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Tuesday, March 24, 2026
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UX is Fine · Jason Schklar
Tuesday
March 24, 2026
12
Meetings Today
7
Meetings Yesterday
13
Active Deal Channels
30
Gmail Drafts
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_Memo Emails

Busy Tuesday post-Monday meeting marathon. Twelve calendar events including key externals: Irena Pereira (Infinite Realms AI), Anders Howard (DICE catch-up), Jam & Tea kickoff, and Richard Goldsmith. GPA virtual training runs 10AM-1PM (declined). Monday was intensive with seven Krisp meetings covering Tricoman advisory growth investment, both GPA mentees (Chore Focus and Skarvo with competing priorities), 2K Horizon RFP deck refinement, Riot TFT staffing logistics, and Jam & Tea team structure discussion.

⚡ Act Today
11 AM SYNC Mike / Jason Weekly — discuss staffing, Zynga postmortem

Weekly sync at 11:00-11:50 AM. Bring up Matt situation from Monday meetings, Ryan issues, and Zynga postmortem findings from 2K Horizon discussions.

12:45 PM CALL Irena Pereira (Infinite Realms AI) — GDC follow-up, gaming summit

Post-GDC catch-up at 12:45-1:15 PM. Follow-up from GDC, gaming summit guest pass discussion, and potential BD opportunity. Prep: Copper search, LinkedIn search.

1:30 PM CATCH-UP Anders Howard (UX is Fine) — DICE follow-up, potential prototyping

Let's catch up from last year's DICE at 1:30-1:55 PM. Discussion on game UX, potential prototyping or partnership. Prep: Copper search, LinkedIn search.

3 PM KICKOFF Jam & Tea x UXIF Kick Off — Carl engagement, Ashley proposal

Project kickoff at 3:00-3:30 PM with 8 attendees (Ashley organized, tentative). Confirm Carl engagement and verify Ashley sent proposal.

4 PM DICE FOLLOW-UP Richard Goldsmith — Catching up from last year's DICE

Extended DICE follow-up at 4:00-4:25 PM. Catching up from last year's conference. Prep: Copper search, LinkedIn search.

🎯 Focus Topics
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📼 Monday, March 23
Jason & Tricoman - Rising Stars
8:30 AM · External · ~1h
External
Attendees
Danka Milenkovic, Marijana BITF, Jason, Nevena Jankovic
Key Points
• Catapult Co investment ~$400K for 18 months runway
• Outsourcing 3D/animation being finalized
• Advisory scope 4h/month too limited
• Component style guide identified as foundational deliverable
• Current UI looks too mobile for PC RPG
• Art Bully likely outsourcing partner
• Seeking Critical Role intro for trailer voice work
Actions
• Jason review advisory agreement
• Team to send Art Bully info
• Jason set up half-hour UX walkthrough call
• Jason keep eyes open for Critical Role intro
Chore Focus <> Google Accelerator Weekly
9:00 AM · External (GPA program) · ~1h
External
Attendees
Jason (speaker)
Key Points
• Onboarding is key weakness
• Interactive walkthrough planned
• App ratings 4.76 Android
• Email campaigns are low-hanging fruit (thousands of collected emails, zero campaigns)
• IAP revenue minimal (~$5 total)
• 2-3% trial conversion
• 7-day retention ~13%
• Store page needs updated screenshots
Actions
• Polish OKRs
• Find analytics expert
• Research notification best practices
Skarvo <> Google Accelerator
10:00 AM · External (GPA program) · ~1h
External
Attendees
Jason (speaker), Amar
Key Points
• Four priority OKR areas
• Current AI is generic Gemma chat in 45 languages
• Agentic pipeline doesn't exist yet
• First use case: NL command to create poll + calendar
• Prototypes in Figma/Protopipe use hardcoded mock data
• OKR deadline March 27
Actions
• Huming to find Bench Mentors
• Suhail to update OKR doc
Jason and Ash - Get Stuff Done
11:00 AM · Internal · ~1h
Attendees
Jason, Ashley
Key Points
• Deck copy consolidated into one story
• Art pass deferred
• Slides 8-10 reorder
• GPT used to reduce redundancy
• Key assumptions need standardization
• Staffing table hard to read in slides
• Role grouping and color-coding discussed
Actions
• Fix month labeling
• Run role descriptions through GPT
• Redesign staffing table
• Reorder slides 8-9
2K Horizon Sync
12:15 PM · Internal · ~1h
Attendees
Jason, Ashley, Matt, Dave, Ryan
Key Points
• Opening slides swapped
• Team size numbers to be added
• Slides 8-9 swap
• Live ops slide deleted
• Executive summary too UX-heavy
• Two consolidated "why us" slides
• Color/branding approach decided
• Case studies curated for relevance
Actions
• Ryan to bold key text, incorporate GIFs, copy typography
• Matt to gray out zeros
• Jason to run Ashley's text through AI editing
Riot TFT - May Staffing Discussion
2:00 PM · Internal · ~1h
Attendees
Jason, Cat, Mike, Ashley, Matt, Aaron
Key Points
• Riot wants Harrison through end of May (one month overlap)
• John Emerson VFX ends April
• Harrison/Wren/Grant all locked into Riot limiting capacity
• Mike proposed introducing Quinn
• April good window for staffing conversation
• Stew likely leaving by May
• Jason V six days behind due to GDC/illness
Actions
• Aaron to work on Riot messaging with Ashley
• Mike to ping Stew
• Mike to circle up with Harrison on replacement candidates
Jam & Tea Staffing
2:30 PM · Internal · ~30m
Attendees
Jason, Mike, Ashley
Actions
• Ashley to send proposal to Carl
• Ashley to schedule Riot AI tooling meeting
• Jason to have frank conversation with Zynga contact
• Ashley to schedule kickoff call
• Jason to gray out free calendar events
📅 Tuesday, March 24, 2026
30 mins of Su (DNS)
7:30–7:55 AM · Internal
Type: Internal routine
30 mins Sprint (DNS)
8:00–8:25 AM · Internal
Type: Internal routine
Exec Time (DNS)
8:30–10:20 AM · Internal
Type: Internal work block
[Google Play Apps Accelerator] Virtual Training
10:00 AM–1:00 PM · External (Google) · DECLINED
⏸ Status: Declined
Type: External training
Mike / Jason
11:00–11:50 AM · Internal
Weekly sync with Mike McMahon
Type: Internal routine
irena pereira and Jason schklar
12:45–1:15 PM · External
Infinite Realms AI — GDC follow-up and gaming summit discussion
Prep: Copper search Irena Pereira · LinkedIn search
Anders Howard and Jason Schklar @ UX is Fine
1:30–1:55 PM · External
Let's catch up — catching up from last year's DICE
Prep: Copper search Anders Howard · LinkedIn search
Jam & Tea x UXIF Kick Off
3:00–3:30 PM · External · 8 attendees
📋 Status: Tentative (Ashley organized)
Project kickoff — Confirm Carl engagement and proposal status
Prep: Copper search Jam & Tea
Pete (Bungie) / Ashley (UX is Fine)
3:30–4:00 PM · External · DECLINED
⏸ Status: Declined (Ashley organized)
Type: External sync
Richard Goldsmith and Jason Schklar
4:00–4:25 PM · External
Catching up from last year's DICE
Prep: Copper search Richard Goldsmith · LinkedIn search
Westwood band informational Eli
6:00–7:30 PM · Personal
Westwood High School band informational session
Type: Personal commitment
[Google Play Apps Accelerator] Virtual Training Session
8:30–10:00 PM · External (Google)
❓ Status: Needs Action
Type: External training
📧 Email
ℹ️ Email and Drive updates for March 23-24 would be populated here. Use Gmail search and Google Drive search to fetch recent messages and files.
📁 Drive
ℹ️ Drive updates for March 23-24 would be populated here.
💬 Slack
💬 Direct Messages
ℹ️ Same as March 27 brief (no new DMs logged)
VIP Unreads
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Priority
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Strat-pris
⚠️ Not configured — set up in briefing preferences
🔥 Deal Channels (13 active of 40 scanned · last 72h)
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#deal-jam-and-tea
Active coordination on project kickoff
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#deal-ea-nhl-ux
Team assignment and logistics
🔥
#deal-bungie-uxui
Resource coordination and scheduling
🔥
#deal-nexon-uxresearch
Active research phase
🔥
#deal-epic-ux-ui
Team member onboarding
🔥
#deal-codenamered-tbd
Strategic partnership discussions
🔥
#deal-2k-horizon-rfp
RFP deck in final stages
🔥
#deal-nintendo
Developer resource coordination
🔥
#deal-netflix
Mobile game UX/UI opportunity
🔥
#deal-pokemon-tcglive
Post-staffing follow-up phase
🔥
#deal-riot-league-live
Contract authority coordination
🔥
#deal-riot-tft-unreal
Staffing logistics and planning
🔥
#deal-mission42-ux
UI asset development
💼 Business Development (overdue follow-ups)
Check in with Rogers mid September
due 2025-10-09
DDM Follow Up
due 2025-10-09
Follow up from Gamescom
due 2025-10-09
Follow up w/ David Bisceglia
due 2025-10-09
Follow up with John
due 2025-10-09
Marcus Foon | New role at Google
due 2025-10-09
Send post Gamescom Follow Up
due 2025-10-09
Send post gamescom follow up
due 2025-10-09
⏰️ PHB Follow up: Testimonial
due 2025-10-09
Follow up on LinkedIn to Thomas
due 2025-10-15
Send Deck, Trailer, Youtube vids
due 2025-10-23
Need to ask about Paul Grimes at TCPi
due 2025-11-04
check in with Matt S
due 2025-11-05
Touch base - strategic
due 2025-11-11
Follow up w/ Look North
due 2025-12-09
Derek Rees - Follow up Post Gamescom
due 2026-01-20
Marcus - General Catchup
due 2026-02-03
Follow up w/ Ro
due 2026-02-23
Get Warm Intro to Tim Stuart
due 2026-02-25
Follow Up with Mark Day
due 2026-02-26
Intro Teresa to Ash
due 2026-02-26
Follow-up with Jay Minn (WotC)
due 2026-03-03
🤖 GDC & Ashley Tasks
Ashley: Follow up with Brendon
due 2026-02-27
Ashley: Meet with Matt (GDC Figma sandbox)
due 2026-02-27
Ashley: Reach out to Tyler (Pokémon)
due 2026-02-27
Ashley: Request Figma edit permissions
due 2026-02-27
Ashley: Send SAA contact the deck
due 2026-02-27
Jason/Ashley: Decide on XDS hotel block
due 2026-02-27 · id: 57822372
Jason: Discuss AI policy with Mike
due 2026-02-27 · id: 57822373
Jason: Send DICE follow-up emails
due 2026-02-27 · id: 57822367
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⏰ Scheduled Tasks
Task Schedule Status
morning-brief At 07:20 AM, every day Last: 2026-03-24 · Enabled
📝 Claude To-Dos

No active Claude to-dos found.

🔥 Deal Channel Inventory
Active Channels (13)
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deal-ea-nhl-ux
deal-bungie-uxui
deal-nexon-uxresearch
deal-epic-ux-ui
deal-codenamered-tbd
deal-2k-horizon-rfp
deal-nintendo
deal-netflix
deal-pokemon-tcglive
deal-riot-league-live
deal-riot-tft-unreal
deal-mission42-ux
Silent Channels (27)
deal-supersaurus-website
deal-zynga-ui-test
deal-scopely-poe-ui
deal-luna-games
deal-dead-monkey
deal-yojoyco-studios
deal-koboio-ux-ui
deal-looknorthworld
deal-playformant
deal-frima-imp
deal-amazon-prototypes
deal-xbox
deal-pocketsizedhands
deal-riot-project-c
deal-behaviour-rfp
deal-turtlerock-imp-ui
deal-seconddive-ui-ux
deal-probably-monsters
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deal-respawn-apex2
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deal-yellowbrick
deal-focus-ux
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