Lockergnome
| Chris Pirillo | |
|---|---|
Pirillo speaking at Gnomedex in 2007
|
|
| Born |
Christopher Joseph Pirillo July 26, 1973 Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. |
| Residence | Issaquah, Washington, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Northern Iowa |
| Occupation | YouTube partner, magazine columnist, tech expert for CNN, book author, conference organizer, public speaker, owner of a blogging network and social community, provider of video content, vlogger |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Spouse(s) |
|
| Children | Jedi Pirillo (born September 14, 2014) |
| Website | chris |
Christopher Joseph "Chris" Pirillo (born July 26, 1973) is the founder and CEO of LockerGnome, Inc., a network of blogs, web forums, mailing lists, and online communities. He spent two years hosting the TechTV television program Call for Help, where he also hosted the first annual Call-for-Help-a-Thon. He now hosts videos on several Internet sites, including CNN, YouTube, Ustream, CBC.ca and his own website.
Pirillo was born on July 26, 1973 in Des Moines, Iowa to Judy and Joe Pirillo. He has two younger brothers, Adam and Benjamin. He studied at the University of Northern Iowa, where he majored in English education, eventually graduating with an English degree. For a short time, he was a 7th grade English teacher at Coke R. Stevenson Middle School in San Antonio, Texas.
Ever since Pirillo was introduced to technology as a child he has been fascinated with the evolution and different aspects of computing. He frequently records videos on YouTube about various tech-based and geek-related topics.
Pirillo ran a 24/7 live video feed from his home office via Ustream until April 23, 2013. His streams, now broadcast live on YouTube, focus on software, hardware, news, reviews, computers, iOS applications, operating systems, gaming, and other technology-related topics and events.
LockerGnome was the first website that Pirillo registered back in October 1996. However, he states that only the real beginning of LockerGnome is now, since the community has grown rapidly since 1996. Pirillo runs several online communities. His LockerGnome blogging network has over 100,000 members. Geeks, his Ning-based social network, has over 24,000 users. 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. Several mailing lists are now provided, offering technology advice and tips and other content syndicated from LockerGnome's blogs for IT Professionals. A web forum for help with and discussions about technology was run from 2002 to 2015.
...
Wikipedia