10 Ways to Be a Better Person Online
Last week Paul and I discussed the state of Internet comment sections. Our conclusion: it’s not great. Except around here. We know you do a great job of commenting on the Internet, so in this “part two” of our Internet comment discussion, we decided to offer a few tips that you could pass along to […]
Death to Comments: The Problem With the War on Flame Wars
The Internet, if you haven’t noticed, is something of a breeding ground for divisive opinions. If there is an opinion to be had and held in this world, you can be sure someone is having and holding it online… and defending it with the passion and zeal of a mama grizzly. And that’s putting it […]
Journey of a Pop Culture Prodigal
If you’re here, you’re probably somewhat familiar with pop culture. Odds are good that you’ve also heard the story of the Prodigal Son. You may have even wondered what that story might look like if revamped by pop culture. Jeff Bridges would be the Father, of course, and Chris Hemsworth would do quite nicely as the […]
War Room: Fighting for the Time To Pray
War Room surprised everyone when it muscled its way toward the top of the box office standings. Not very many people thought a movie about prayer had a, well, prayer of achieving something like that—let alone doing so while showing on significantly fewer screens than its competition. More important than that, though, is what War Room […]
Identifying With Miley Cyrus
Miley Cyrus is no stranger to the Plugged In blog. She has been the topic of many conversations here. In fact, now that you mention it, we even talked about her yesterday. (Thanks, Adam!) But as much as she comes up, what sparks our conversation is less about her, specifically, and more about the mirror she […]
What Spy Movies (and Grandma) Say About Media Discernment
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation is not the headiest of movies, but it still got us thinking. In this, the second episode of the Plugged In Vodcast, Paul explains why spy movies always make him think of his grandma and how a particular conversation with her got him thinking about the ways we make exceptions […]
Turning Our Podcast Inside Out
I find that I kinda miss the Plugged In Podcast, and I don’t think I’m alone in that. Long before I sneaked into the inner sanctum of the PI offices (well, cubicles, really) to start helping out with social media, I listened in on the conversations that took place on those audio broadcasts. It was […]
Dude Perfect: Laughter, Epic Trick Shots and … Faith?
Dude Perfect began in a backyard. On a friendly lunch tab wager. And an epic trick shot. It continues now with a YouTube channel boasting over six million subscribers and prospects where even the sky isn’t the limit. They’ve done trick shots with the likes of Tim McGraw, traveled the world to the Olympics and the World Cup to do more of […]
The Real Reason I Dislike Social Media
I do social media for a living, and not just in the cheeky sense where I’m admitting—with a wink and a grin—that I use it too much. I mean that social media pays my bills. It helps put clothes on my children’s backs and food on our table. It allows me to take my wife […]
Pitcher Fires Fastball at Twitter Trolls: 3 Lessons for the Rest of Us
As painful as it has always been for its victims, bullying used to be something that could be escaped by reaching the front door of your home. Now, as much as parents try to prevent it, that boundary no longer exists. Social media doesn’t have to be scary. It doesn’t have to strike fear into the […]