I was so flattered when the young researcher in the National Library of Scotland asked me if I’d like to go and see The Social Network with him. I explained that I’d made other arrangements, heaved my work and gym bags on to my shoulders, and set off to join TPR. When we reached the cinema my new friend appeared next to us in the queue so I invited him to sit with us. JH and my ex-office mate AP came along later. It was really annoying that the film was shown in the foyer-cum-greenhouse rather than in a proper movie theatre, but at least this made it possible to talk to my new friend. He told me that his name was Nim, and when he shared his 3×5 catalogue cards with me I was able to work out from the bibliographic details that he was researching information flows in the NHS.