Live Chat and IRC on iPhone

Chris | Live Tech Support | Video Help | Add to iTunes http://live.pirillo.com/ – If anyone still doubts the awesome capabilities of the iPhone, I think it’s safe to say we can put those concerns to rest. Our good friend Andru Edwards came to visit the chatroom at live.pirillo.com recently to demonstrate how Apple’s iPhone [...]

LCD Screen Brightness

http://live.pirillo.com/ – Every day brings new viewers to our live chat. A recent visitor asked about her new laptop screen not being bright enough. She has reportedly changed her settings in the laptop control panel, with no luck. She wrote in to ask my advice, so let’s see what we can do to help Tifferz! [...]

Is Outsourcing My Pownce Identity Smart?

Heh. The Pownce identity saga continues – with this post from the Chris Pirillo proxy (who doesn’t appear to be malicious, and raises good points): Why would anyone be the fake Chris Pirillo? Well, unless you are a Chris Pirillo, Leo Laporte, Robert Scoble or whoever… you will never be able to build up a [...]

Where Blogging is Feared

This link was passed to me by Gnomedex Keytone Robert Steele. Seems that we live a life of blogging luxury here in the U.S. – Arab bloggers pay toll for truth: Not all bloggers in the Arab world are so dedicated in their use of this new freedom. Not all make the extra effort to [...]

Your Audience Doesn’t Know About You

For months, I’ve been claiming that brand is becoming increasingly decentralized – and emails like this further prove it: My name’s Ewan and I’m in rainy Scotland, in the UK. I just wanted to let you know that I’m a fan of your show and tell you how I got into it. I don’t usually [...]

Webcam Giveaway!

http://live.pirillo.com/ – This week’s winner is… gnomishtank! Want to embed our Webcam Giveaway video in your blog? Use this code: <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hoxIQPlPH2g"></aram><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hoxIQPlPH2g" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><a href="http://chris.pirillo.com/">Chris</a> | <a href="http://live.pirillo.com/">Live Tech Support</a> | <a href="http://media.pirillo.com/">Video Help</a> | <a href="http://feeds.pirillo.com/ChrisPirilloShow">Add to iTunes</a> Formats available: MPEG4 Video (.mp4), MP3 Audio [...]

iTunes Sucks

What is Social Networking?

http://live.pirillo.com/ – How many of you are part of a social network? How many of you have no idea what a social network is? The big buzzword these days is "social network" – but what is a social network? Typically a social network is a service that allows you to keep track of your friends, [...]

What is a Tasting Menu?

http://live.pirillo.com/ – Typically when you go to a restaurant you get a menu and select what plat you want. But, some restaurants have a tasting menu where you can taste just about every dish they offer. They’re small plates, but there are a lot of them. Since Chris and Ponzi’s birthdays are about a week [...]

What is DEP?

http://live.pirillo.com/ – One of our Romanian viewers wanted to know how to turn off Data Execution Prevention. Every time he thumbnails a video from his camera, he gets an error. What is DEP? Data Execution Prevention is a security technology – based in software or hardware – that keeps programs from accessing or overwriting parts [...]

Subscriptions are Equal to Social Pressure

I was a little taken aback this weekend by a personal attack on YouTube that was accurate, but largely based on inaccuracies. I’m not going to dismiss it outright, because the person who made the remark is quite an intelligent individual. It was noted, accurately, that I do not choose to have comments or subscriptions [...]

Big Media and the Blogosphere

Upon receiving the invite for this week’s Seattle-area blogger meetup with KOMO TV, Dave Newton put things into perspective for the community-at-large: I’m flattered that I made a list of Seattle area bloggers, but not starry-eyed enough to accept the invitation to come and be cooed over by the TV people, no matter how sincere [...]

Windows Startup Sound Remixes

In between getting rickrolled by Ben Gold (ricktroll?), the chat roomer “hellkine” passed along a rather interesting remix. I’m getting to the point of fearing what will be on the other end of any YouTube URL, but this one turned out to be generally interesting. If you thought the Windows XP startup sound sounded anything [...]

Mac OS X: the Light or Dark Side?

Guess what? Chris has five Macs in his house: Ponzi’s white MacBook, a Mac Mini that drives the live video stream, a 15″ LED-backlit MacBook Pro (sponsored by Lijit for Gnomedex), a 17″ 1920×1200 MacBook Pro (sponsored by Blue Sky Factory for Gnomedex), and an iMac G5 that he’d likely be willing to sell to [...]