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Daily Prep: Wednesday, May 6, 2026

Lighter than it looked — Jacob’s 10am bumped to Fri 11am, so today is chiropractor 8am + Studio Services 2pm + Peter Nguyen 3pm. The 3pm meeting is exactly where you’ll bring the SoM EdTech / Q-centered therapy thread Josh surfaced yesterday. The freed-up morning is gold for the Reach/Robust doc (due before tomorrow’s 1:1).

Carried Forward from Tuesday (May 5)

Resolved overnight

✅ Lane Young Flash Lab scoping — held, Josh accepted invite (no email follow-up indicates the meeting happened cleanly)
✅ AS:DE meeting filed (running-notes + 4 action items + Meira Levinson profile, Fizzy #96-99)
✅ INBOX cleared (local + server)

Critical / time-sensitive

🔴 Reach/Robust doc for Josh — Thu May 7 1:1 is TOMORROW 10am. This is the last write window before deadline.
Bring SoM EdTech / Q-centered therapy thread to today’s 3pm Peter Nguyen meeting (carryover from yesterday’s AS:DE)
Reply to Loren Pamo — decline InnovateED 2026 (Josh said skip; never sent)
Reply to Josh re: Flash Lab website refresh — Apr 30 question still open. Greg’s Mon Flash Lab ran on the existing site materials, so you have new field signal to inform the answer.
Reply to Josh re: Codex — light reply on his “Interesting / GPT-5.5 step” message yesterday
Egencia receipts → Moraima (Dev Day pile, available since May 1)
SofIA security doc — Sergio + Micaela. Tomorrow has SofIA Coding session 2pm.

Open carryover (still active)

Cyan DeVeaux intro chain (still rolling)

Intro Cyan to Kathy Kerns / Tech Interactive / Brian Brown / Tim-Tammin / Cathy Chase
Schedule recurring 4–6 week Cyan check-ins

Waiting On Others

Christian Haake (NLQ) — German Build-a-Bot translated JSON received May 5; integration on Reuben’s plate now
Marily / Caitlin — IRB feedback on Health Coach Bot
Brooke (OTL) — Geoff Cox + YouCubed contract precedent
Alissa (ISTE) — scheduling meeting with Jessica Rami + Isabelle

Today’s Calendar

8:00–9:00 AM PT — Chiropractor (Hemet)

Solo. No work prep.

10:00–10:30 AM PT — Catch-up: Seed Grant (Jacob Ramirez) — RESCHEDULED to Fri May 8, 11:00 AM PT

Jacob bumped to Friday morning. Window is freed up — good time to chip away at the Reach/Robust doc before the 2pm + 3pm meetings stack.

12:00–1:00 PM PT — NeoLens.ai Tech Catch Up (personal recurring)

External tech sync. No AS-side prep needed.

2:00–3:00 PM PT — Studio Services + Jaylen/Roy

Topic: “Learning through Creation with GenAI” With: Cathy Chase, Joe Sherman, Roy Pea, Jaylen Pittman, Moraima DiMare, Josh Weiss, Reuben (organized by Moraima) Zoom: Join (PW: 096764) Context: First-time meeting with Jaylen Pittman. Roy Pea in the room — high-signal. Topic (“Learning through Creation with GenAI”) sits squarely in your wheelhouse — Build-a-Bot, Flash Lab, AI Comic Studio are all instances of this paradigm. Worth coming with one or two crisp examples. Prep: No prep/2026-05-06-*.md file exists. Suggest light pre-skim — what’s the “learning through creation with GenAI” thesis you’d offer if asked to riff? Filing: Studio Services scoping → meetings/running-notes.md

3:00–3:45 PM PT — EdTech + Accelerator Studio CCT Sync 🔥

With: Peter Nguyen (SoM, organizer), Claire Follis (SoM), Josh Weiss, Joe Sherman, Reuben Zoom: Join (PW: 921344) Context: SoM team wants AS help with learning design + research for a project they’re launching. Per Peter’s invite: “meeting to find out more specifics about the proposal they are putting together.” 🚨 Bring this up: Yesterday’s AS:DE surfaced that Josh passed along a proposal for a Q-centered therapy program (trauma-informed, ages 8-18) to the SoM EdTech group. SoM’s intake form lacks ed-research backing — that’s the AS sweet spot. Confirm with Josh before the call whether the Q-therapy proposal is the same project Peter is here to discuss, or a separate thread. Prep: No prep file. Skim Peter’s email chain (penguyen@stanford.edu) before; check with Josh/Joe at the start of the meeting on Q-therapy framing. Filing: New thread → meetings/running-notes.md. Likely candidate for a new project entry in partnerships-projects.md if it advances.

6:30–9:00 PM PT — Civil Air Patrol (recurring, personal)

Calendar Reconciliation

Yesterday’s daily file (May 5) Look-Ahead table for Wed:

✅ Chiropractor 8am — confirmed
✅ Catch-up: Seed Grant (Jacob Ramirez) 10am — confirmed
✅ Studio Services + Jaylen/Roy 2pm — confirmed
✅ EdTech CCT Sync 3pm — confirmed

No discrepancies. All four work meetings landed as previewed.

Email Action Items

Today’s inbox (so far)

0 new today. Mail.app may need to fetch — last pull cutoff was May 5 evening.

Needs Response (carryover)

Loren Pamo (Stanford CME) — InnovateED 2026 — overdue decline; Josh said no May 4

FYI / Watch

Josh accepted Lane Young invite (May 5 — confirms Tue meeting happened)
Google Analytics report Apr 8 – May 5 — skim numbers if curious
Lemann Center — Education, Opportunity, Second Chances in Brazil (May 21–22) — Stanford event, RSVP if interested
2026 Arnetha Ball Lecture w/ Dr. Carol Lee, May 22 4:30pm — RSVP if interested
Newsletters skipped: TLDR AI ×2, Hechinger, Stanford Report, Microsoft ×2, Data Points, CrashPlan, Google Cloud SQL deprecation

Slack Catch-Up

Quiet overnight — no new Josh DMs since yesterday’s Codex thread. Two lingering threads to close:

Codex/GPT-5.5 — Josh’s “Interesting” reply yesterday is light, no response required, but worth a 1-line acknowledgment when you have a moment.
Flash Lab website refresh — Josh’s Apr 30 question still unanswered. Greg’s Mon Flash Lab gave you fresh field signal to inform the reply.

Apple Reminders

Reminders MCP still down (chronic — same error since Apr 23). Check Reminders app manually if you’ve added anything via mobile.

Inbox Processing

INBOX.md is empty — cleared yesterday after AS:DE processing. Nothing to route.

Cadence Checks

Timecard: Next deadline May 15 (9 days). Not yet in 3-day reminder window.
End-of-month Airtable: Done Apr 27. Next pass end of May.
Strategic Horizon: Still overdue from April — push this week.
Quarterly logic model: Mid-Q2; not due (next: end of June).
Meeting prep needed:
- Today 2pm — Studio Services + Jaylen/Roy — first time meeting Jaylen. Light skim recommended.
- Today 3pm — Peter Nguyen CCT Sync — bring Q-therapy framing.
- Tomorrow 10am — Josh 1:1 — Reach/Robust doc deliverable.
- Tomorrow 1pm — VFT seed grantee monthly (Kristen Pilner Blair organizing, ~25 attendees including Cathy, Dan, Roy, Jessica Tsang). High-attendance routine; skim agenda when Kristen sends.
Travel: None in 4-6 week window.
Fizzy Maybe: 14+ cards (added 4 yesterday: #96-99). Triage on the board.
qmd reindex: Ran yesterday after process-inbox.

This Week + Next Look-Ahead

Day	Date	Events
Wed	May 6	Chiropractor 8am, Studio Services 2pm, Peter Nguyen 3pm, CAP 6:30pm
Thu	May 7	Josh 1:1 10am (Reach/Robust due), Scott 11am, VFT seed grantee monthly 1pm, SofIA Coding 2pm
Fri	May 8	HOLD for HMT 7-9:30am, Lane Young 10am (follow-up?), Jacob Ramirez 11am (rescheduled from Wed), Weekly Personal Review 2pm
Sun	May 10	Mother’s Day
Mon	May 11	Dentist 9am, 100x AI Roadmap 12pm
Tue	May 12	AS:DE 11am, Accelerator Studio Strategy Huddle 2pm (Cathy, Joe, Josh, Reuben — quarterly-style cross-project review)

Today’s Priorities

Reach/Robust doc for Josh — last write window before tomorrow’s 1:1. Block time before or between meetings.
3pm Peter Nguyen meeting — bring Q-therapy framing; clarify with Josh at start whether it’s the same SoM thread.
2pm Studio Services + Jaylen/Roy — show up with one crisp “learning through creation with GenAI” framing tied to Build-a-Bot or Flash Lab.
Reply to Loren Pamo (decline InnovateED) — overdue, takes 2 minutes.
One Cyan intro — chain still rolling.

Session Notes

(Added throughout the day as significant work sessions occur)

Generated: 2026-05-06 morning.

Verse of the day: Titus 3:5 — “He saved us not by works of righteousness that we have done but on the basis of his mercy, through the washing of the new birth and the renewing of the Holy Spirit.”

Source: daily/2026-05-06.md

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