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Generations from now, they won't call it the Internet anymore. They'll just say, "I logged on to the Jim Groom this morning.
-Joe McMahon
Everything Jim Groom touches is gold. He's like King Midas, but with the Internet.
-Serena Epstein
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-James D. Calder
@jimgroom is the Billy Martin of edtech.
-Luke Waltzer
My 3yr old son is VERY intrigued by @jimgroom's avatar. "Is he a superhero?" "Well, yes, son, to many he is."
-Clint Lalonde
Jim Groom is a fiery man.
-Antonella Dalla Torre
“Reverend” Jim “The Bava” Groom, alias “Snake Pliskin” is a charlatan and a fraud, a self-confessed “used car salesman” clawing his way into the glamour of the education technology keynote circuit via the efforts of his oppressed minions at the University of Mary Washington’s DTLT and beyond. The monster behind educational time-sink ds106 and still recovering from his bid for hipster stardom with “Edupunk”, Jim spends his days using his dwindling credibility to sell cheap webhosting to gullible undergraduates and getting banned from YouTube for gross piracy.
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Author Archives: Reverend
Unscripted Futures
I’m between flights right now as I head back to Long Island for a family wedding after a wonderful couple of days in Dublin at ILTA’s 25th EdTech conference. Both Maren Deepwell and Sheila MacNeill do a far better job … Continue reading
Conference, Camera, ILTA!
I’m going pretty old school for ILTA’s EdTech 26 conference starting later this morning. I’ve already blogged my presentation and I even brought an actual camera and I’m uploading the shots to a Flickr album. I’m rocking it like it’s … Continue reading
You’re definitely Dr Detroit …
This post falls under weird discussion I had with ChatGPT. This stream of consciousness from ChatGPT comes after it solved my issue upgrading Ghost in Reclaim Cloud. It started to get all buddy-buddy when reflecting on how it helped me … Continue reading
The Reclaim Student Showcase Returns for 2026
The call for entries for Reclaim’s Student Showcase 2026 is now open through June 30th. The showcase is open to projects built through Domain of One’s Own, Shared Hosting, and WordPress Multisite. One of the things that struck me most … Continue reading
Domain of One’s Own Version 2
I’ve been reticent to announce it publicly given that this is very much Chris Blankenship’s handiwork, but since he’s finally posted about all his amazing work on his own blog, I figure it’s fair game. First and foremost, all hail … Continue reading
Heigh Ho, Heigh Ho, It’s Off to ILTA’s EdTech 26 We Go
Earlier this week I sat down with Dr. Maren Deepwell to chat about the Irish Learning Technology Association (ILTA) conference Ed Tech 26. This event celebrates that organization’s 25th anniversary, so it should be a doozy. Maren and I discuss … Continue reading
Atari 2600 Game Cartridge Display Stand
Above is the fruit of a project I’ve been working on since last week while awaiting more buildings to print for the They Live diorama. It’s a pretty simply model, a stand-alone cartridge holder that can fit up to 5 … Continue reading
Building a Blog You Can Walk Into
I’m working under the gun, as usual, and I have to put together a 20 minute presentation for the “Ooh Blogging is a Place on Earth” presentation I’ll be delivering in Dublin next week at ILTA’s 25th anniversary EdTech conference. … Continue reading
Deferred Maintenance: Upgrading Mastodon and PeerTube
I’ve been neglecting the Mastodon instances at both social.ds106.us and reclaim.rocks. But recently there have been some critical updates, and with the state of security on the web I figured it was time to be a good host. So I … Continue reading
Fulci the Psychic
I’m not sure you know this or not, dear reader, but I almost died. A couple of weeks ago I nearly slid of a cliff on the coast of Oregon to my untimely demise. It was A LOT! In fact, … Continue reading