Chris Pirillo
Chris Pirillo | |
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 Pirillo speaking at Gnomedex in 2007 | |
| Years active | 2000–present |
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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 was also a host of Call for Help, a call-in tech support show which aired on TechTV from 2001 to 2003. From 2001 to 2011, he hosted Gnomedex, a single-track technology conference.
Career
[edit]LockerGnome began as a technology mailing list in 1996, offering advice for operating systems and applications, software suggestions (with an emphasis on public domain and shareware software), and website recommendations.[1] Over time, the site expanded to incorporate content syndicated from LockerGnome's blogs for IT professionals.[2] The associated web forum for technology assistance and discussion operated from 2002 to 2015.[3][4]
Pirillo was the co-host of the show Call For Help on the former cable television channel TechTV from 2001 to 2003.[citation needed]
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]
Gnomedex
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Starting from 2001, Pirillo and his staff at Lockergnome organized Gnomedex, a single-track technology conference which began as an outgrowth of Pirillo's technology channels. Gnomedex explored new and emerging technologies with a primary audience of influencers, entrepreneurs and tech enthusiasts. The conference name is a portmanteau of Lockergnome and the now-defunct Comdex technology trade show, a major technology event at that time.
The first Gnomedex took place from 12-14 October 2001 in Des Moines, Iowa. From 2005 until the tenth and final Gnomedex in August 2010, it took place in Seattle, Washington.[7][8] A Gnomedex stage was included in the first Seattle Interactive Conference in November 2011,[9] after Jake Ludington reportedly convinced Chris Pirillo to continue the event.[10]
In March 2015, Chris Pirillo announced plans to revive Gnomedex sometime in 2015,[11] but this did not materialize.[citation needed]
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
- ^ "The Future of Gnomedex ~ Chris Pirillo". Chris.pirillo.com. September 13, 2001. Retrieved September 17, 2011.
- ^ "Q&A: Chris Pirillo on the possible end of Gnomedex as we know it". Techflash.com. August 9, 2010. Retrieved September 17, 2011.
- ^ "sic2011/Gnomedex 2011". Archived from the original on December 20, 2011. Retrieved November 4, 2011.
- ^ Gnomedex back from another near-death experience
- ^ Soper, Taylor (March 25, 2015). "Chris Pirillo is bringing Gnomedex back in Seattle — but don't call it a conference". Geekwire.com. Retrieved April 15, 2015.
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