# March 2026 — Weddings, AI Festivals and Crimson Desert By Ian Adams **Date Posted:** 31/03/2026 Tags: #Newsletter --- ## What's been going on March was a busy one. A lot happening on the work side with big Spotify and reMarkable deliverables landing at the same time, while personally the wedding planning has well and truly kicked off. Attended two wedding shows, gave formal notice of marriage, and somehow still found time to sink hours into a new game. Classic. --- ## Work & Industry - **AI Festival 2026 — The Human Side of AI Adoption** — Attended a session mid-month on how agencies are actually integrating AI into day-to-day workflows. The framing around adoption being a people problem more than a tech problem rang true. Most teams have the tools, not everyone has the habits. - **Wispr Flow** — Started using this voice-to-text tool properly on a WFH day when I wasn't feeling 100%. Turned out to be one of my most productive writing days in a while. If you do a lot of email or note-taking, worth a try — it gets out of your own way fast. --- ## Tech & Gadgets - **Colorize Image Tool** — Found [pinetools.com/colorize-image](https://pinetools.com/colorize-image) while working on some creative assets. Simple but genuinely useful if you need to add colour to black and white images quickly. - **Wispr Flow** — Mentioned above in work context but worth flagging here too as a personal productivity tool. Voice-first note taking is underrated. --- ## What I've been into **Reading:** Catching up on industry reads — lots of AI in media content this month. **Watching:** [[Formula 1 - Drive to Survive (2019–)]] with Sabi. Also a Discord movie night watching [[A Quiet Place (2018)]] — still holds up. **Playing:** [[Crimson Desert (2026)]] — picked this up late March and it's impressive. **Listening to:** - Inside out by [[John Splithoff]] - [here](https://open.spotify.com/track/5pNt1TpDm6VVaKWwYeATC7?si=91dd2afc7cbd4e88) - Questions by [[Maeta]] - [here](https://open.spotify.com/track/2rGAASBrTG770g8wx5NJOV?si=6952f487a3c14043) - Sunbleach by [[Christian Kuria]] -[here](https://open.spotify.com/track/4UtohmDx8QsttYBMHmgFOQ?si=ccb18e43c1524a1f) - Get Away by [[Bulé]] - [here](https://open.spotify.com/track/3Y9HIikAoosPfkpMZQcYuY?si=725998eb148f4ee5) - Pop by [[Harry Styles]] - [here](https://open.spotify.com/track/028i7HBfp8uE5epmx5ieMA?si=da44169f12614e61) --- ## Places & Things - [[Market Halls Victoria]] — [Breddos Tacos](https://markethalls.co.uk/trader/breddos-tacos/) Market Halls is a reliable one for a casual group dinner, lots of options under one roof. - **London Wedding Show** — Visited the Business Design Centre in Islington. Good for getting a feel for what's out there, though it gets overwhelming quickly. Worth one visit. - **Gave notice of marriage** — Official step done towards our [[My Wedding 12th June 2027]] is getting real. --- ## Link of the month > [ZenAI — Zenith's AI Portal](https://zenai.zenithmedia.com/portal) — Agency AI tools are maturing. Worth keeping an eye on how these internal portals evolve across holding groups. --- ## Find more posts [[Tech & Media|here]] --- [X](https://x.com/ianmartinadams) | [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/ianadams3/) | [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ianmartinadams/) © 2026 Ian Adams | Views are my own