Audrey Watters

These aren't all new websites or tech tools that launched this year. But they're some of my favorite things I stumbled across online in 2010. In no particular order... 1. WikiLeaks WikiLeaks -- the organization; its implications for journalism and free speech; the light it has shed on governments, corporations,...

This week has been strangely surreal. I was one of the first last Friday to write about PayPal's quiet little blog post announcing it was freezing WikiLeaks' account. Soon after, a link to the story was tweeted by none other than WikiLeaks itself, then linked to on the WikiLeaks website...

"The first serious infowar is now engaged," EFF co-founder John Perry Barlow tweeted on Friday. "The field of battle is WikiLeaks. You are the troops." Cablegate and Tech Companies And here we are. In the week since the whistleblower site released its latest round of documents to major global newspapers,...

I have added an A record to my domain, pointing http://wikileaks.audreywatters.com to Wikileaks' current IP address. I've done this to show my support for Wikileaks and my opposition to censorship of the Web. This subdomain on my site points to 213.251.145.96, and means that even if Wikileaks loses a domain...

Technology may be challenging everything we know about information, safety, and privacy. That's not necessarily a bad thing. It's not necessarily a good thing. We must remember, technology is never unhinged from the society from which it emerges. The TSA has implemented full-body scanners at airport security. The new devices...

 I feel quite blessed, and while it's cliche and a little hollow to only offer thanks because it's a holiday here in the US, I have nevertheless written a short list of (geeky) things I'm thankful for today: 1. I'm thankful for my work as a technology writer. I get...

I was only home from New York for 3 days before turning around and heading out of town again. This time the destination was Palo Alto on Wednesday for a press conference at Facebook Headquarters. Then to San Francisco for the rest of the week, as Kin and I both...

I fear I am "one of those people." On my desk sits a MacBook Pro. i've got my iPad propped up next to it, streaming Battlestar Galactica. My iPhone 4 is charging. And add to that now, my new Android phone. Well, it's new to me. Kin got the phone...

The Promise I made Isaiah a promise a while ago that we would stay in Eugene until he graduates from high school. And then, no matter what direction life takes him - work, college, travel - life will be taking me out of Eugene. Initially I thought I'd probably head...

Malcolm Gladwell's recent New Yorker essay "Small Change: Why the Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted" has caused quite a stir. And I'm rather late to the commenting party, as smart people here, here, and here have already done a fine job of challenging some of the assertions Gladwell makes. Gladwell...