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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
Bloggers Anonymous Series “On Writing” May Line-up
Turns out what started out as rough idea Maren Deepwell and I concocted to get bloggers to talk about their writing road has become a pretty fun and compelling (at least for me) way to be reminded of the power … Continue reading
Amarcord: Dio, Patria, Famiglia
After watching Francois Truffaut’s The 400 Blows (Michael’s brilliant choice for the Family Pictures Podcast) it was my turn to come back with a follow-up.* While watching the classroom scene at the start of The 400 Blows, Antonella suggested Federico Fellini’s … Continue reading
Family Pictures Podcast takes on 400 Blows
For episode 11 of the Family Pictures Podcast MBS and I finally take on a heavy weight of world cinema with François Truffaut’s French New Wave masterpiece 400 Blows (1959). This was Michael’s pick, and I was thrilled because I … Continue reading
Can we talk about blogging?
Over the last few months I’ve been getting old gold bloggers in my network to talk about writing more generally. Namely their origin stories and thinking through how their process has developed over time. I’m doing this as a way … Continue reading
Is it bavatube or bava.tv?
Love seeing Andy Rush playing hard in the fediverse. He recently got his own PeerTube instance up and running at AndyTube, now I have to figure out how to subscribe. I was pushed to get my PeerTube upgraded to 7.1 … Continue reading
bavacade Update 4-13-2025
It’s been a couple of months since my last bavacade update. I was under the impression I hadn’t done much since January, but after taking some notes I realized I was mistaken. Real headway was made and I even added … Continue reading
Coffee Futures
Adam Rowe’s 70s Sci-Fi Art site/newsletter is an absolute gem if you’re into retro-futurism. When it arrives in my inbox I usually save it for when I have some time to explore the images and links, because I love the … Continue reading
VHS Stacks 1 and 2
I’ve been making a point of working regularly in bava.studio this year and most of the last. It’s done wonders for my sense of home/work separation; nothing like a change of scenery to inspire new work flows. One of the … Continue reading
Future Visions of Open Textbooks in 1996
This 1996 EDUCAUSE paper by G.D. Bothun of University of Oregon, “Teaching Via Electrons: Networked Courseware at the University of Oregon” provides a compelling look into the early questions and concerns surrounding instructional technology involving the web. It was striking … Continue reading