Matthew Guay
@maguay.bsky.social
Writer. Editor. Co-founder Reproof.app and PithandPip.com.
There's much more in the full history of E-COM, on @buttondown.com. buttondown.com/blog/the-e-c...
E-COM: The $40 million USPS project to send email on paper
The USPS offered to print your email for you. Only spammers said yes.
buttondown.com
May 13, 2025 at 2:30 AM
There's much more in the full history of E-COM, on @buttondown.com. buttondown.com/blog/the-e-c...
Everyone, generally, said no and went on sending email the electronic way.
All, except for a junk mailer, who sent over half of all e-com messages ever delivered.
In the end the USPS lost $40 million trying to bring email to print—inadvertently subsidizing junk mail.
All, except for a junk mailer, who sent over half of all e-com messages ever delivered.
In the end the USPS lost $40 million trying to bring email to print—inadvertently subsidizing junk mail.
May 13, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Everyone, generally, said no and went on sending email the electronic way.
All, except for a junk mailer, who sent over half of all e-com messages ever delivered.
In the end the USPS lost $40 million trying to bring email to print—inadvertently subsidizing junk mail.
All, except for a junk mailer, who sent over half of all e-com messages ever delivered.
In the end the USPS lost $40 million trying to bring email to print—inadvertently subsidizing junk mail.
Want to test it before it goes live? Here's the Testflight: testflight.apple.com/join/97CGK5C1
Would love to hear what you think!
Would love to hear what you think!
Join the Where is my parking spot? beta
Available on iOS
testflight.apple.com
April 19, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Want to test it before it goes live? Here's the Testflight: testflight.apple.com/join/97CGK5C1
Would love to hear what you think!
Would love to hear what you think!
You snap a photo of a parking spot, a parking zone pillar in a parking garage, or of a parking meter, and the app will extract the details—floor number, zone color, and parking space number—and show it on an iPhone homescreen widget or your Apple Watch.
April 19, 2025 at 4:37 AM
You snap a photo of a parking spot, a parking zone pillar in a parking garage, or of a parking meter, and the app will extract the details—floor number, zone color, and parking space number—and show it on an iPhone homescreen widget or your Apple Watch.
Ohhh I need to give it a shot. Are you using the free or paid version?
April 19, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Ohhh I need to give it a shot. Are you using the free or paid version?