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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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Karate Kid and California Dreaming
For our 9th episode of the amazing Family Pictures Podcast we waxed on about the 1984 hit Karate Kid. Did you know Karate Kid was directed by Rocky‘s John Avildsen? Makes sense when you think about it given Karate Kid … Continue reading
First Born as Authentic Look into the World of 1980s Suburbia
As I finally catch-up on blogging, it’s time to turn to the Family Pictures Podcast which is now available on Apple’s Podcasts and Spotify as we get into the double-digits of episodes. “We’re mass communicatin’!” I’m three episodes behind* so … Continue reading
Polybius
In the things I learned today department, a high schooler named Antonio dropped by bavastudio. He was grooving on the old video games in the space, and as it happens he’s a bit of an retro gaming geek so we … Continue reading
Kin Lane on Writing, Blogging, and Life
Continuing to build on our #blogging4life theme at Reclaim Hosting, I have the pleasure and privilege to follow-up my discussion with Audrey Watters last month with another discussion about writing, blogging, and life with the ever-inspiring Kin Lane. Kin is … Continue reading
Romanticizing WordPress and the Future Past of Possibility
A few months ago I had the opportunity to chat with Jesse Friedman (WP.cloud) and Ronnie Burt (Automattic) about hosting WordPress on the Impressive Hosting podcast. The conversation quickly turned into a romantic reflection on the long history of our … Continue reading
Euology
I lost my father last week. I’m just now trying to emerge from the fog of that loss. I have a very big family, and checking out for more than a week and being able to spend time with those … Continue reading
Troubleshooting Madden 2001 YoloBox Streaming to 27″ CRT TV
I’ve spent more time than I’d like to admit troubleshooting a streaming setup in bava.studio for Madden 2001. I’m going to capture some of my various failed attempts below so I don’t repeat the errors: Tried RetroPie with AV/RCA run … Continue reading
Audrey Watters on Writing
Tomorrow at 1 PM Eastern on ReclaimTV I will be talking with Audrey Watters about her career as a writer on and off the web. I can’t think of too many people who’ve made as big an impact in edtech … Continue reading
Yeti Back from the Dead
There’s been a dead Blue Yeti mic hanging around the house for almost a year now. It was left in the foyer, so I would see it just about every day and think, briefly, “maybe I should look at that,” … Continue reading
Bloggers Anonymous: “First Things First”
Seems my excitement may have gotten the best of me with my first couple of Bloggers Anonymous posts. I failed to mention a few basics, which is a sure fire way to kill the momentum of our collective corporate media … Continue reading