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Everything Jim Groom touches is gold. He's like King Midas, but with the Internet.
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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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Tag Archives: DesignAssignments
Belated ds106 Valentine
I’ve been crushed lately, so my ds106 assignments have fallen to the wayside, but as I begin to emerge from the crazy—which is all good—I find I am just in time for the design assignments (my personal favorite). What’s more, … Continue reading
Tumbling through The Shining
There is this…. From which this was born… And then there is this… Which I already turned into a ds106 design assignment here. Have I mentioned how much I love my Tumblr these days? And in no small part because I … Continue reading
Greetings from the Overlook Hotel
Inspired by the work of the Breakfast Club edition of ds106 on their design assignments today (more on that anon), I took a shot at the Postcards from Magical Places assignment—3 stars! I spent the afternoon showing them how to … Continue reading
Jaws Alternative Book Cover
I have a ton of awesome design work to show off from the Breakfast Club edition of ds106 (a.k.a the K12 edition 🙂 ), but I want to take a quick moment and feature two alternative book cover assignments done … Continue reading
Not so 80s
The Noun Project credits: Community by Mike Endale Beach Ball by Tim Piper Cap by Oliver Guin Bicycle by Ugur Akdemir
Name that 80s movie #5
The Noun Project Credits: Football designed by Saman Bemel-Benrud Rocket designed by John O’Shea Tree designed by Saman Bemel-Benrud Palace designed by Okan Benn
Name that 80s movie #4
Experimenting a bit with The Noun Project and Illustrator before today’s Breakfast Club edition of ds106, and figured I would throw out another 80s movie 4 icon challenge because I can! The Noun Project Credits: Television by The Noun Project … Continue reading
Name that 80s Movie #3
Bear with us, we will be moving to the next level of difficulty shortly. Hopefully you are feeling appropriately confident, but keep in mind the next three will separate the parachute pants wearers from the stonewashed jeans junkies. Icon Credits … Continue reading
Name that 80s movie #2
Here is #2 of the Name that 80s movie, and don’t get cocky people, we are just warming up. Take the lay-ups while you have the chance 🙂 Update (forgot the attribution): The keys are from here, the guitar from here, … Continue reading
Name that 80s movie #1
I’ll start this series easy, and make it harder as we go. These icons are all from The Noun Project, and the 4 Icon Challenge assignment has been neglected thus far this Summer, so I figured this might inspire folks … Continue reading