Earlier this week I posted a blog entry about using GMail as the data store for an online knowledge base. At the end of that blog, I wrote:
BTW, if you need a GMail account, feel free to drop me a line, I'd be happy to hook you up.
I was a bit surprised that a dozen or so folks emailed and asked for GMail invites. While GMail is still technically “invite only,” a few months ago they raised the invite queue from a measely 5 invites to 50. Assuming just one GMail user sent out all 50 invites, and each of those 50 recipients sent out 50 invites, and so on, it would only take six such iterations before the entire world's population had a GMail account. (Although even with just 5 invites, it would take less than 15 such iterations to ensure everyone alive today had a GMail account.) I figured most everyone who wanted one would have one by now, but I guess that's not the case. So... here's a more public announcement - if you need a GMail invite, let me know, and I'll be happy to send one your way.