Ian Anderson Gray

@imikerussell @NikoOmilana @Adobe @thegregpreece Great to meet you, @thegregpreece - enjoyed our chat! Looking forward to getting stuck into your YouTube channel. And, thanks for reminding me how long it had been since posting my last YouTube video! 😂 I need to get on with the switch!

@NikoOmilana Nice to catch up with creator friends of mine at @Adobe Creator Live London @iagdotme @thegregpreece

I am at Adobe Creator Live in London today. Watch this thread for updates 🧵

@imikerussell @NikoOmilana @Adobe @thegregpreece So good to see you again, @imikerussell. So enjoyed our chats as always. We need to be more organised and work out when we are both going to the same event!

@boagworld It's created a place where I really don't enjoy being much anymore. The people I care about or enjoyed sharing on social have left mostly, and am left with a fragmented, divided and pretty negative place. I've been so much happier without it. But I feel I miss the connection.

@boagworld I think this was happening well before the AI surge. Arguably the issue is still AI & it contributes to us posting less. But the big issue before that was the introduction of algorithmic feeds which created echo chambers, division, and sensationalist content.

I worry a lot that AI is undermining the culture of sharing we used to have. We used to help each other learn and grow. Communities like Stack Overflow were the destination of choice when we struggled. But now we turn to AI instead. The problem is that AI makes consuming incredibly efficient. You can learn more, save more, collect more prompts than ever before. And because it feels productive, you do not notice that you have stopped contributing anything back. Months go by. You have read a thousand threads. You have not posted once. The thing about being a spectator is that nobody knows you exist. You can be brilliant at your job, but if you never show up in conversations, you are invisible to everyone outside your immediate team. If you have fallen into that trap, a simple goal for 2026: be slightly more of a participant. Comment on one post a day. Share one small lesson from the week. Help someone avoid a mistake you already paid for. This week's newsletter is about low-pressure ways to contribute, especially if the idea of self-promotion makes you want to hide under the desk. Link: boagworld.com/emails/contrib… #AI #UXLeadership #CareerDevelopment

@openrouter @base Are you referring to the chat version? Where are the servers located for this? How about the API? I assume that prompts still are sent to DeepSeek's servers in China if we use the DeepSeek API on OpenRouter?

Reminder for DeepSeek users: Your prompts won't be sent to DeepSeek's servers in China, unless you explicitly enable it in settings. All messages in the Chatroom are also private, and only stored in your local browser. You can even pay privately using crypto (incl. @base )

@boagworld @marcodzo That being said, most of the people I want to follow don't post on here anymore. But there's not one place anymore. Social media is fragmented or on life support. It saddens me.

@marcodzo Really? This just feels like solid ads to me.

There are too many social platforms these days. Do I really need to be posting to all of them. 😮‍💨 what is your preferred platform? The one you read most?

@boagworld @marcodzo Yes, you were one of the first people I followed on Twitter back in the year Twitter launched. The reason you get loads of ads is because you don't pay for the pro account.

@airtransat Thanks. So as soon as we get on the flight I assume we can sleep until breakfast? We aren't going to be served a main meal at 1am?!

@iagdotme Hi, Ian! I can't confirm the time of service, but it will be breakfast. Also, check-in opens 24 hours before departure. We look forward to welcoming you on board! ✈️/Andréanne

@airtransat what is the earliest time we can check in for TS206 from Toronto to Manchester this Wednesday? Can we check in, for example before 7pm?

@airtransat could you tell me when we are likely to be served meals on the 11:50pm flight from Toronto to Manchester? Will we receive a main meal earlier on or just a breakfast?

@airtransat Thanks. I've shared more details in the form.

@iagdotme Hi Ian, thank you for sharing your comments with us. We are sorry to hear that your experience with us did not meet your expectations. Do not hesitate to fill out this form in order to share more details about your flight with us: airtransat.com/en-CA/forms/Po…. Have a great day. 💙

@airtransat my 1st experience with you yesterday. The stewards on the flight were really great- kind and friendly. Unfortunately the seats were shockingly uncomfortable on our transatlantic flight from Manchester to Toronto, my food was awful and check-in stressful.

@ThreeUKSupport Well we are on the plane right now and about to take off so we can't do that. I assume she can upgrade on the app in Canada over wi-fi? She's really not technical and in her 80s so I want to try and sort this out for her. If you can offer any assistance that would be brilliant.

@iagdotme If she would like to benefit from using the phone while in Canada, it would be best to upgrade it before travelling if possible. The team should be able to assist in getting that done on the link provided. We'll also be able to clarify anything relating to roaming as well -Pete

@ThreeUKSupport my mother-in-law is with Three and is traveling to Canada. She's had her contract for years and likely before October 2021. How does roaming work for her in Canada? How much will she be charged and can she buy a pass? We are at the airport now.

@ThreeUKSupport We have access to her account through the Three app on her phone. But not sure how to see where the Account details are. Would we have to upgrade her account when we arrive on Canada. It's very confusing.

@iagdotme Hi, Ian. If the contract is older that October 2021, it won't have Go Roam in Canada. Using the service there with an older plan would be expensive and isn't recommended. It's best to find out which plan is active first, you can do that on chat here: bit.ly/2PmAIzQ -Pete

Does anyone still read blogs? After a hiatus of a few years, I'm ready to go back to reading more blogs and actually doing more blogging myself. I know some people say that blogging is dead. But I think we are seeing a resurgence. And I'm so fed up with endless short videos.

@_thecopywriter - Reduce notifications and interruptions on your phone. - Avoid the news as much as possible while staying as well informed as required - Get into nature and the country - Connect and spend time with people in real life - Listen to music live at a concert

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@melkettle That must have been amazing. And the opportunity to perform at the RAH will last forever.

@iagdotme Love this! the daughter of one of my good friends performed at RAH when I was there back in 2015. It was such a pleasure and privilege to be there. She is here somewhere!

So proud of my daughter. Last weekend she sang at the Royal Albert Hall in London at her first BBC Proms with the Hallé Youth Choir in this beautiful piece by James MacMillan, and the TV cameras got a really great shot live on TV!

@JuliaBramble Glad things are a little better. And counting down the days until you go away can keep you going.

@iagdotme Glad to hear that! Glad it’s the school hols - can’t wait till we go away too. Currently good days and not-so-good days and very easy to get overwhelmed but more with it than I was a couple of months ago.

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@CHADD_ADHD I'm going to be booking soon. I'm from the UK and this will be my first ADHD conference. Any recommendations on how to connect with people before I go?

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