Ciro Faienza

Ciro Faienza thinks he should be writing about hackers anonymously. When not distracted by his day job, he enjoys being hyphenated as a writer-actor-director of film, author-poet-artist, and 23-year-old Italian-American. He lives in Dallas, Texas.

Is the Matrix Really Green and Black? A Writer's Intro to Hacker Culture by Ciro Faienza
      Cell phones and the Internet are such common features of our daily lives that it's difficult to write science fiction without including a measure of cyperpunk. But our conception of hackers is founded more on film noir than the reality of phreaking and 2600 meets. This article takes you behind the computer screen with an overview of hacker culture, lifestyle, and attitude. It's not what you might think.

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