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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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Author Archives: Reverend
The Future of WPMu
There has been a lot of discussion about the future of WPMu with the coming merge of WPMu and WP, and I understand there are concerns and issues all around. I’m not in the business of selling WPMu, so my … Continue reading
NOBODY!
Andy Rush illustrates the truth with this tweet! The bava, shaping traffic patterns since 2005!
A Mario Bava sighting in Virginia
Well, after four years I finally officially consider myself a Virginian after buying some of the bloodiest soil in the US. And I have to say it is nice to see that Virginia, in cooperation with the Library of Congress … Continue reading
BlackBoard: Innovate, Educate, Litigate
One thing that has stuck with me in my quest to bury BlackBoard over the last four years has been just how shamelessly BlackBoard’s PR message is so hypocritical when looked against their baseless legal aggression against their competitors. I … Continue reading
The news of my death has been beautifully mashed up
Nothing like watching your own eulogy, I guess I really should pay Serena the 100 bucks I owe her 🙂
Bava bloody bava
Bava Bloody Bava from Tom Woodward on Vimeo. You know I have to bump this Tom Woodward masterpiece, now will someone give us a comedy act gig already? We’re artists, damn it! Oh yeah, and Jim, I think I might … Continue reading
Sunday Bloody Bono
Some more art from the bava, cause just like Bono, I’m saving the world one song at a time. Update: The following video is a victim of the premature death of my YouTube account at the hands of those annoying … Continue reading
Day 88: Air Hockey
About 10 hours ago 36 hours ago I became a happy home owner, and I realized something pretty remarkable once I walked in La casa di bava today. I bought my childhood home. It’s an 80 year old house with … Continue reading
Then there is BuddyPress on UMW Blogs
…and oh what a beautiful thing it is. We made no special announcement, and we have kept the profile data to a bare minimum, and Martha just pulled the whole thing together with the awesome new theme (and who’s work … Continue reading
WPMu: State of the Union Here and Abroad
Well, I have been deep in my toy blogging and out to sea in many regards, I become a home owner tomorrow, and just got back from an exhilarating talk in West Virginia that has my spirits up about a … Continue reading