Editing Chris Pirillo

{{Short description|American businessman and television personality}}
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'''Chris Pirillo''' <!-- Valid citation required for date of birth for BLP. (WP:BLPPRIVACY) --> 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 [[Academic conference#Size|single-track]] technology conference.

==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>

==Gnomedex==
[[File:Chris Pirillo.jpg|thumb|alt=Chris Pirillo at Gnomedex 2005|Chris Pirillo at Gnomedex 2005]]
Starting from 2001, Pirillo and his staff at Lockergnome organized Gnomedex, a [[Academic conference#Size|single-track]] technology conference which began as an outgrowth of Pirillo's technology channels. Gnomedex explored new and emerging [[technology|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|Des Moines]], [[Iowa]]. From 2005 until the tenth and final Gnomedex in August 2010, it took place in [[Seattle]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chris.pirillo.com/the-future-of-gnomedex/ |title=The Future of Gnomedex ~ Chris Pirillo |publisher=Chris.pirillo.com |date=2001-09-13 |accessdate=2011-09-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2010/08/qa_chris_pirillo_on_social_media_geek_week_and_the_last_gnomedex.html |title=Q&A: Chris Pirillo on the possible end of Gnomedex as we know it |publisher=Techflash.com |date=2010-08-09 |accessdate=2011-09-17}}</ref> A Gnomedex stage was included in the first [[Seattle Interactive Conference]] in November 2011,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.seattleinteractive.com/2011/gnomedex|title=sic2011/Gnomedex 2011|accessdate=2011-11-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111220013055/http://www.seattleinteractive.com/2011/gnomedex|archive-date=2011-12-20|url-status=dead}}</ref> after [[Jake Ludington]] reportedly convinced Chris Pirillo to continue the event.<ref>[http://www.geekwire.com/2011/gnomedex-returns-part-seattle-interactive-conference Gnomedex back from another near-death experience]</ref> 

In March 2015, Chris Pirillo announced plans to revive Gnomedex sometime in 2015,<ref name="2015-03-25 Soper Geekwire.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.geekwire.com/2015/chris-pirillo-bringing-back-gnomedex-tech-festival-to-seattle/ |title=Chris Pirillo is bringing Gnomedex back in Seattle — but don't call it a conference |newspaper=Geekwire.com |date=25 March 2015 |access-date=15 April 2015 |first=Taylor |last=Soper }}</ref> but this did not materialize.{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}

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== External links ==
{{Commons category|Chris Pirillo}}
* {{IMDb name|1022052}}
*{{Official website|http://gnomedex.com}}

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