Dopplegangers
So, way back in ’04 I had some contacts at Google HQ. Through said contacts I was given the opportunity to beta test Gmail. That meant first pick of the addresses. I am the proud, original, un-adulterated owner of [email protected]. That hasn’t stopped other Andrew Bruce’s from using it… mostly for spam (thanks guys). But there’s been some pretty eye opening stuff over the years too.
In this section of andrew-bruce.uk I’ll be reporting on what I know about those ‘others’ out there. Ideally, if you are one of those Andrews out there and reading this you will get in touch. Come to London and buy me a pint – after all, I’ve been catching your spam for you for bloody years, it’s the least you can do for a fellow Andrew Bruce.
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The First Reply from an Other Andrew
After nearly two decades of receiving traces of other Andrew Bruces online, this was the first time one of them actually replied into a thread I could see. A BBC Radio 4 producer had contacted two Andrew Bruces about an interview request. The other Andrew replied all, and for the first time I saw “Andrew
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The Jamaica one – Anditos Foods
I’m going to open this section with a compelling little drama involving one of my dopplegangers in Jamaica. Between the 12th of November ’13 and the 15th of March ’14 I received a series of twelve emails from ‘Kadian G’. Kadian is the clearly on the frontline, trying to manage the chaos of the day-to-day,