

Today’s inbox load

5 emails since midnight. Light morning — only 1 actionable (Christian).

Slack Catch-Up

Nothing new since Friday’s prep

Nothing surfaced from Josh, Joe, Isabelle, or other key collaborators since Apr 25. Carryover items from Fri (Rachel Wolf ✅, Josh CRISPRkit thread ✅, Josh’s grantee dump still anonymous on the “Cathy/Josh/Reuben” line) remain.

Volume note

12 channels with unreads — mostly community-of-practice chatter (#cop-remote-workers pet thread, #cop-ai, #stanford-genai-events, #edai, #general, #random). No DMs or @mentions needing action.

Reminders

Claude-ToDo (work, mobile capture)

All items are research/explore links — none time-sensitive:

  • Google Workspace CLI (incorporate into exec assistant)
  • Personal-life exec assistant context-sharing approach (GitHub repo idea)
  • SQLite for executive assistant program
  • Verify no Amazon Business charges
  • NASA people post (research)

No new work items to convert into action items today.

Claude (personal)

  • ✅ Anniversary lodging booked — Reuben booked an Airbnb for Christyl’s 24th (Jun 8). Lake Gregory reminder closed. (Broader “plan something special” reminder still open if you want to layer in a dinner/day-off plan.)
  • Read: OpenAI Prompt Caching 201 (overdue Feb 26 — defer or close)
  • Echinacea (errand)
  • Other research/reading items (no due dates)

From Inbox Processing

INBOX.md is empty — nothing to route.

Cadence Checks

  • TIMECARD: ✅ Submitted Apr 27 (3 days early).
  • END OF MONTH: ✅ /monthly-airtable run Apr 27 (9 April entries).
  • DeepLearning.AI Dev Day: Tomorrow. Bring laptop + ID + Eventbrite ticket. Hotel: The Mosser (54 4th St, SF). Flight: ONT→SFO 6:00am Tue (United 2363, conf G829FF).
  • Josh 1:1 Thu Apr 30, 10am: Come with “reach” framing + completed “robust” free-write.
  • SofIA Tech iteration Thu Apr 30, 2pm (Sergio + Micaela).
  • ISTE registration deadline: May 1 (4 days). Through Moraima, $385 presenter rate, AS ops code.
  • Anniversary planning: Christyl’s 24th is Jun 8 — ✅ Airbnb booked. Lodging sorted.
  • Fizzy: check Maybe column for triage when convenient.

Today’s Priorities

  1. Submit timecard ✅ Done.
  2. Run /monthly-airtable ✅ Done (9 April entries).
  3. Draft ISTE 150-word session description — into AS:DE if 10:30 slot includes EOM, otherwise async to Josh.
  4. Send Belinda Yeung email (CRISPRkit React Native) — done 8:38am.
  5. Cyan intro #1 — pick one of {Kathy Kerns, Brian Brown, Cathy Chase} and send today.
  6. GPS “robust” free-write — pen-and-paper, 25 min, before SF.
  7. Pack for SF — laptop, ID, Eventbrite ticket, charger, layers (SF in late April = chilly).

Session Notes

(Added throughout the day as significant work sessions occur)

Morning (~7:30 AM PT)

  • Daily prep generated. Weekly digest for week-of-2026-04-26 created and pushed (covers Mon–Sat). Carryover surfaces are heavy but well-scoped — most items are 5–15 min sends, just need protected time before tomorrow’s 6am flight.

AS:DE End-of-Month Wrap-up (10:30 AM)

  • Filed full notes at meetings/running-notes.md (Apr 27 entry) and decision at decisions.md.
  • Key decision: Strategic Huddle gets a new first bullet under Big Picture Reflection — “Calibrate Capacity” with three driving questions (level stayed consistent? high↔low touch shifts? upcoming changes?). Next Strategic Huddle scheduled for May 12, 2026, 2:00–3:30 PM with Cathy. Josh sends the invite.
  • Pattern surfaced: vibe-coded MVPs (SofIA-style) as a recurring seed-grant support need — candidate for a more formalized AS offering. Bring back at the Strategic Huddle.
  • Quoted Impact added: Cyan’s “outside the project / sounding board” quote → reference/quoted-impact.md.
  • Greg’s solo Flash Lab confirmed rescheduled from Apr 17 → May (now likely May 4, overlapping Crystal Springs — see if combinable).

Monthly Airtable + tEquity logging

  • 9 April records on AC:DE Macro Manager Layer (3 created today: CRISPRkit, SofIA, Dancing through Time).
  • 2 records on Project Support Tracking (SofIA Apr 17 tech consult; CRISPRkit Apr 27 React Native research + Belinda email).
  • 4 seed-grantee CHECK-IN emails (Apr 13 batch) all confirmed already logged in Learning Through Creation + Joyful Learning tables.

Belinda email sent (8:38 AM)

  • React Native + Android testing options laid out: emulator path, Firebase Device Streaming, BrowserStack, renewed Samsung A16 vs Pixel 10a.

Generated: 2026-04-27 ~7:30 AM PT (Monday)

Source: daily/2026-04-27.md