I'm planning to do something similar, but mostly to alert me that someone is looking for me at my desk at work. The ESP8266 would connect to our Guest WiFi and

I'm planning to do something similar, but mostly to alert me that someone is looking for me at my desk at work. The ESP8266 would connect to our Guest WiFi and sent a request to IFTTT, which would in turn either send me a notification on my phone, or change my blink(1) light to a different color.