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Chris Pirillo
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Chris Pirillo | |
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![]() Pirillo speaking at Gnomedex in 2007 | |
Born | Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. | July 26, 1973
Alma mater | University of Northern Iowa |
Years active | 1996–present |
Children | Jedi Pirillo (born September 14, 2014)[1] |
Website | chris |
Christopher Joseph Pirillo (born July 26, 1973) is the founder and former CEO of LockerGnome, Inc., a former network of blogs, web forums, mailing lists, and online communities which are now closed.
Career[]
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.[2] Several mailing lists are now provided, offering technology advice and tips[3] and other content syndicated from LockerGnome's blogs for IT Professionals.[4] A web forum for help with and discussions about technology was run from 2002 to 2015.[5][6]
Pirillo along with Jake Ludington, created a BitTorrent server at vistatorrent.com "to help Microsoft get Windows Vista Beta 2 in users' hands" in 2006.[7] According to Information Week, Microsoft had "reported problems in delivering Beta 2 electronically recommending that users order the DVD rather than download the 3.5-4.4GB file".[7] Microsoft sent a cease and desist e-mail, and the pair complied.[7]
Pirillo is the author of several books, including Poor Richard's E-mail Publishing, Online! The Book with John C. Dvorak and Wendy Taylor.[8][9]
In March, 2015, Pirillo announced he was resuming Gnomedex, but providing more of a fair or festival experience than as a single-track conference.[10]
References[]
- ^ http://blogs.seattletimes.com/monica-guzman/2014/09/27/from-geek-to-geek-dad-how-blogger-chris-pirillo-is-bringing-up-jedi/
- ^ "About" lockergnome.com
- ^ "Advice and Tips". lockergnome.com
- ^ "IT Professionals feed". lockergnome.com
- ^ "Lockergnome Help Forum Closure". lockergnome.com
- ^ Geeks - Reviews, News, and How To! Archived 2013-06-10 at the Wayback Machine. GeekWith.com. Retrieved on 2013-05-25.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Gregg, Keizer (June 15, 2006). "Microsoft Shuts Off Vista Torrent". Information Week. Archived from the original on October 30, 2013. Retrieved September 17, 2011.
- ^ "Poor Richard's E-mail Publishing" Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine. isbndb.com
- ^ "Online! The Book" Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine. isbndb.com
- ^ "Chris Pirillo is bringing Gnomedex back in Seattle — but don't call it a conference". GeekWire. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
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- 1973 births
- Living people
- American bloggers
- American people of Italian descent
- Writers from Des Moines, Iowa
- People from Issaquah, Washington
- Writers from Seattle
- TechTV people
- University of Northern Iowa alumni
- 21st-century American non-fiction writers