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Wednesday, March 18, 2026
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UX is Fine · Jason Schklar
Wednesday
March 18, 2026
Generated Wed Mar 18, 2026 · 8:00 AM

Wednesday, March 18 — Big Picture

Two contracts need your signature today: a Riot SOW #5 Docusign arrived last night, and Cat pinged in Slack asking you to sign the Zynga contract. Yesterday was extremely productive — the Scopely/Project Poe qualification call advanced well (follow-up creative deep-dive to be scheduled), the 2K RFP email was sent by Ryan at ~8pm, and the Studio Ops call surfaced several financial action items that Cat is working on. A brand-new inbound lead came overnight from Garrett Martini at Supersaurus, referred by Jen from Dragon Snacks. Most time-sensitive: Jason must give Jam & Tea a yes/no decision by end of this week.

🔥 Act Today
SIGN NOW Riot — SOW No. 5 Docusign Waiting

Tony Yoeung sent a Docusign for "UX is Fine (RGI) - SOW No. 5" yesterday at 4:21 PM. This is urgent — open the email and complete the signature to keep the Riot engagement moving.

SIGN NOW Zynga Contract — Cat Asking for Signature

Cat posted in #deal-zynga-ui-test yesterday: "would u please go ahead and sign the zynga contract? tyvm!" — check your email or Docusign for the Zynga contract and sign it today.

DECIDE TODAY Jam & Tea — Yes/No Decision Due End of Week

Yesterday's Jam & Tea meeting confirmed a $20K two-month engagement (UX audit, interactive Figma, Godot implementation, playtesting) with milestones on April 17 and May 15. You committed to getting back to Carl by end of week. Take the project details into the staffing meeting to pitch the team and determine availability.

BEFORE THURSDAY Matt Conversation — Before Thursday Sharing Session

From the Mike/Jason meeting: you need to have a formal conversation with Matt about full-time employment expectations, IP ownership of the Figma-to-Unreal tool, and the trust incident (deleting AI files, Ryan undermining instructions). Draft the wording and run it by Cat for HR review. Mike cannot post the Thursday sharing session until this happens.

NEW LEAD Supersaurus Inbound — Referred by Jen (Dragon Snacks)

Garrett Martini at Supersaurus submitted a contact form saying their team needs a website and possibly more. Referred by Jen from Dragon Snacks. Warm inbound — respond today to qualify.

PENDING Tax Docs — Outstanding Items at PriceKubecka

PriceKubecka PLLC sent a reminder this morning: outstanding source documents still needed for your 2025 Gather request. Also, you have 5 state returns (CA, ME, NJ, MD, MN) that need to be signed and mailed with postage. From the Studio Ops meeting yesterday.

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📅 Wednesday, March 18, 2026

⚠️ Calendar data unavailable — Krisp calendar tool timed out. Per your Copper daily digest, you have 15 meetings today. Key highlights from Copper: 7:30–7:55 AM 30 mins Sprint (DNS) · 8:00–8:25 AM and more throughout the day.

7:30 AM · ~25 min
30 mins Sprint (DNS)
Daily morning sprint standup. Internal team sync.
Prep Internal standup
Morning · Multiple blocks
Cat / Jason — Bid Template Reconciliation
Action item from yesterday's Studio Ops meeting: reconcile the two competing bid template spreadsheets and determine which to use going forward. Cat is sending you the bid template link.

15 meetings total today per Copper. Open your Google Calendar or Krisp for the full schedule. Open Calendar →

📧 Email
URGENT: UX is Fine (RGI) — SOW No. 5 Docusign
Tony Yoeung via Docusign · Tue Mar 17, 4:21 PM
SIGN
Riot's Tony Yoeung sent SOW No. 5 for signature via Docusign. Contract 28671 — requires your action to keep the engagement moving.
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2K: Potential RFP — Creative Vision for Horizon Sent
Ryan Wolper → Alex Moran (2K) · Tue Mar 17, 8:23 PM
SENT
Ryan sent the 2K RFP submission last night. "Predatory Concierge" motif — how the UI can observe, adapt, and respond to the player. Cc'd Cat, Ashley, Sarah, Matt, BizDev. Now waiting for response from 2K.
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New Lead — Supersaurus (via Jen @ Dragon Snacks)
Squarespace Contact Form · Tue Mar 17, 9:55 PM
LEAD
Garrett Martini (gmartini@supersaurus.com) submitted a contact form: "Jen from Dragon Snacks recommended you guys and my team is in need of a Website and maybe more." Warm referral — qualify and respond today.
Rippling — 2 Overdue UX is Fine Tasks
Rippling · Wed Mar 18, 12:44 PM
OVERDUE
You have 2 overdue tasks: (1) Harassment Prevention: US Supervisor (due 8/31/25) and (2) UXIF AI Safety Course (due 2/12/26). Complete these in Rippling when you get a chance.
PriceKubecka — Outstanding Tax Documents
PriceKubecka PLLC · Wed Mar 18, 8:03 AM
ACTION NEEDED
Outstanding source documents needed for your 2025 Gather request. Upload to SafeSend Returns to unblock filing. Also sign and mail the 5 state returns from yesterday's meeting.
📁 Drive
📋 Google Play Apps — Squad Kickoff Meeting: Diagnostics + Intro
Modified today · Last modified by Yigit Findik (Google)
💬 Slack
💬 Direct Messages
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Dave Inscore — 2K RFP Process Concerns
DM with Dave · Tue Mar 17, multiple messages
Dave was wrestling with whether to jump into the RFP Slack channel directly or let Ryan handle it: "do I try to jump in the channel? or text ryan? Or...?" / "OR... do we step back and leave it to Ryan?" / "giving it a last go..." — followed by a link to the channel. Final message: "responded in the thread vs a fresh email." Suggests Dave stepped in and responded.
⭐ VIP Unreads / 🔥 Priority / 🎯 Strat-pris
⚠️ Not configured. Edit Claude/Reference/morning-brief/slack-channels.json to add channel IDs for VIP Unreads, Priority, and Strat-pris.
🔥 Deal Channels (5 active of 20 scanned · last 72h)
#deal-zynga-ui-test
Cat Chapman Smith · Mon Mar 16
ACTION
"@Jason Schklar would u please go ahead and sign the zynga contract? tyvm!" — sign the Zynga contract today.
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#deal-2k-uiux-imp-rfp
Cat, Ryan, Dave · Mon-Tue Mar 16-17
SENT
Discussion about timing — Cat flagged a schedule update, team debated whether to ask 2K if they still want Tuesday materials or wait for an in-person reveal. Ryan confirmed "our ideal is in person." The RFP submission email went out Tuesday evening.
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#deal-scopely-ui
Ashley, Jason · Tue Mar 17, 3:00 PM
ACTIVE
Ashley pre-meeting: "they just sent this brief" / "I feel like they just want numbers... feels like we are hitting a wall." Post-meeting: Jason noted value of having Jerome do a live Figma demo in the next meeting ("YASSS QUEEN").
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#deal-yojoyco-studios-poglings
Ashley Conley · Tue Mar 17, 7:17 AM
PIPELINE
Ashley scheduled time with Ryan and Matt to review materials and determine what to ask before creating a bid. Deal moving through qualification.
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#deal-creative-assembly-ui-ux-imp
Ashley Conley · Tue Mar 17, 7:46 AM
COLD
"Update from CA — sounds like they don't want to work with us just yet. I will follow up with Jon Kay to see if I can get any insights."
✅ Copper Tasks
31 open · all overdue
💼 Work
Jason/Ashley: Decide on XDS hotel block — book 3 rooms, set refund deadline, release 3rd if not needed
due Feb 27
Jason: Discuss AI policy with Mike regarding use of Krisp transcripts in external AI tools
due Feb 27
Jason: Send DICE follow-up emails — prioritize Brendon and Tyler first
due Feb 27
Follow-up with Jay Minn (WotC) — GDC prep / vendor relationship
due Mar 3
Follow Up with Mark Day
due Feb 26
Intro Teresa to Ash
due Feb 26
Intro Venessa to Ash
due Feb 20
Follow up w/ Ro
due Feb 23
Get Warm Intro to Tim Stuart
due Feb 25
Marcus — General Catchup
due Feb 3
Derek Rees — Follow up Post Gamescom
due Jan 20
Follow up w/ Look North
due Dec 9
Touch base — strategic
due Nov 11
Check in with Matt S in the fall
due Nov 5
Need to ask around about Paul Grimes at TCPi
due Nov 4
Send Deck, Trailer, Youtube vids
due Oct 23
Follow up on Linkedin Message to Thomas
due Oct 15
⏰️ Howdy — PHB Follow up: Testimonial for internal Hasbro project?
due Oct 9
Follow up from Gamescom
due Oct 9
Send post Gamescom Follow Up
due Oct 9
Send post gamescom follow up
due Oct 9
Follow up w/ David Bisceglia
due Oct 9
Follow up with John and schedule a chat
due Oct 9
DDM Follow Up
due Oct 9
Check in with Rogers mid September
due Oct 9
Marcus Foon | New role at Google.
due Oct 9
🤝 Ashley Assigned
Ashley: Follow up with Brendon to push for an Amazon face-time meeting at GDC
due Feb 27
Ashley: Meet with Matt to create GDC Figma sandbox and add staffing ramp model visual
due Feb 27
Ashley: Reach out to Tyler (Pokémon) today to lock in a pre-GDC meeting before conference chaos
due Feb 27
Ashley: Request Figma edit permissions from Dave or Matt via Figma comment
due Feb 27
Ashley: Send SAA contact (ex-Sega) the UXIF services deck + a relevant case study link
due Feb 27

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⏰ Scheduled Tasks
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morning-brief Mon–Fri at 8:00 AM Today 8:00 AM ✓ Active
✅ Claude To-Dos
🤖 Claude Improvements
Edit text & save back to Copper/Doc — ability to edit AI-generated summaries and push changes back to Copper CRM notes or Google Docs
Participant error-checking — Krisp sometimes mis-transcribes names; reconcile attendees against Calendar + Email + Copper, flag uncertain matches
Quick Krisp jump link — from any meeting card, one-click to open that Krisp conversation
Add missing Slack sections — VIP Unreads, Priority, and Strat-pris need real channel IDs added to slack-channels.json
Lookback period selector — calendar widget for custom date ranges (beyond 1D/7D/30D)

Source: Claude/TASKS.md

📋 Deal Channel Pipeline — 20 channels scanned · 5 active (last 72h)

🟢 Active (5 channels)

ChannelLast ActivitySummary
#deal-zynga-ui-test Mar 16 Cat asking Jason to sign the Zynga contract — action needed today
#deal-2k-uiux-imp-rfp Mar 16 RFP submission sent Mar 17 evening; team debated in-person vs. Tuesday reveal; now waiting for 2K response
#deal-scopely-ui Mar 17 Qualification call completed; Ashley/Jason discussed next step: creative deep-dive with Jerome in live Figma
#deal-yojoyco-studios-poglings Mar 17 Ashley scheduled Ryan + Matt review to assess materials before bidding
#deal-creative-assembly-ui-ux-imp Mar 17 CA update: "don't want to work with us just yet" — Ashley following up with Jon Kay for insights
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