User:Wftl

The username, "wftl," which shows up in various newsgroups, social media sites, articles, and publications online, is typically associated with Marcel Gagné. It's an acronym for "Writer and FreeThinker at Large".

Marcel is a multi-award-winning author and the guy responsible for the "Moving to Linux" series of books, published by Addison-Wesley .A well known voice in the Linux and open source universe, Marcel is probably best known for creating the famous (perhaps infamous) Cooking With Linux which ran for ten years in the Linux Journal. He has been a regular columnist for LinuxPro Magazine, Ubuntu User, Linux Journal, SysAdmin, and others. Marcel Gagné has also worked as an editor, consulting editor, and editor-in-chief (fouding editor-in-chief of "TUX Magazine." He's an occasional public speaker, radio and television personality (as the Linux guy on Leo Laporte's "Call For Help"), and has, for many years, appeared monthly on the Computer America radio show.

For two years, Marcel was the Linux Professional Institute's "Editor at Large" and contributed to its Website.

You can also hear him as the creator and host of the "TIC TEK TOE" podcast where, along with his co-host, Evan Leibovitch, discusses open source tech and culture, television, Internet culture, movies, video games, and whatever else catches their attention.

Armed with an insatiable thirst for knowledge with a completely unrealistic desire to know everything, science and technology are his passions; as such you'll find him unreasonably dedicated to the pursuit of reason (in case you have to ask what 'Free Thinker at Large' means). Oh, and he's terribly opinionated. Other passions include music, art, food, wine, and the occasional single malt scotch.

Marcel is a published science fiction author and editor, a pilot, a former Top 40 disc jockey, and he folds a mean origami T-Rex. He takes great pleasure in making fun of your belief system and sincerely hopes you enjoy making fun of his as well.