Ian Servin

I recently returned from a mostly offline trip and was catching up on some digital tinkering when I decided to add AT Protocol publishing to this blog and subsequently fell down a bit of a rabbit hole. As someone who's been extremely online since I was ar

Recently the tech YouTuber Linus Sebastian (Linus Tech Tips) bought a private jet and naturally this has unleashed a torrent of hot takes from fans and haters alike. The arguments mostly boil down to whether or not the emissions and subsequent impact on t

A close reading of the statutes behind the NOTAM that grounded journalists over Minneapolis. In January 2026, the FAA expanded a national security NOTAM to cover DHS and CBP mobile assets, effectively creating a no-fly zone around ICE vehicles operating i

If you're an aviation nerd, you know how powerful ADS-B and flight tracking sites can be. However, ADS-B does have its limitations. In some situations, we have to turn to other methods to track, identify and characterize operations of non ADS-B out target

Professional aviation surveillance relies on a specific piece of hardware: the EO/IR (Electro-Optical/Infra-Red) gimbal. These are the gyro-stabilized turrets you see on the nose of police helicopters or military drones, capable of keeping a rock-solid lo

One of my favorite parts of an Emergency Operations Center is the wall of screens up front that provide all sorts of situational awareness information. Typically at least one screen is dedicated to monitoring local or national news. Typically these displa

The world of flight tracking is in the spotlight after Elon Musk had a meltdown about automated flight tracker accounts, specifically one run by college student Jack Sweeney that tracked Elon's private jets. Elon and Twitter blocked hundreds of automated

Case studies are often viewed as siloed deliverables, one-off projects that result in one or two high value deliverables. While in some cases, that may be acceptable, the reality is a single production opportunity can do so much more. In fact, video case

Howdy, some quick context up top: this is a setup guide for the Elgato Wave Link software. Unfortunately, right now Elgato is missing a lot of Mac-specific documentation and it's caused some frustration for me so I wrote this up based on their existing Wi

As live events start ramping back up, I've been workshopping my framework for how I approach using video to amplify them. For video marketing agencies and production companies, events tend to be a tricky subject. Clients often don't fully understand all t