Meet Macbeth

Macbeth is characterized indirectly through the descriptions provided by other characters.  Right off the bat his feats are depicted in a flood of praise.  The witches also characterize him by stating his titles.  This also leads to some foreshadowing, as they title him with things he has not earned yet and say he will become king.  Adumbrations of what is to come like this swarm the audience up to what is coming in next in the play without being obvious or blunt, creating an exposition with some subtlety.  The theme coming through this far is one of violence and with my background knowledge of the play I think it is safe to say that it will remain throughout.  The admiring tone of the characters describing Macbeth show that he is a character of honor, thus he is characterized not just by their words but their tone as well.

Resource of the Day (Physics Style)

IN order to help physics studnets understand the difference between some terms that sound similar but mean very differnt things, (eletric potential, eletric potential energy, and electric difference) I have provided a couple of resources.  First, with a couple of helpful illustrations, http://regentsprep.org/Regents/physics/phys03/apotdif/
Another helpful link is the always-helpful Khan Academy at https://www.khanacademy.org/science/physics/electricity-and-magnetism/v/voltage

10 Questions

1. What medium would you recommend for m project?
2. What is the cheapest way I can run and maintain a website?
3. What type of formatting will be must appealing to the viewers?
4. How can I tell how many people what demographic of people are actively using my site?
5. How do I code? To start, what even is coding?
6. How can I get feedback from my users?
7. What will direct traffic to my site?
8. Am I better off with an app or website format?
9. How will I prevent my site from having viruses on it?
10. How do I desing the layout of the page?

Benchmark

To update my progress, I will address that my previous posts on my project have been slightly different.  This shows how my thinking is evolving and serves as some good documentation.  After reviewing what my idea was like a day ago and comparing it to a couple of weeks ago, I have decided that there is value in both.  My site/app can be used as a diversion when an adventure isn't possible or it can be used as motivation when gumption is lacking, I will leave that to the whim of the user.  I think that people should use the internet to serve their purposes rather than conform to its provisions so I will develop my project the same way.  As of now, I have created a wix account though I am still unsure if this is the medium I want to use.

Resource of the Day

This isn't related to my launch project, but I came across this and it was way too funny and useful to not mention.  If you aren't adverse to some mild profanity,check out some of this videos.

Animal Farm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITKfr1qOZ0w

Things Fall Apart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_xtOMiW0ys

A Separate Peace
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbPBjPCA-gQ

Resource of the Day

Today's resource will be social media.  As much time as our generation tends to waste on it, definitely some good has come out of it.  My goal is to consciously take the good and avoid the bad.  My project, if developed completely, would become a social media site that encourages you to actually go outside rather than stay at home on the site.  So I am going to start studying what things about Facebook and Instagram are good and that I would like to incorporate into my project.

Super 5

With some research and a pleasant amount of serendipity, I have acquired 5 good resources for my launch.
1) wix.com
This one was a result of my research.  I looked up "how to make a website" and this is what came up.  Checked the site out and it looks easy enough.  Might want a more independent, customize-able site though.
2)Grandpa
Believe it or not, but there are grandparents in this world who are tech-savvy.  My grandpa mentioned how he was working on creating an app just by chance when I was staying with him this weekend, so lucky me.
3)Uncle Jim
Guess where grandpa got the idea to create an app.  That's right, from my uncle, who works with programming and has just finished one.  Don't know why I never thought of that earlier, but sometimes you just need a reminder.
4)Mia
No, I haven't talked to her about it yet, but when I was describing my launch idea someone said that it seemed very similar to Mia's idea.  So here I have an opportunity for some collaboration.
5)YouTube
YouTube has prepared me for so many tests over the years.  Honestly, just type in your subject and you'll find that someone took it upon themselves to teach the world parametric equations or scalar multiplication.  It is an excellent resource and has plenty of tutorials on how to code.