Both Ed Vielmetti and Juliet Sutherland have suggested I subscribe to the Read2.0-l mailing list.

Thing is, they’ve never forwarded instructions, and the general state of affairs on the Web these days means it’s nigh impossible to Google instructions on how to subscribe, what’s expected, or even what goes on there. Far as I know, an old blog entry of mine made the rounds… and nonetheless I had no idea except for a forwarded message or two, years back.

So, listserv generation: Taking a walled garden and subsequently forgetting the walls are even there? Weird and kinda scary, by modern standards. That would be feeling like a secret, invisible walled garden overgrown and emitting no noises.

Very Harry Potter, mind you.