New Mirage Journal

John F. McMullen was an English Major in college and then went bad and became a computer person for 40 years, amassing a Masters in Computer Science and one in Public Administration. His work in the technology field led me into both teaching ( Presently, he is an Adjunct Professor at Purchase College in New York) and into writing.

McMullen has been a contributing editor for Computer Shopper (with two monthly columns), Computers & Electronics; HyperAge: and Computer Living – New York; and my writing has appeared in the Chicago Tribune; PC Magazine; InfoWorld; National Review; Lear’s; and MicroTimes. He was the co-author of one of the first books on microcomputer communications (“MicroComputer Communications – A Window on The World” – John Wiley, 1983) and a contributor (with Esther Dyson, Steve Wozniak, William F. Buckley, Henny Youngman; Ray Bradbury; Les Solomon and many others) to “Digital Deli,” an anthology well ahead of is time (Workman Press, 1984 – articles now available on-line). McMullen was also the East Coast editor of Newsbytes, an on-line news service, for three years. In this position, he was responsible for writing 25 news stories / editorial pieces and became a recognized expert in the emerging areas of computer crime and hacking, bringing together hackers and law enforcement officials in conferences and discussion forums.

John F. McMullen recently published his first collection of poetry (“New and Collected Poems by johnmac the bard”) and a novel (“The Inwood Book”), both available from Amazon.