Category: Aside

This category, Aside, was originally called ‘Asides’ at nevillehobson.fyi, a project I started during the Covid pandemic in 2020, to write about topics I didn’t usually cover on my primary site, nevillehobson.com. In June 2024, after deciding that maintaining two separate sites wasn’t a feasible option any longer, I blended the content into the primary site under this category. The original .fyi site now redirects to this page.

  • #Brexit: A story in five parts

    #Brexit: A story in five parts

    Everyone has an opinion about Brexit. About the good. The bad. And the ugly. The chaos at the port of Dover this weekend – along with everything else related to transport: queues and baggage-handling nightmares at airports, train strikes over…

  • Topics for FIR 270

    Topics for FIR 270

    My topics for discussion with Shel in For Immediate Release 270, our monthly long-form podcast episode for July 2022, published on July 18, 2022: The Uber Files The Uber Files are a leaked database of Uber’s activities in about 40 countries that reveals…

  • The enduring influence of Paul McCartney

    The enduring influence of Paul McCartney

    A few days ago I met up with some good friends for lunch at a terrific pub outside Dorking. It was a pleasant 90-minute drive on a warm and sunny day from Newbury via Guildford and through the Surrey Hills.…

  • Topics for FIR 263

    Topics for FIR 263

    My topics for discussion with Shel in For Immediate Release 263, our monthly long-form podcast episode for June 2022, published on June 20, 2022: Google has not created sentient AI — yet The suspension of a Google engineer called Blake…

  • It’s now .fyi

    It’s now .fyi

    I just changed the domain of this site to nevillehobson.fyi Why? you may be wondering. It seems to me to be a more apt domain than .uk, its predecessor (which, btw, now redirects to .fyi). The content I publish on…