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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.
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Author Archives: Reverend
Hello Blog!
Been taking a bit of a break from the bava blog the last few weeks, it’s been a welcome respite. September and October were fairly intense travel months, and after the US election I really wanted break from the maddening media. … Continue reading
Our Portfolio Could be Your Life: The Video
Just got word the videos for ePic 2016 in Bologna are now available on YouTube. Here is the full playlist. I’m including a link to mine in the original post as well as here because I had fun doing this one. … Continue reading
Our Portfolio Could be Your Life
Let me start by saying Bologna is a fine city to hold a conference. As a head's up, Bologna is an awesome city for a conference. And probably even better without one 🙂 pic.twitter.com/zZVjoO1WAU — Jim Groom (@jimgroom) October 28, … Continue reading
Lifeclock One
In preparation for the future past almost 20 years ago I’ve supported the Lifeclock One Kickstarter so that I can always be reminded that cinema is realer than life. And while there’s always enough blame to go around, I personally … Continue reading
Muhlenberg College: The ‘Berg Builds
This post has sat in draft for almost three weeks while I finished traveling and decompressing from a month away. Like Cogdog, I have been a tired blogger these days, but unlike Alan I haven’t always been able to push … Continue reading
Goodspell: Gospel Radio for the #ds106 Generation
This past Sunday I was honored to be a guest on the very last episode of Mariana Funes and John Johnston‘s podcast the ds106 Goodspell. They have been talking in detail about 106 bullet points of ds106 that Mariana posted back … Continue reading
Picturing Italy
I think I vaguely remember something about this technology called blogging where you share the inane things of your life. I might have even done it once upon a time…. I’m back, relatively guilt free, from a month long mix … Continue reading
Reclaiming Portland
It’s been a whirlwind of a trip since I ventured back to the US two weeks ago. I have neglected the bava, and few things pain me more. But that was then, this is now. The trip started in Portland, … Continue reading
Sitelock Scam
Recently Dean Shareski wrote about an issue he was having with his blog at Bluehost. The short story is his site got hacked, which happens to all of us. It’s the struggle of the web. But what was crazy was … Continue reading
Language by Osmosis
Next week marks a year in Italy. It’s crazy how quickly that went. I’m in a unique position that while I live here now 99% of my day-to-day business is still conducted in my mother tongue. I speak English at home … Continue reading