Gene Wilburn is a Canadian writer, photographer, and computer specialist residing in Port Credit, Ontario, near Toronto. His work has appeared in Small Print Magazine, PC Week, Shutterbug, Infoworld, InfoAge, Toronto Star, Quill & Quire, Computing Canada, Computer Paper, Access, Here's How! and Photo Life.
He is the author of Northern Journey: A Guide to Canadian Folk Music on CD, Recreational Writing, and Markdown for Writers. He is a co-author of Red Hat Linux System Administration Unleashed, and he wrote the popular Linux for Newbies and Linux Inside columns for The Computer Paper (Canada). He is co-author of Shift Happens: Essays on Technology.