Tag: Royal Mail

• Annoyed with @amazon and their b0rked business model

  Last week I was sent a $50 Amazon.com gift voucher: a very pleasant surprise. I immediately loaded the voucher into my Amazon.com account (I had one of these long before I got an amazon.co.uk account) and then thought about what books I’d like to order – picked a couple and thought “that’s nice”. Despite the […]

  Adrian McMenamin

  August 23, 2013

  Uncategorized

  Amazon, amazon.com, books, carbon reduction, crazy business models, Credit card, Gift card, Royal Mail, United States

• What Rowland Hill really meant

  A new letter from Rowland Hill, the Victorian postal reformer has been discovered: My proposal for a universal penny post was adopted, but I greatly regret it. It is true that my proposal, on adoption, led to vast increase in mails, and contributed to the greater wealth of the kingdom. It eliminated, at a stroke, […]

  Adrian McMenamin

  November 17, 2012

  Uncategorized

  Hyosil Kim, internet, ITU, Korea Telecom, KT, Mail, Net neutrality, Rowland Hill, Royal Mail, Universal service