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Gnomedex
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[[Image:Chris Pirillo.jpg|thumb|200px|Chris Pirillo at Gnomedex 2005'']]
'''Gnomedex''' is an annual technical conference, coordinated by [[Lockergnome]] founder [[Chris Pirillo]] and  his wife [[Ponzi Pirillo]], that began in late 2001, and has so far been held seven times. It is not affiliated with the [[desktop environment]] [[GNOME]]. The conference is typically held during the summer on a weekend, and focuses on leading-edge social and technical trends, most recently including [[RSS (file format)|RSS]] aggregation and [[podcast]]ing.

It has been traditionally held in [[Des Moines, Iowa|Des Moines]], [[Iowa]], Pirillo's home town, but due to its size, moved to [[Lake Tahoe]] in 2004 and then [[Seattle]] in 2005, 2006 and 2007, where the Pirillos make their home. 

The conference consists of parties, a keynote by Chris Pirillo, and presentations by various leaders in tech-centered fields.  Notable speakers have included [[Jason Calacanis]], [[Adam Curry]], [[John C. Dvorak]], politician [[John Edwards]], 
[[Rob Malda]] of [[Slashdot]] fame, [[Tim O'Reilly]], [[Dave Winer]], 
and the [[Microsoft]] [[Internet Explorer]] development team, who at Gnomedex 2005 announced widespread [[RSS (file format)|RSS]] support in [[Windows Vista]].

Started as "a tech conference for everyone else", what Gnomedex is exactly about is not really known. It is geared towards not only being fun, but informative. While the conference is run professionally at high-end venues, sponsorship from large companies including [[Microsoft]], [[Yahoo!]], and [[Google]] keeps registration fees unusually low. Another uncommon feature is a single "stream" of speeches in one room holding a few hundred people, rather than parallel series of talks and discussions as at other conventions.

The conferences have unusual themes.  At 2004's Gnomedex 4.0, the theme was "Taking the 'con' out of Convention", while Gnomedex 5.0's taglines in June 2005 included "The Technology People Aggregator" and "Grassroots of RSS, Blogging, Podcasting, BitTorrent, Media!"

==External links==
*[http://www.gnomedex.com/ Gnomedex Website]
*[http://www.lockergnome.com/ Lockergnome Website]
*[http://chris.pirillo.com/ Chris Pirillo's Blog]
*[http://live.pirillo.com/ Chri Pirillo's Live Streaming Video Page]
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