I discovered research showing how data can be stolen by recording the flickering of LED status lights on modems or routers. This side-channel attack uses optical sensors to capture information remotely without any physical connection to the target.
A lightweight recording and compression workflow can produce high-quality screencasts cheaply enough to make video a practical medium for demos, teaching, and documentation.
I learned about design psychological operations like dimming lights for noise control, using AI to prep demos via Markdown, and leveraging SamGeo for geospatial vector extraction. I also explored Slint for declarative Linux apps and QR code technicalities.
Making a short data movie requires the same essentials as filmmaking—theme, hypothesis, screenplay, visuals, timing, and post-production—even when the tools are PowerPoint and iMovie.
This talk transcript shows how reshaping and joining mismatched maps unlocks political, administrative, and business insights that would otherwise stay hidden in disconnected geographic layers.