On Tuesday 5th October 2010, at Foyles, in London, William Gibson read Zero History Chapter 16. Honor Bar, where Milgrim and Special Agent Winnie Tung Whitaker, of the Department of Defence, Office of the Inspector General, Defence Criminal Investigative Service "DCIS" agree to communicate electronically using a couple of (already registered and real) Twitter accounts
He mentioned that few people so far amongst the fans and critics on this book tour had asked about Winnie, perhaps, he speculated, because she is one of the few characters in his writings who is not a freelancer (or a billionaire), has a bureaucratically constrained job and has children to support.