page_title: Gnomedex
hierarchical_section_title: Gnomedex
caption_attribution_description: Chris Pirillo wearing the Gnomedex 2007 t-shirt.
context_page_description: Gnomedex is a single-track technology conference hosted by Chris Pirillo, the owner of Lockergnome, LLC and is produced by Chris Pirillo and his staff at Lockergnome. Pirillo was the co-host of the show Call For Help on the former cable television channel TechTV. Gnomedex started as an outgrowth of Pirillo's technology newsletters, IRC channel and web site. The conference name is a satirical portmanteau of Pirillo's Lockergnome and the now-defunct Comdex technology trade show, which was a massive and influential annual event at the time of the first Gnomedex conference.
  Gnomedex has grown into a conference exploring new and emerging technologies with influencers, entrepreneurs and tech enthusiasts as the primary audience. It bills itself as the crossroads between producers and observers, between users and developers. The conference format is meant to serve the needs of the attendees, many of whom are prolific bloggers and podcasters.
  The first Gnomedex took place in October 2001 in Des Moines, Iowa, while the tenth Gnomedex took place in August 2010 in Seattle, Washington.
context_section_description: Gnomedex is a single-track technology conference hosted by Chris Pirillo, the owner of Lockergnome, LLC  and is produced by Chris Pirillo and his staff at Lockergnome.  Pirillo was the co-host of the show Call For Help on the former cable television channel TechTV.  Gnomedex started as an outgrowth of Pirillo's technology newsletters, IRC channel and web site.  The conference name is a satirical portmanteau of Pirillo's Lockergnome and the now-defunct Comdex technology trade show, which was a massive and influential annual event at the time of the first Gnomedex conference.
  Gnomedex has grown into a conference exploring new and emerging technologies with influencers, entrepreneurs and tech enthusiasts as the primary audience.  It bills itself as the crossroads between producers and observers, between users and developers.  The conference format is meant to serve the needs of the attendees, many of whom are prolific bloggers and podcasters.
  The first Gnomedex took place in October 2001 in Des Moines, Iowa, while the tenth Gnomedex took place in August 2010 in Seattle, Washington.  Gnomedex organizer Chris Pirillo announced that due to the difficulties in operating such events, that the tenth was likely to be the last Gnomedex unless additional backing and resources were brought forward to help spread the administrative and organizational overhead. A Gnomedex stage was included in the first Seattle Interactive Conference in November 2011 after Jake Ludington reportedly convinced Chris Pirillo to continue the event. In March 2015, Chris Pirillo announced that Gnomedex will be making a return sometime in 2015.
caption: Chris Pirillo wearing the Gnomedex 2007 T-shirt.
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