Chris Pirillo
Updated: 12/01/2019 by Computer Hope
Name: Chris Pirillo
Born: July 26, 1973, in Des Moines, Iowa, USA
Computer-related contributions
- Founder and maintainer of Lockergnome, a network of blogs, web forums, mailing lists, and online communities which he registered in 1996.
- Hosted TechTV television program Call for Help for two years, where he also hosted the first annual Call-for-Help-a-Thon.
- He now hosts videos on several Internet sites, including CNN, ustream.tv, CBS, YouTube, and his own website.
- His current video views of all time is over 127 million.
Significant publications
- Poor Richard's E-mail Publishing, Online! (1999).
- Online! The Book (with John C. Dvorak and Wendy Taylor) (2003).
Quotes
"You should always draw your conclusions in pencil — so as to be easily erased."