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Daily Prep: Thursday, April 30, 2026

Home from Dev Day. Big work day: Josh 1:1 at 10 (robust + reach), SofIA Tech at 2 (Joe is OOO — auto-replied this morning). ISTE 150-word converged with Josh on Slack last night — just needs to ship to Nadia. Several things shipped from the airplane/airport: Camryn parsing reply, SofIA design doc.

Carried Forward from Yesterday (Apr 29)

Closed since Wed (verified in Sent + Slack)

  • ✅ Strategic Huddle invite accepted (Apr 27 18:25 UTC)
  • ✅ Camryn “Re: Parsing the data” sent (Apr 30 04:32 UTC — from the flight/airport)
  • ✅ SofIA design doc / pre-read email sent to Sergio + Micaela + Guillermina + Gabriel (Apr 30 04:47 UTC)
  • ✅ ISTE 150-word revised — converged with Josh on Slack last night. Final draft is in Slack at 17:26 + 04:35. Send to Nadia today.
  • ✅ Lane Young / Alexander Dawson — replied Apr 29 17:56 (intro continuation)
  • ✅ Strategic Huddle assignments noted (SofIA→Joe, CRISPRkit→Reuben)

Critical / time-boxed (must land this week)

  • Send revised ISTE 150-word to Nadia Selim nselim@iste.org — final converged version is in your Slack DM with Josh. Just paste, send.
  • Bring “robust” free-write + “reach” framing to 10am Josh 1:1 — prep file at prep/2026-04-30-josh-1on1.md. Josh expects pen-and-paper free-write done.
  • ISTE registration via Moraima — de-prioritized per yesterday’s Josh 1:1 prep: no early bird discount for presenters, May 1 is not a real deadline. Confirm with Josh today.
  • GPS “robust” free-write (5 min walking + 20 min pen-and-paper) — if not done yet, do it before 10am.

Cyan DeVeaux intro chain (still all open — defer to next week)

  • Intro Cyan to Kathy Kerns (Stanford lead librarian)
  • 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
  • Schedule recurring 4–6 week Cyan check-ins

Other carryover (still open)

  • Reply to Loren Pamo — InnovateED 2026 speaker invitation (May 22 abstract deadline; quick reply, end of week)
  • Reply to Christian Haake (NLQ) — German Build-a-Bot translation
  • 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). Either commit to a date with Josh today or de-scope.
  • Follow up with Vanessa Monterosa (NewSchools) re: Flash Lab partnership
  • Cat Nostrand follow-up
  • Create Flash Lab inventory document (basic vs deluxe)
  • 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
  • Headcount JD/timeline (raise with Josh today if there’s room)

Calendar Reconciliation

Yesterday’s prep called out Josh 1:1 (10am) and SofIA Tech (2pm) for today. Both on the calendar. Two new items today’s calendar pulled in that yesterday’s look-ahead didn’t anticipate:

  • 3:00 PM PT — Scott (Stanford “Calendar”) ↔ 3:05 PM PT — Sage Stage (Personal/Gmail) with Scott Arnold (scottj.arnold@gmail.com). Same meeting, dual-calendared. Google Meet meet.google.com/twm-zhcf-diq.
  • 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM PT — “Airplane to KSEE” (Stanford “Calendar”). Verify — this overlaps Josh 1:1, SofIA Tech, and Scott. Likely a stray/auto-imported event (yesterday you flew SFO→ONT, not anything KSEE-related). If real, you have a major conflict. Most likely: delete or check origin before 10am.

Today’s Calendar

8:00 AM – 6:00 PM PT — “Airplane to KSEE” ⚠️

Stanford calendar. Spans the entire workday. Almost certainly a stray event — check origin and delete if not real. Conflicts with everything below.

10:00 AM – 10:45 AM PT — Josh ↔ Reuben 1:1

Stanford calendar. Zoom: stanford.zoom.us/j/94194351840 (pwd: 588228). Bring:

  • “Robust” pen-and-paper free-write (Josh’s homework — no computer)
  • “Reach” framing
  • Quick mention of vibe-coded MVP support flag (so it’s not a surprise at Strategic Huddle May 12)
  • CRM survey — commit a date or de-scope
  • Headcount JD/timeline question (if room) Prep doc: prep/2026-04-30-josh-1on1.md — already written.

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM PT — SofIA Tech iteration

Stanford calendar. Zoom: stanford.zoom.us/j/4179969517. Attendees: Sergio Andres Arango, Micaela Bonilla, Reuben. Pre-read: Design doc shipped last night; Joe Sherman auto-replied OOO this morning — flag in meeting that Joe (now SofIA primary per Strategic Huddle) is out, and you’re holding the relationship. Note: action items from Sergio/Micaela should route through Joe when he’s back.

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM PT — Scott (Stanford) ↔ Sage Stage (Gmail)

Combined entry. Same meeting, dual-calendared with Scott Arnold. Google Meet: meet.google.com/twm-zhcf-diq.

Email Action Items

Needs Response

  • Nadia Selim (ISTE) — send the final 150-word session description (converged with Josh on Slack last night). Top priority post-1:1.
  • Loren Pamo (Stanford CME) — InnovateED 2026 — abstract deadline May 22. Quick “yes I’m interested, will send abstract” reply this week.
  • Christian Haake (NLQ) — German Build-a-Bot translation (carryover; this week)

FYI / Watch

  • Joe Sherman auto-reply — Joe is OOO. Affects SofIA handoff.
  • Joshua Weiss “Re: Next steps” — read; ISTE thread converged on Slack.
  • Newsletters — TLDR AI, Hechinger, DeepLearning Data Points, Stanford Report — skip.

Today’s inbox load

~12 new since yesterday morning. Most actionable item is sending the ISTE description to Nadia (which is technically a new email, not a reply).

Slack Catch-Up

Last 7 days

  • Josh DM — yesterday/last night. Converged on ISTE 150-word draft. Final version in DM. Nothing else outstanding.
  • No urgent @mentions or DMs from Joe/Isabelle/Christine/Cathy needing action.
  • Donut bot coffee match (Joseph Nathan Wibowo) still pending — low priority.

Reminders

Claude-ToDo (work, mobile capture)

  • All research/explore links — none time-sensitive.

Claude (personal)

  • Echinacea (errand) — when home
  • Read items (no due dates) — defer to personal laptop

Cadence Checks

  • TIMECARD: ✅ Submitted Apr 27.
  • END OF MONTH: ✅ /monthly-airtable run Apr 27.
  • Strategic Huddle accept: ✅ Apr 27.
  • Strategic Horizon update — last week of month. Consider pushing a quick update to /horizon on the dashboard.
  • InnovateED 2026 abstract: May 22 deadline if responding to Loren — comfortable runway.
  • Fizzy Maybe: ~14 cards parked (Cyan intro chain mirrors). Triage when convenient.
  • Airplane to KSEE event: ⚠️ verify before 10am.

Today’s Priorities

  1. 10am Josh 1:1 — robust + reach. Send ISTE description to Nadia immediately after.
  2. 2pm SofIA Tech — hold the relationship while Joe is OOO; route follow-ups to him when he’s back.
  3. Loren Pamo / Christian Haake replies — quick wins between meetings.
  4. CRM survey — commit a date with Josh today; this has been hanging since Mar 5.
  5. Verify “Airplane to KSEE” — if stray, delete; if real, you have a real conflict to sort.

Session Notes

(Added throughout the day as significant work sessions occur)

Generated: 2026-04-30 morning, from home post-Dev-Day.

Source: daily/2026-04-30.md