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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: June 2018
Catching Up With Reclaim Hosting
I have been trying to capture as much of my latest stint back at Reclaim Hosting’s HQ as possible given it was so awesome. Everything from the Reclaim Video Grand Opening and Summer Movie Nights to a special visit from … Continue reading
Reclaim Video on a Thursday Afternoon
While Reclaim Video officially opened two weeks ago, it did not really dawn on me until almost a week later. After the grand opening we locked in with MBS then road tripped to get Centipede. But as it turns out people … Continue reading
Centipede Reclaimed
Not only did I achieve on of my life goals by helping to run a Video Rental Store while back in Fredericksburg last week, but I also checked off another bucket list item: owning a classic 80s video game cabinet. … Continue reading
A MBS Special Presentation at Reclaim Video
This blog is pretty much all Reclaim all the time these days, and I am so very alright with that fact. Between Reclaim Hosting and Reclaim Video, what more could a blogger want? I already wrote about the first Summer Movie … Continue reading
Reclaim’s In on the Kill Taker
As chance would have it I stumbled across Joe Gross’s book in the 333sound series on Fugazi’s 1993 album In on the Kill Taker. I even got a note from one of the Dischord Records folks, namely Aaron, thanking me … Continue reading
Reclaim Phone Home
Scenes from opening day @reclaimvideo pic.twitter.com/ymRgmqD6V4 — Jim Groom (@jimgroom) June 8, 2018 I was on the ground for Reclaim Video‘s grand opening in Fredericksburg on June 8th, and I’m still reeling from all the goodness. I’ll be posting on … Continue reading
Reclaim Interview at OER18
I met the team of @ReclaimHosting for an interview on #DigitalLiteracy in the post-cambridge-analytica-era.(PLEASE don’t tell anyone that there has been a rift in the space-time continuum at 8’45 of the video!)https://t.co/Q6Z5tcYDcM #OER18 — Jöran ? (@joeranEN) June 10, 2018 … Continue reading
Headless at VCU’s ALT Lab
Tim and I had the good fortune to be able to head down to Richmond on Wednesday to catch up with the Research & Development group of VCU’s ALT Lab. We basically sat in awe for over two hours while … Continue reading
Swimming in a Digital Ocean of Love
Yesterday Digital Ocean published a customer story featuring Reclaim Hosting. It was nice. A month ago Tim and I talked with Lisa Tagliaferri (a CUNY Grad Center alum-I love CUNY!) who is keenly interested in framing the power and possibility of Digital … Continue reading