Year: 2020

  • Hybrid stepping stone

    Hybrid stepping stone

    Report: Just days after the UK’s ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars was brought forward to 2035 from 2040, there has now been a suggestion that it could be brought forward even further to 2032 – just…

  • FIR 192: The latest employee revolt

    FIR 192: The latest employee revolt

    The February episode of “The Hobson & Holtz Report” features Neville and Shel discussing these topics: The Houston Astros’ owner hosts a clinic on how not to deliver an organizational apology Oracle workers are the latest to engage in employee…

  • Don’t be flip with the Flip

    Don’t be flip with the Flip

    A point to note if you have a new Galaxy Z Flip: Foldable phones like the Galaxy Z Flip and the Motorola Razr can’t afford much negative feedback if they ever want to go mainstream. Elsewhere around the web, most Galaxy Z Flip…

  • SDF 32: When Henry VIII met Dr Strangelove

    SDF 32: When Henry VIII met Dr Strangelove

    If historical analogies provide the measure of a man, then Downing Street henchman-in-chief, lead iconoclast and perpetual ideas recyclist “Classic Dom” Cummings is doing a spectacularly good job, writes Thomas Stoeckele introducing the show notes for episode 32 of our…

  • Introducing the Outbox

    It’s well over a decade since I started a new blog. I decided to start a new one as the blog I’ve known as an online home since 2006 has just about fulfilled its purpose. NevilleHobson.com has done pretty well…