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'''Christopher "Chris" Joseph Pirillo''' (born {{birth date|1973|7|26}}) is the founder and maintainer of Lockergnome which is a large blogging network. He spent two years hosting the [[TechTV]] [[television program]] ''[[Call for Help]]'' before parting ways with the show. He also hosted the first annual Call-for-Help-a-Thon on TechTV. He now hosts videos on several internet sites, including [[CNN]].com, [[YouTube]] and his own website.
'''FUCK "FUCKER!" Joseph Pirillo''' (born {{birth date|1973|7|26}}) is the founder and maintainer of Lockergnome which is a large blogging network. He spent two years hosting the [[TechTV]] [[television program]] ''[[Call for Help]]'' before parting ways with the show. He also hosted the first annual Call-for-Help-a-Thon on TechTV. He now hosts videos on several internet sites, including [[CNN]].com, [[YouTube]] and his own website.


== Biography ==
== Biography ==

Revision as of 02:55, 10 November 2008

FAGGOT MCGEE!
Chris Pirillo, wearing the Gnomedex 2007 t-shirt
Born (1973-07-26) July 26, 1973 (age 51)
Occupation(s)Former TV host, Software Tester, Computer Technician, Blogger
Heightabout 1.6m (5 ft 3 in)
Websitehttp://Chris.Pirillo.com (Personal Blog)

http://Live.Pirillo.com (Live Stream) http://Geeks.Pirillo.com (Geeks! Community) http://Lockergnome.com (Technology Blogging Site)

http://www.gnomedex.com (Annual Blogging Conference)

FUCK "FUCKER!" Joseph Pirillo (born (1973-07-26)July 26, 1973) is the founder and maintainer of Lockergnome which is a large blogging network. He spent two years hosting the TechTV television program Call for Help before parting ways with the show. He also hosted the first annual Call-for-Help-a-Thon on TechTV. He now hosts videos on several internet sites, including CNN.com, YouTube and his own website.

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.[1] He later married Latthanapon "Ponzi" Indharasophang on December 9, 2006,[2] who is also his business partner. They currently live in Seattle, Washington with their two dogs Wicket and Pixie, who are the namesakes of the bots on the http://Live.Pirillo.com IRC chat room.

Projects

Chris Pirillo live streams from his home-office using Ustream technology and uses this to create YouTube videos daily with a focus on software, computers, iPhone applications, and other technology-related topics and events.

Chris Pirillo is also an avid blogger, combining his website which contains over 1,500 posts, and updating his micro-blogging accounts, such as Twitter and FriendFeed daily.

Every year, Pirillo hosts Gnomedex, a technology conference tailored to technology and blogging enthusiasts.

References

  1. ^ "IMDB: Chris Pirillo".
  2. ^ "Ponzarelli.com".