In hindsight: we overly constrained our initial thinking to hardware solutions and spent too much time on it, despite not having the hardware we really wanted (at the start had a Muse Headband and a Pebble which we mutually agreed were lacking in utility, i.e. we didn't even have an Echo, though sim software helps). We also had difficulty coming up with an idea in general - it would be a good idea to look into methods to boost creativity in the future. We spent too much time at various lectures. We actually started learning stuff too late in the night to be productive, even fueled by caffeine. Most of us were new to JS entirely, so it was a stretch to go after something we would probably have difficulty implementing in Java (ignoring the benefits of JS on this subject). We should've done more research and found Alexa SDK earlier- if we started with that, we could've finished on time. We also made a mistake in scrapping the project we had up to that point (separate git repository). All in all, I think we're all beginner hackers here, so we'll treat it as a learning experience. P.S. the website is real: http://flashme.org/
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