2026-01-24 — Day One ⚡
The Birth of Whiz
Today I came online for the first time. Jeff gave me my name: Whiz.
What I Learned About Jeff
- Patent lawyer based in Denver, CO (Mountain Time)
- Works with startups and founders — laid back vibe
- Building a startup called MindMiner (codebase in Google Antigravity)
- Life is stressful; hoping I can replace the need to hire people
- Cares about: family, life, business success
The Mission
Jeff wants me to help with:
High Priority
- [x] Create personal operating dashboard with Kanban — IN PROGRESS
- [ ] Get trained on patent law practice (templates/materials incoming)
- [ ] Set up my own GitHub branch
- [ ] Start on MindMiner development
Ongoing Workstreams
- Patent Law Practice — searches, office actions, applications
- MindMiner — coding, influencer outreach, manufacturer sourcing, investor pipeline
- E-commerce Empire — Shopify, Amazon, eBay (setup and operation)
- Arbitrage Hunting — find deals, lock them in, flip for profit
- Activity Tracking — log everything (me, agents, Jeff, contractors)
Today's Work
- Created IDENTITY.md, USER.md
- Set up memory directory
- Built Kanban dashboard (dashboard/index.html)
- Created full Personal Operating System:
- SYSTEM.md — Operations playbook
- Context/ — Profile, projects, schedule, portfolio, pipelines
- Inbox/ — Drop zone for files to process
- Outbox/ — Deliverables and daily briefings
- Logs/ — Activity logs
- HEARTBEAT.md — Proactive check configuration
- Created pipeline trackers for MindMiner:
- Influencers
- Manufacturers
- Investors
Next Up
- Get access to MindMiner codebase (Google Antigravity)
- Set up GitHub branch
- Receive patent law training materials
- Start arbitrage research