George Brocklehurst makes things for the internet.

Work, projects, and curios

I work at thoughtbot, building Ruby & Python apps with our clients, and leading our NYC development team.
Choosy is a macOS application that helps you to seamlessly use multiple Web browsers.
gitsh is a scriptable and interactive shell for Git, following the long tradition of Unix tools.
Spacelog is a /dev/fort project that brings early space flights to the Web in a searchable, linkable format.

Latest writing

What is Machine Learning? on the thoughtbot blog

Machine learning seems to be everywhere these days, but a lot of the information about what it is and how it works can be somewhat opaque. On one end of the spectrum there’s the “just run this code” approach, which is great if you’re learning a new...

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Elsewhere

Twitter for bits and bobs.
Github for the code I’m writing.
Last.fm for the music I’m listening to.
Delicious for the things I want to ﬁnd again later.
Instagram & Flickr for photos.