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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
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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: ds106radio
ds106radio Upgrade
Last week Taylor let me tag along while he upgraded ds106radio’s woefully outdated version of Azuracast. Taylor and I did some prep work behind the scenes earlier in the week, and then streamed the upgrade process live which resulted in … Continue reading
Grant’s 50th on ds106radio
Chahira and I continue to slay with all things karaoke, and Grant Potter’s 50th birthday celebration on ds106radio gave us just the excuse we needed to point our… Continue reading
Talking Open Source Media Ecosystems on #ds106radio
Taylor Jadin and I chatted for about an hour on Friday about some of the work we did earlier in the week upgrading Azuracast to the latest version for the mighty ds106radio. Spoiler alert: the upgrade did not work, but … Continue reading
Vinylcast #51: R.E.M.’s eponymous
This is the second #vinylcast in one week, so I must be getting into a groove these days—which is always nice. This one takes me back to the… Continue reading
Vinylcast #50: Sonny and the Sunsets’ Talent Night at the Ashram
Kind of fitting that this particular album was my 50th vinylcast on ds106radio because it is represents a bit of a landmark for me. I bought it in… Continue reading
Vinylcast #49: Sinéad O’Connor’s I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got
Got back on the #ds106radio train this morning with a vinylcast of Sinéad O’Connor‘s 1990 album I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got, it ages well. I… Continue reading
Domains21: Hope on the Airwaves – the #ds106radio Sunday Special
More OERxDomains21 goodness, and this time with an extra shot of ds106radio awesome. To quote a blog post titled “Hope on the Airwaves:#ds106radio Sunday Special” by Maren Deepwell from more than a year ago at the height of the pandemic: … Continue reading
Memoirs to Kidhood with Songs Along the Way
I woke up at 3 AM this morning and had no hopes of returning to bed, and so I jumped on ds106radio for a 3 hour and 15… Continue reading
Vinylcast #47: Iron Maiden’s The Number of the Beast
Another day, another #vinylcast on bavaradio! It’s been a good week for me on #ds106radio with 3 #vinylcasts and a few impromptu broadcasts spurred on by the fact… Continue reading
Vinylcast #46: Kate Bush’s Hounds of Love
With this #vinylcast I started to feel a bit more in #ds106radio shape. It helps that you have an album as amazing as Kate Bush‘s Hounds of Love… Continue reading