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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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Tag Archives: blogging4life
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
Croom and Groom on ReclaimTV
Part of the inspiration for the “On Writing” series on ReclaimTV is an excuse to chat about writing with awesome folks. The other part is to explore the impact writing has on our sense of both self and community, a … 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
Can we talk about blogging?
Over the last few months I’ve been getting old gold bloggers in my network to talk about writing more generally. Namely their origin stories and thinking through how their process has developed over time. I’m doing this as a way … 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
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
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