anchor.diff:  
   I wanted to see how difficult it would be it write an app (Skill) for Alexa. I use http://strava.com[Strava] a lot so I decided to see how difficult it would be to get a Skill to consume the API. I've outlined the steps in setting up the Skill and some of the code used to query the API.
   
  -.Before I get started, this is an example of the response from the skill: 
  -audio::alexa/MyActivity.mp3?raw=true[options=""]
  +Before I get started, this is an example of the response from the skill: 
  +++++
  +<iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/314831609&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false"></iframe>
  +++++
  +
   [%hardbreaks]
   _Disclaimer_
   There's going to be lots of screenshots _(boo)_ of the AWS consoles for the first half of this post. The `code` _(yay)_ is towards the end.
  
positive.code: }
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  .The audio file that Alexa generates for the SSML above is the one I linked to at the top of the post:
  audio::alexa/MyActivity.mp3?raw=true[options=""]
  
  *Friend Query*
  
  
negative.code:   }
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  The SSML for the response above sounds like this:
  ++++
  <iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/314831610&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false"></iframe>
  ++++
  
  ===== Logging
  .Lambda http://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/java-logging.html[supports] Log4j and `LambdaLogger`, the logging output is available in AWS CloudWatch
  