Chris Pirillo

Gnomie Andrew Norman writes:
Hello, Chris.
I just watched your video concerning Asus Eee PC vs PDAs, and I have a thought concerning the issue. I’m sure you get hundreds of responses, but all the same I thought I’d respond.
Of course, I don’t deny that PDAs are computers, but I think there’s a pretty important difference […]

Gnomie Michael Riley (TopGearFordGt in our chat room) writes:

Look around. Don’t just buy the first computer you see. When I say this I am talking about going around to different computer stores, and tech stores. One big reason that you would do this is because if you are going to be buying a Dell laptop […]

Dear Chris,
My name is Yaser Sulaiman. I’m a Syrian graduate computer science student who is studying in Saudi Arabia.
Although I have been watching your great videos for a couple of months now, I didn’t “formally” join the community until recently. I go under the nickname yaserbuntu.
I wanted to share with you and the community my […]

Gnomie Christopher Levo writes:
Hey Chris,
For a solid month, I’ve been looking for a program or a company that can take a DVD I have with over 3 GB of images and somehow pull them off of what seems to be a corrupted part of the disc. These are images of my fiance and I together, […]

DJ Gnomie Cyrus writes:
Hello Chris,
I’m an aspiring DJ (currently I do it as a hobby). I love Open Source, and find that the quality is often higher than that found with a lot of proprietary software. Oh, and it’s free! I put together a digital “toolbox” of such stuff I find useful for Windows in […]

Summer approaches and Gnomie Dan H. (aka starbucks95905 in our chat room) writes in with these tips that may come in handy if you’re planning on visiting a theme park or two:
I just got back from Epcot at Disney World in Orlando and I would like to give a few great tips for visiting theme […]

Gnomie Joshua Thomson writes:
I watched your video where a viewer asked about Web conferencing. I use ooVoo; it’s a good conferencing program — let’s just hope it stays free after beta. Of course Skype is supposed to be implementing video conferencing, which I hear is supposed to handle up to 16 people at a time… […]

Gnomie Nate Wright writes:
Hey Chris, I’ve got a problem. I built a computer last summer around June and (like an idiot) I bought most of my parts without doing any real research. I didn’t know very much about computers and thinking that it was going to be really good I went and bought Vista 64 […]

Gnomie John writes:
Why upgrade? Chances are you have bought something online with a credit card, used internet banking, or dealt with confidential information on your computer. If you use a wireless router with anything less than WPA2 encryption, your information may not be as secure as you think.
“WPA2 security is definitely worth the modest amount […]

Gnomie Gabe Somebody (if that is, indeed, his real name!) writes:
Hey Chris, I’ve got a top five list for you. I can’t tell you how many hours I’ve spent trying to fuss with my home networking to discover the solutions are usually simpler than they seem.

Totally go with wired or wireless — not both.

Don’t use […]

Irish Gnomie Barry (aka Basement) writes:
Hey Chris,
I’ve been following your videos for a while and have only thought of mailing just now; wasn’t sure if you had a video on this topic.
I’m very busy with college and do most of my work on my MacBook, which I purchased in September. It has developed a little […]

Gnomie Mikey (mxjf in our chat room) writes:
I have been watching your videos for a long time and have been subscribed to your YouTube channel since around October. I have noticed that you and Ponzi have quite a few laptops, and I thought this would be appropriate.
Around February 2008, I decided I wanted a laptop. […]

Gnomie techmarshal from our chat room writes:
Hey Chris,
I’m not new to your live feed, but I am new to the chat room. My handle is techmarshal and I thought I would send you this top five list. So here it goes…

Get rid of the programs that you never use or have just forgotten about. These […]

Bulgarian Gnomie Nik writes:
Hello, Chris. My name is Nik (aka K915 on YouTube and in the chat room). I would like to present my top five things to do to make Windows faster and more reliable. I know there are a lot of videos and materials about this out there (you probably even have a […]

Gnomie fendabenda writes in with his top 5 favorite anti-viruses:

Kaspersky Anti-Virus Personal
Kaspersky Anti-Virus Personal offers excellent anti-virus protection, perhaps unsurpassed in its ability to unpack and scan compressed files — something that trips up a lot of other vendors. Should be used in conjunction with a firewall.

BitDefender Antivirus Plus
Softwin’s BitDefender Professional protects against viruses, spyware, […]

Gnomie Tim Stapleton writes:
Chris,
Recently I was reading an article in my local newspaper about a local college student who has developed a new “all-in-one” IM program called Digsby that not only supports the regular AIM, Jabber, ICQ, Yahoo!, and Google Talk, but incorporates your email as well as your MySpace and Facebook accounts.
There are […]

Gnomie Josh writes in to share his top 10 favorite programs:

Audacity: Audacity is a free program that allows you to edit your music and sound files. It is Open Source and it is very to use. For someone looking to start podcasts, this program is for you. You will get used to the features it […]

Gnomie Jebus (pronounced “hay”-”bus”) writes:
Mr. Pirillo,
I’m a long-time watcher, recent-chat-joiner and first-time writer. I’ve noticed that one topic that comes up regularly is Windows Vista, to which many chatters respond to “upgrade to XP.”
However, no matter how strong you think you’ve built your argument against the winds of change, your shelter of stubbornness is bound […]

Gnomie Hai-Shuo Shun writes:
Slow computer getting you down? Wish you could speed up your system so that games won’t crawl by like a slide show permanently set to slow? Well look no further! I shall share five easy steps that you can take to improve your system’s speed! Most of them are free of charge, […]

Sarah Coles writes:
Hi Chris,
You may have seen that a new site launched last week called Skewz, which is an interactive site that allows users to submit political stories from mainstream media and online blogs, discuss and rate them (i.e. “Skew”) according to left or right angle. The innovative site sorts and categorizes news to its […]