Editing Chris Pirillo (section)

==Career==
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.<ref>[http://www.lockergnome.com/about "About"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090831220223/http://www.lockergnome.com/about/ |date=August 31, 2009 }} lockergnome.com</ref> Over time, the site expanded to incorporate content syndicated from LockerGnome's blogs for IT professionals.<ref>[http://www.lockergnome.com/it/ "IT Professionals feed"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090901223057/http://www.lockergnome.com/it/ |date=September 1, 2009 }}. lockergnome.com</ref> The associated web forum for technology assistance and discussion operated from 2002 to 2015.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150415072636/http://help.lockergnome.com/general/Lockergnome-Help-Forum-Closure--ftopict66973.html "Lockergnome Help Forum Closure"]. lockergnome.com</ref><ref>[http://geekwith.com/ Geeks – Reviews, News, and How To!] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130610203347/http://geekwith.com/ |date=June 10, 2013}}. GeekWith.com. Retrieved on May 25, 2013.</ref>

Pirillo was the co-host of the show Call For Help on the former cable television channel [[TechTV]] from 2001 to 2003.{{cn|date=April 2025}}

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.<ref>[http://isbndb.com/d/book/poor_richards_e_mail_publishing.html "''Poor Richard's E-mail Publishing''"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304041952/http://isbndb.com/d/book/poor_richards_e_mail_publishing.html |date=March 4, 2016}}. isbndb.com</ref><ref>[http://isbndb.com/d/book/online_a01.html "''Online! The Book''"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304115557/http://isbndb.com/d/book/online_a01.html |date=March 4, 2016}}. isbndb.com</ref>