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Chris Pirillo | |
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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 now-defunct network of blogs, web forums, mailing lists, and online communities which are now closed. He is best known as the former host of Call for Help, a call-in tech support show which, at the time, aired on TechTV. He hosted the show from 2001 to 2003.
LockerGnome 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] The site later expanded to incorporate content syndicated from LockerGnome's blogs for IT professionals. [2] A web forum for help with and discussions about technology was run from 2002 to 2015. [3] [4]
Pirillo is the author of several books, including Poor Richard's E-mail Publishing, Online! The Book with John C. Dvorak and Wendy Taylor. [5] [6]
In March 2015, Pirillo announced he was resuming Gnomedex, but providing more of a fair or festival experience than as a single-track conference. [7]
In 2019, Pirillo joined Intel as a community advocate. [8]
This biographical article is written
like a résumé. (July 2019) |
Chris Pirillo | |
---|---|
Years active | 2000–present |
Website |
chris |
Chris Pirillo is an American entrepreneur and former television personality. He is the founder and former CEO of LockerGnome, Inc., a now-defunct network of blogs, web forums, mailing lists, and online communities which are now closed. He is best known as the former host of Call for Help, a call-in tech support show which, at the time, aired on TechTV. He hosted the show from 2001 to 2003.
LockerGnome 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] The site later expanded to incorporate content syndicated from LockerGnome's blogs for IT professionals. [2] A web forum for help with and discussions about technology was run from 2002 to 2015. [3] [4]
Pirillo is the author of several books, including Poor Richard's E-mail Publishing, Online! The Book with John C. Dvorak and Wendy Taylor. [5] [6]
In March 2015, Pirillo announced he was resuming Gnomedex, but providing more of a fair or festival experience than as a single-track conference. [7]
In 2019, Pirillo joined Intel as a community advocate. [8]