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Chris Pirillo is an American entrepreneur and former television personality. He is the founder and former CEO of LockerGnome, Inc., a network of technology-focused blogs, web forums, mailing lists, and online communities that operated from 1996 to 2015. Pirillo is perhaps best known as the former host of Call for Help, a call-in tech support show which, at the time, aired on TechTV from 2001 to 2003.
Chris Pirillo | |
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 Pirillo speaking at Gnomedex in 2007 | |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Website | chris |
Career
editLockerGnome began as a technology mailing list in 1996, offering tips and tricks for operating systems and applications, software suggestions (with an emphasis on public domain and shareware software), and web site recommendations.[1] Over time, the site expanded to incorporate content syndicated from LockerGnome's blogs for IT professionals.[2] The associated web forum for help with and discussions about technology operated from 2002 to 2015.[3][4]
Pirillo has authored several books, including Poor Richard's E-mail Publishing, Online! The Book, the latter co-authored with John C. Dvorak and Wendy Taylor.[5][6]
In March 2015, Pirillo announced plans to revive Gnomedex, a technology conference he had previously organized, with the intention of transforming it into more of a fair or festival experience rather than as a single-track conference.[7]
References
edit- ^ "About" Archived August 31, 2009, at the Wayback Machine lockergnome.com
- ^ "IT Professionals feed" Archived September 1, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. lockergnome.com
- ^ "Lockergnome Help Forum Closure". lockergnome.com
- ^ Geeks – Reviews, News, and How To! Archived June 10, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. GeekWith.com. Retrieved on May 25, 2013.
- ^ "Poor Richard's E-mail Publishing" Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. isbndb.com
- ^ "Online! The Book" Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. isbndb.com
- ^ "Chris Pirillo is bringing Gnomedex back in Seattle — but don't call it a conference". GeekWire. March 25, 2015. Retrieved April 15, 2015.
- ^ "Chris Pirillo on Twitter: "⭐ I accepted an offer…". March 12, 2019.
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