Connection question

[cathrowan]

Is a fannish equivalent of 6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon: "Do you know jonsinger?"

Asking because I think it's the mutual connection for a couple people I just subscribed to.

Comments

[watervole]

NOpe, never heard of him.

[cathrowan]

I think it helps if you are in North America

[oursin]

Yes indeed!

[cathrowan]

How did you meet?

[oursin]

We were friends first on LJ way back when, and I'm trying to remember exactly when/where we first met in person - I know we certainly met f2f in 2010 during my Baltimore/Philadelphia trip but I think there had been encounter/s before that.

[sartorias]

Yes! Excellent man. I have here a beautiful bowl he made, which gives me great pleasure.

[cathrowan]

I have seen photos of his pottery, the glazes are astonishing.

[jazzfish]

Ha! Seems reasonable to me, though I'm fandom-adjacent at best. (I've met him once or twice, at Montreal conventions.)

[cathrowan]

Same

[jennlk]

Entirely possible.

Him, or Bill Higgins.

(I know both. I think I've known Jon longer than Bill, but not by much. I do see Bill more often, though.)

[cathrowan]

Can I ask, how did you meet?

[jennlk]

It was probably a MiniCon, back in the late 1980s, but it may have been a WindyCon in the same time frame. Jon is/was a favorite person with the university SF club. DH knows Jon better than I do.

[kaffy_r]

I think you're right. I know Jon Singer!

[cathrowan]

More evidence for this hypothesis!

hubman

[the_siobhan]

I don't, but three people on my f-list do.

Re: hubman

[cathrowan]

More evidence...

Re: hubman

[kaffy_r]

My knowledge of him centers on my time as a Minicon regular in the early 80s, as well as taking part in the RASFF online user group where he was mentioned often and where he occasionally showed up. He's an amazing polymath.

[solarbird]

My Jon Singer number is 1.

Tho' I do think it's kind of dependant upon whether you know the old MIT crowd.

[cathrowan]

The first time I met Jo Walton, she asked me "Do you know Jon Singer?"

As a western Canadian, I don't know the old MIT crowd. I used to lurk on Making Light a lot around the turn of the century. I saw Jon's name come up in the comments. Gamelans! Lasers! Pottery!

It was a pleasure to meet and talk with him at Scintillation in Montreal.

[fred_mouse]

I'm another 'nope', also not north america, but checking their profile, we have a DW friend/acquaintance in common.

[leiacat]

Hi, I see you subscribed to me... I totally know Jon, yes! He's local to me, and though I haven't seen him in a while, I have many fond memories of our past interactions, especially (no surprise) ones involving food.

[cathrowan]

Nice to meet you!