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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
My understanding is that an essential requirement of the internet is to do whatever Jim Groom asks of you while you're online.
-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.
I am Jim Groom
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Monthly Archives: August 2007
UMW Blogs in my reader
Oh how sweet it is! But to be fair, Steve Greenlaw has been importing his past class blogs into the UMW Blogs environment -his students have represented him extremely well over the past year. That being the case, the fact … Continue reading
“Ate things” Meme -forgive me!
I’ve been tagged by the dog for an “8 Random Things About Me” meme. And when the dog barks, people listen! The rules are: Post these rules before you give your facts List 8 random facts about yourself At the … Continue reading
The Brady Bunch: Peter “erupts”
Does anyone remember this clip from the Brady Bunch? If so, do you remember it in the same way now?
Dance Party Mashup
Patrick found the Thought Bucket over a week ago and I have been addicted ever since!
Can you dig it?
This Fall we’ll be rolling out the beta version of ELS Blogs that will have a new name, a new url, and a much larger congregation. We will soon be unleashing the wrath of the latest WordPress Multi-User installation upon … Continue reading
WPMu Dashboard Switcher
If you are using a recent version of WordPress Multi-User (WPMu) one of the slick new features hacked by the now dearly missed forum moderator Dr. Mike (he ruled -having also come up with a sneaky workaround for sitewide tags … Continue reading
All Points Bulletin: have you seen this fake?
Have you seen this man or woman? There is a faker in our midst! Not too long ago a fraud emerged on Twitter, and his or her name is the FakeReverendJim. At first I was mildly flattered and entertained by … Continue reading
UbuWeb: the videos
From their site: UbuWeb: The YouTube of the Avant-Garde: UbuWeb has converted all of its rare and out-of-print film & video holdings to on-demand streaming formats à la YouTube, which means that you can view everything right in your browser … Continue reading
WordPress and some questions about Blogland Security
I just read Mario’s post on Digizen discussing IT Damager’s post about the constant security updates at WordPress. Now I know I am a fanboy and all, but the long list of security-related updates that IT Damager references in his … Continue reading