six degrees of separation is about three two many

[waider]

So last night's party had the sort of small-world connections you get used to after a few years in the IT industry in Dublin (or possibly in Ireland). The bits I've managed to keep straight in my head:

• I worked with both Louise and Kevin, and was instrumental in their hiring to the jobs where I worked with them.
• Louise and Kevin both worked in Gateway with Peter
• The party was being hosted by Louise's friend Alan. Alan works with Gavin, whose boss, Dave, is one of the dspsrv admins, as I am.
• Gavin knows two more Daves - he used work with them - both of whom now work in the same office as me.
• Gavin also knows Richard, who sits next to me in said office.
• Lisa worked for the same company as Gavin and Alan, and possibly with any one of a number of my current coworkers, but I didn't get around to asking her.
• Said company bought a company I worked part-time for back in 1996.

There were more people there, and mostly IT folk from what I could gather, and had I talked to more I'm sure I'd have found more connections. In fact, I'm sure I'd have figured out how Katie (a trainee solicitor) was somehow intricately connected with some random job or company in my past, despite the fact that she was the only person I talked to who I know definitely isn't an IT person.