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Everything Jim Groom touches is gold. He's like King Midas, but with the Internet.
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-James D. Calder
@jimgroom is the Billy Martin of edtech.
-Luke Waltzer
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-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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Category Archives: blogging
Building a Blog You Can Walk Into
I’m working under the gun, as usual, and I have to put together a 20 minute presentation for the “Ooh Blogging is a Place on Earth” presentation I’ll be delivering in Dublin next week at ILTA’s 25th anniversary EdTech conference. … Continue reading
Let the Golden Age Begin
Put your hands on the wheel Let the golden age begin Let the window down Feel the moonlight on your skin Tim Klapdor’s posts have been resonating with me these days, and it’s really nice to have a friend and … Continue reading
Gen Xfest and the Better Suit Industrial Complex
I’m still within the gravitational pull of CloudFest 2026 Gen Xfest 2026, which is always a dangerous thing—but not bad for the bavablog post count! At the same time I’ve been reading Shadow Ticket by Thomas Pynchon, and somewhere between … Continue reading
I Shoulda Turned Left at Albuquerque
I found myself down a deep monitor repair rabbit hole as of late, but I’ve finally resurfaced (at least temporarily). What’s more, the map is out and I am re-orientating, so I’ll find my way back to the blog shortly. … Continue reading
On Writing with Laura Hilliger
Last week I did my first “On Writing” chat of 2026 with gym teacher/blogger Laura Hilliger. Laura and I have been circling each other on the web for a long while, and her fun Reclaim Open submission “My Website is … Continue reading
Invasion of the Mind Snatchers
I was originally going to call this post “Invasion of the Content Snatchers,” but what’s happening in this process is more than simply “stealing content” (if we can even call it that), but a shift in how we might potentially … Continue reading
But is it Blog Worthy?
One of the things I started thinking about as I make the final push toward 4,000 posts (this is 3,995) is the length of posts. I joked about “goosing the numbers” to reach my goal, but baked into that joke … Continue reading
Folk Wisdom from Creepshow 2
I watched the horror/comedy anthology Creepshow 2 (1987) last week. While in Portland I picked up a deluxe Arrow release with UHD and 4K discs and all sorts of extras—commentaries, ephemera, and even a comic with the missing episode “Pinfall” … Continue reading
3,976
With this post, I’m 24 entries away from hitting 4,000. To satisfy my sense of symmetry, I’d need to publish another 24 posts in the next 10 days so that I land on exactly 4,000 at the moment this blog … Continue reading
Zombie Malls
This post started as a comment on Martin Weller’s post “Meet me by the Blogroll,” but it felt like something I might want to also have on the bava proper, so here we are. Martin’s post draws a parallel between … Continue reading