Franz Buchinger studied Telecommunication and Media at the University of
Applied Sciences in St. Pölten, Austria. He started his career as technical
editor for the german publisher Galileo Press. Later he assisted in founding
video2brain, a company that pioneered video-based training for FOSS
software. At this time he also co-wrote three books on image and video
editing. Today he works as an IT-manager for a public relations company in
Vienna.