Chris Pirillo
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| Christopher Joseph Pirillo | |
 Chris Pirillo, wearing the Gnomedex 2007 t-shirt
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| Born | July 26, 1973 Des Moines, Iowa |
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| Occupation | Magazine columnist, tech expert for CNN.com, book author, conference organizer, public speaker, owner of a blogging network, runs a social community, provider of video content and more. |
| Website http://chris.pirillo.com (Personal Blog) http://live.pirillo.com (Live Stream) http://geeks.pirillo.com (Geeks! Community) http://www.lockergnome.com (Tech Blogging Site) http://www.gnomedex.com (Annual Blogging Conference) |
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Christopher "Chris" Joseph Pirillo (born July 26, 1973) is the American founder and maintainer of Lockergnome, a blogging network. He spent two years hosting the TechTV television program Call for Help. Pirillo also hosted the first annual Call-for-Help-a-Thon on TechTV. He now hosts videos on several internet sites, including CNN, YouTube, ustream.tv, and his own website.[1]
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[edit] Biography
Pirillo majored in English education at the University of Northern Iowa. He married Gretchen Hundling on October 3, 1998. They divorced on December 19, 2003, for an undisclosed reason.[2] He later married Latthanapon "Ponzi" Indharasophang on December 9, 2006[3] and announced their divorce on June 24th, 2009, for unknown reasons.[4] Chris currently lives near Seattle, Washington with his two dogs Wicket and Pixie, who are the namesakes of the bots on the http://live.pirillo.com IRC chat room.
[edit] Projects
Chris Pirillo live streams from his home office on Ustream and is one of the more popular streams, with over 4,000 devotees.[5] His live stream is the basis for YouTube videos recorded daily with a focus on software, computers, iPhone applications, operating systems, gaming and other technology-related topics and events. As of July 1, 2009, Pirillo has had over 15,500,000 viewer hours[6] and 70,000 subscribers to his YouTube channel.[7]
Chris Pirillo runs several online communities. His Lockergnome blogging network has over 100,000 members. Geeks, his Ning-based social network, has over 17,000 users.[8]. His web forum, Lockergnome Help Forum, is a popular destination for answers to questions from both novice and advanced users.[9]
Chris Pirillo is also an avid blogger, with over 2,000 posts and 40,000 readers of his personal blog.[10] Pirillo makes extensive use of micro-blogging services such as Twitter, where he has over 65,000 followers[11] and FriendFeed, where he has over 11,000 friends[12] on a daily basis.
Every year, Pirillo hosts Gnomedex, a technology conference tailored to technology and blogging enthusiasts.
[edit] References
- ^ Tubemogul Rich Analytics for Chris Pirillo
- ^ "IMDB: Chris Pirillo". http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1022052/bio.
- ^ "Ponzarelli.com". http://ponzarelli.com.
- ^ "Divorce Announcement". http://chris.pirillo.com/personal-and-professional-changes-afoot/.
- ^ http://ustre.am/8V
- ^ http://live.pirillo.com
- ^ http://youtube.com/lockergnome
- ^ http://geeks.pirillo.com
- ^ http://help.lockergnome.com/general
- ^ http://chris.pirillo.com/
- ^ http://twitter.com/lockergnome
- ^ http://friendfeed.com/l0ckergn0me
[edit] External links
- Chris Pirillo at the Internet Movie Database
- The Chris Pirillo Show
- Chris Pirillo's Feeds
- Chris Pirillo's official blog
- Chris Pirillo's official web site (Currently redirects to Lockergnome.com.)
- Chris Pirillo's Live 24/7 Internet Broadcast #chris IRC channel (Chat that Chris is in 24/7)
- Chris' Youtube Channel
- Interview with Chris Pirillo, Online Marketing Blog, 2006-10-15
- Lockergnome Problem Solvers Forum
- Gnomedex Website
- Lockergnome Home Page
- Geeks Home Page
- Geeks Radio
- Chris' Twitter Account
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