Drew Breunig
@dbreunig.bsky.social
I gave a talk about Overture's GERS (an open, free, maintained ID system for geo data) at CARTO's Spatial Data Science Conference.
It's so much easier to demonstrate the benefits of GERS now that there's a community growing up around it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8YZ...
It's so much easier to demonstrate the benefits of GERS now that there's a community growing up around it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8YZ...
Reducing the Data Onboarding Tax with GERS | Drew Breunig | Overture Maps
YouTube video by CARTO
www.youtube.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I gave a talk about Overture's GERS (an open, free, maintained ID system for geo data) at CARTO's Spatial Data Science Conference.
It's so much easier to demonstrate the benefits of GERS now that there's a community growing up around it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8YZ...
It's so much easier to demonstrate the benefits of GERS now that there's a community growing up around it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8YZ...
Fantastic example of using Overture Maps' GERS identifier, from Carto and @mike.teczno.com carto.com/blog/gersify...
GERSifying Overture Places: A Seamless Path to Richer Insights
Discover how the GERSification of Overture Maps Foundation data can help you connect open and premium data to speed up analysis and smarter spatial decisions.
carto.com
October 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Fantastic example of using Overture Maps' GERS identifier, from Carto and @mike.teczno.com carto.com/blog/gersify...
This probably the wrong person to let your video generator run wild with, and perhaps the likeness best equipped to take legal action. www.theguardian.com/film/2015/ma...
October 7, 2025 at 12:14 AM
This probably the wrong person to let your video generator run wild with, and perhaps the likeness best equipped to take legal action. www.theguardian.com/film/2015/ma...
Reposted by Drew Breunig
% of US men under 30 who say legal sports betting is a *bad thing* for society
22% in 2022
47% in 2025
No other demographic group has seen a bigger increase.
22% in 2022
47% in 2025
No other demographic group has seen a bigger increase.
Americans increasingly see legal sports betting as a bad thing for society and sports
Today, 43% of U.S. adults say the fact that sports betting is now legal in much of the country is a bad thing for society, up from 34% in 2022.
www.pewresearch.org
October 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
% of US men under 30 who say legal sports betting is a *bad thing* for society
22% in 2022
47% in 2025
No other demographic group has seen a bigger increase.
22% in 2022
47% in 2025
No other demographic group has seen a bigger increase.
@bransonreese.bsky.social A friend of mine is a high school teacher and he recently sent me this text: "Just got shamed by a student for saying 'the Deftones' instead of 'Deftones'. I will never recover."
October 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
@bransonreese.bsky.social A friend of mine is a high school teacher and he recently sent me this text: "Just got shamed by a student for saying 'the Deftones' instead of 'Deftones'. I will never recover."
Reposted by Drew Breunig
Mark your calendars!
In this #podcast, @jed.co and @dbreunig.bsky.social will use Drew's blog post – "Why LLM advancements have slowed: The low-hanging fruit has been eaten – as a starting point for their conversation. Read the post here:
www.dbreunig.com/2024/12/05/w...
In this #podcast, @jed.co and @dbreunig.bsky.social will use Drew's blog post – "Why LLM advancements have slowed: The low-hanging fruit has been eaten – as a starting point for their conversation. Read the post here:
www.dbreunig.com/2024/12/05/w...
September 22, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Mark your calendars!
In this #podcast, @jed.co and @dbreunig.bsky.social will use Drew's blog post – "Why LLM advancements have slowed: The low-hanging fruit has been eaten – as a starting point for their conversation. Read the post here:
www.dbreunig.com/2024/12/05/w...
In this #podcast, @jed.co and @dbreunig.bsky.social will use Drew's blog post – "Why LLM advancements have slowed: The low-hanging fruit has been eaten – as a starting point for their conversation. Read the post here:
www.dbreunig.com/2024/12/05/w...
Reposted by Drew Breunig
🆕 #CNG2025 session video
The live webinar has ended, but the conversation continues! In this talk, @dbreunig.bsky.social explains why our definitions of location are fragmented and how we can standardize "place" like we did time
▶️ youtu.be/stiYfBB0KC8
The live webinar has ended, but the conversation continues! In this talk, @dbreunig.bsky.social explains why our definitions of location are fragmented and how we can standardize "place" like we did time
▶️ youtu.be/stiYfBB0KC8
September 18, 2025 at 7:15 PM
🆕 #CNG2025 session video
The live webinar has ended, but the conversation continues! In this talk, @dbreunig.bsky.social explains why our definitions of location are fragmented and how we can standardize "place" like we did time
▶️ youtu.be/stiYfBB0KC8
The live webinar has ended, but the conversation continues! In this talk, @dbreunig.bsky.social explains why our definitions of location are fragmented and how we can standardize "place" like we did time
▶️ youtu.be/stiYfBB0KC8
When a new use case arrives (chat, deep research, browsers), AI companies school like fish towards it. Blue oceans turn red in a year or so.
What can we learn from this pattern?
www.dbreunig.com/2025/09/13/t...
What can we learn from this pattern?
www.dbreunig.com/2025/09/13/t...
AI Companies School Like Fish
Markets for new AI use cases turn from blue oceans to red oceans in under 18 months. Start-ups need to go niche or have one helluva plan.
www.dbreunig.com
September 13, 2025 at 11:20 PM
When a new use case arrives (chat, deep research, browsers), AI companies school like fish towards it. Blue oceans turn red in a year or so.
What can we learn from this pattern?
www.dbreunig.com/2025/09/13/t...
What can we learn from this pattern?
www.dbreunig.com/2025/09/13/t...
This is too funny: what3words pivots to AI: what3words.com/products/pro
what3words Pro AI tools: AI Chat, Voice Chat, Import & Scan
Explore Pro’s powerful AI tools & features that make it fast & effortless to use precise locations: AI Chat, Voice Chat, Import Files & Enhanced Scan.
what3words.com
September 13, 2025 at 4:05 AM
This is too funny: what3words pivots to AI: what3words.com/products/pro
Surprise?
The Browser Company, maker of Arc and Dia, is being acquired
The company behind the Dia and Arc browsers is being acquired
$610 million is a pretty big number for a web browser
buff.ly
September 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Surprise?
Chatbots may be incompatible with ads as we know them. What options are there? www.dbreunig.com/2025/09/02/c...
Chatbots Aren’t Built for Ads
How do you add advertising to a tool used to make decisions?
www.dbreunig.com
September 3, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Chatbots may be incompatible with ads as we know them. What options are there? www.dbreunig.com/2025/09/02/c...
My monthly newsletter, wrapping up August's writing, just went out. Unintentionally, this is very much a Labor Day issue, with a few articles about AI's impact on work and workers: buttondown.com/dbreunig/arc...
Thinking About AI Jobs on Labor Day
A labor day themed issue, featuring several posts about how AI changes work and workers.
buttondown.com
September 1, 2025 at 5:24 PM
My monthly newsletter, wrapping up August's writing, just went out. Unintentionally, this is very much a Labor Day issue, with a few articles about AI's impact on work and workers: buttondown.com/dbreunig/arc...
KPop Demon Hunters’ success is a strong argument against the other two headlines.
September 1, 2025 at 2:03 AM
KPop Demon Hunters’ success is a strong argument against the other two headlines.
Re-upping this post from January, for reasons... www.dbreunig.com/2025/01/01/c...
August 27, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Re-upping this post from January, for reasons... www.dbreunig.com/2025/01/01/c...
I'll be talking about why we have yet to standardize "place", why it matters, and what we can learn from our history of standardizing time. Join us!
What if “place” were as easy to standardize as “time”?
@dbreunig.bsky.social explores that idea in a special live session, Sept 4 at 10 PT | 1 ET.
▪️Free + open to all. Bring your questions and curiosity.
Register here: cloudnativegeo.org/events/makin...
@dbreunig.bsky.social explores that idea in a special live session, Sept 4 at 10 PT | 1 ET.
▪️Free + open to all. Bring your questions and curiosity.
Register here: cloudnativegeo.org/events/makin...
August 27, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I'll be talking about why we have yet to standardize "place", why it matters, and what we can learn from our history of standardizing time. Join us!
From "Lechuguilla Cave: Discoveries in a Hidden Splendor"
August 26, 2025 at 3:26 PM
From "Lechuguilla Cave: Discoveries in a Hidden Splendor"
And the speed at which we forget these events is insane.
I think we all should have been a lot more worried about the NJ drone mass hysteria; especially the way the military, police, politicians, and journalists all got completely sucked into it, absolutely detached from the reality in front of their eyes. People shot at and lasered obvious planes!
August 26, 2025 at 2:20 PM
And the speed at which we forget these events is insane.
Can’t wait for every parent of young kids to have the same Spotify wrap up this year
August 22, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Can’t wait for every parent of young kids to have the same Spotify wrap up this year
AI job titles are a confusing mess. Here's an attempt to structure them a bit, if only for my own sake. www.dbreunig.com/2025/08/21/a...
Making Sense of AI Job Titles
AI job titles are a confusing mess of mix-and-match terms. This decoder ring breaks down the patterns behind titles.
www.dbreunig.com
August 21, 2025 at 7:28 PM
AI job titles are a confusing mess. Here's an attempt to structure them a bit, if only for my own sake. www.dbreunig.com/2025/08/21/a...
Honestly surprised the “crypto mayor” deals in cash. Isn’t this one of the core use cases?
BREAKING: Eric Adams Advisor Winnie Greco Handed a CITY Reporter Cash Stuffed in a Bag of Potato Chips
www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/20/w...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/20/w...
Eric Adams Advisor Winnie Greco Handed a CITY Reporter Cash Stuffed in a Bag of Potato Chips
THE CITY reported the incident to law enforcement and was promptly contacted by the Brooklyn U.S. attorney’s office.
www.thecity.nyc
August 21, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Honestly surprised the “crypto mayor” deals in cash. Isn’t this one of the core use cases?