Posted by Richard Kuhlenschmidt
Tue, 04 Dec 2007 02:46:00 GMT
We asked one of our early adopters write about his experiences with Famundo’s new Outlook Sync Plugin.
I have to admit I was a bit hesitant to use Famundo’s sync plugin at first. Both my wife and I use our Blackberries to keep our work schedules on but since we have been using Famundo for several months now, I have been keeping most of our families schedule in it. I know that the whole idea of using Famundo is to keep everyone on the same page, but when it actually came down to syncing, it made me kind of nervous.
But I finally got up the courage to give it a try, allowing myself plenty of time if anything got messed up and, in a word, it worked great!
I want to let you know the steps I took in hopes that I can help other people who are considering using it.
First, since most of my family events were in Famundo it was a no brainer to start with my Famundo calendars as my master calendar. I installed the Famundo Outlook Sync Plugin and did what is called a Recover, which refreshed all of the Outlook data with data from my Famundo. This was a very quick process, even though I have over 1,000 events in Famundo.
Then I used the Blackberry software to sync all my Outlook data into my Blackberry. Again, it worked great!
I did the same from my wife’s computer, using her Famundo login in the sync plugin and brought the family’s events into Outlook.
Now came the acid test. Since my wife schedules her work appointments in her Blackberry, we needed to sync both ways. I set up her Famundo sync profile so that the events that come from Outlook are assigned to her. And viola! When we ran sync between Famundo and her Outlook, all the events that were on her Blackberry came into Famundo as HER appointments.
There are a few problems that I noticed. First, Outlook and the Blackberry only have one calendar. When all the Famundo calendars are brought in, there is no way to distinguish whom the event belongs to. So what I have been doing is adding the family member’s name at the beginning of the event description in Famundo, so when it comes into Outlook, it lets you know who the event is for. This might be something you should look into in the future.
The other thing is that if you schedule an event in Outlook, you can only assign it to one calendar when you sync back to Famundo. So you really can’t add events for other family members unless you want to go into Famundo later and change them. So what I do is schedule everything in Famundo and there is no problem.
Famundo is great! Thanks again.
For more information on Famundo’s Outlook Sync Plugin, please click here!
Posted in Famundo | Tags blackberry, funambol, outlook, sync | no comments
Posted by Richard Kuhlenschmidt
Tue, 20 Nov 2007 05:36:00 GMT
Now you may be thinking, Facebook? Wait a minute, I’m raising my kids, working my job, trying to keep up with my schedule, when do I have time to go on Facebook?
Well, you probably don’t have the time to go onto Facebook, but we are guessing a lot of your teens do. And who needs to be reminded of their schedule more than a busy teen.
Well now there is no excuse for them not knowing their schedule, with Famundo’s new Facebook app, they can see their schedule and other information from your Famundo site directly in Facebook
We made the Facebook app, as we did the Google Gadget, to provide you with up to date information from Famundo, while you are working in other web applications.
To add Famundo’s Facebook app to your Facebook account
Log into Facebook
In the searchbar on the left sidebar, type in Famundo and hit Enter.
Click on the Famundo logo.
Click on Add Application.
Click on Add Famundo
The Famundo login screen will appear.
Click on Login
Enter your Famundo username and password.
The Famundo Facebook app will now appear in your Facebook application list.
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Posted by Richard Kuhlenschmidt
Wed, 31 Oct 2007 02:17:00 GMT
You can now automatically import your Gmail contacts into Famundo, without bothering to export and import. You simply log into your Google calendar in Famundo.
From the main Address Book page
- Click on more… > import contacts.
- Click on Gmail address book
The Gmail account login screen will appear
Enter your Gmail Username and Password.
The Available Contacts screen will open and display the Gmail calendars that are available to import.
Select the contacts you want to import by checking the checkbox next to their name.
Assign to: select the member these contacts belong to.
Invite these contacts to Famundo checking this box will send an e-mail to the new contacts inviting them to signup for their own Famundo site!
Click on Import.
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