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“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
Martin Weller “On Writing”
One of the nice things about interviewing bloggers about blogging is that there is a pretty good chance they’ll blog it, saving me some extra blogging. Anyway, the great Martin Weller has done just that by writing about our chat … Continue reading
Tim Klapdor “On Writing”
Before the “On Writing” series went on a bit of a vacation for the 4th of July (Independence my ass!), I had the pleasure of chatting with Tim Klapdor about his blogging career. Tim is an Australian ed-tech blogger who’s … Continue reading
The Quest for 4000: Post 3935
This is post number 3,935 on this here blog. By December 13th, this blog’s 20th birthday, I’m hoping to make it an even 4,000 posts because I love symmetry: 4,000 posts over 20 years averaging out to 200 posts a … Continue reading
Kate Bowles “On Writing”
In this episode of “On Writing” Jim Groom talks with Kate Bowles about the other side of writing: not writing. What does it mean when someone stops writing? What might that tell us about the moment within which we find ourselves? Continue reading
The Call of the Blog
I’ve heard Alan Levine mention the feeling of having to blog something. The idea that until you get that post out you can’t focus on anything else, and that’s certainly been the case for me as of late. When this … Continue reading
Chris Long “On Writing”
The Bloggers Anonymous series “On Writing” continues to win hearts and minds as the reclaim blogging underground “movement” increasingly gains steam. Few can better articulate the importance of inhabiting your own space online than Chris Long, Provost of the University … Continue reading
Bryan Alexander “On Writing”
As my youngest son would say, in the parlance of our times, “you’re glazing Bryan Alexander again, dad.” This episode was a bit of a lovefest for edtech’s hardest working man, and I have no regrets. Bryan’s impact on the … Continue reading
Kathleen Fitzpatrick “On Writing”
Earlier this month I had the distinct pleasure of talking with Kathleen Fitzpatrick about her career of writing both on, off, and about the web. I’ve wanted to talk publicly with Kathleen about her journey after her absolutely brilliant keynote … Continue reading
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