Reflections

This was hard and I needed to work with others to figure out how to get the code to work. Also the Neopixel very, very frustrating to work with. My first pixel was broken out of the bag (two of the three wires were disconnected) and after SparkFun sent me a new one, that too fell apart! I had to track down someone to help me solder it back together since I do not have those tools and it took a long time - I think the Neopixel is beautiful but being as delicate as it is, I'm wary about using it as a component. I did like the easy way IFTTT can connect functionalities though it does make me a little nervous giving third party systems access to my calendar. Some of the privacy discussions we had around IoT in class and from the readings really hit home for me with this particular exercise.