Posted by Richard Kuhlenschmidt
Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:48:00 GMT
When we set out to design Famundo Social, we surveyed our users for ideas on what would make Famundo work better for them. Many of their suggestions are incorporated in this new release.
One of the things we heard over and over again was the need for families to be able to interact with their extended family and friends in a manner, similar to Facebook or Myspace, but in a family-friendly, safe and secure environment. With parents having control over who their children can or cannot be friends with. With grandkids and grandparents having the ability to communicate with each other without having to set up an e-mail account.
The result is the “Social” part of Famundo Social. Here is a short flash movie that gives a overview on how this works.
Families are busy today. We tend to get caught up in our own lives and let our relationships with friends and our extended families fall through the cracks. We hope Famundo Social can help bring you together again.
Posted in Parenting, Family 2.0, Family Life, Famundo, Setting Limits, Technology | Tags calendar, family, networking, online, social | 1 comment
Posted by Richard Kuhlenschmidt
Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:23:00 GMT
We will begin migrating our current Famundo users’ accounts to Famundo Social over the next few weeks. You will receive an e-mail from us with more information as we get closer.
We are also offering our current users a special upgrade promotion. Upgrade
to Famundo Plus before the end of the year and pay only $2.95/month or
$29/year for the first year.
Upgraded users will be the first to have their accounts migrated to Famundo
Social and will enjoy 2GB of document and photo storage, enhanced security,
additional family vaults and many more enhancements planned for the future.
To upgrade your account, please log into Famundo account and click on
Upgrade on the top banner. This offer will expire on December 31, 2008.
Again, please expect to hear from us within the next few weeks about the
migration process.
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Posted by Richard Kuhlenschmidt
Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:46:00 GMT
We are very pleased that Famundo is featured in the Yuzhi Yang’s Miss Gizmo blog on Ladies’ Home Journal online.
Whether you have one kid or five, each child probably has a calendar full of activities: school events, scout outings, church meet-ups, volunteering, friends’ birthdays… Whew, it’s a wonder you can stay on top of it all. If you find the average online calendar to be too geared toward the office, Famundo.com’s family-oriented calendar might be a better fit.
Read the whole article by clicking here.
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Posted by Richard Kuhlenschmidt
Wed, 07 May 2008 16:52:00 GMT
Here is another true story about how Famundo has helped a family manage their busy lives.
My family has used a calendar program, cell phones calendars, and paper calendars for years to try to keep up with each other’s activities. Up until we found Famundo, the paper calendar with a different column for each family member worked best for us. The drawback was that when we were away from the house, we were unable to check availability of different family members as the calendar was at home in the kitchen. I have a small family, there are only 3 of us, but we are all always running in different directions since our daughter is now a teenager. Whether it be band, cheerleading, late work schedules, parent conference night, basketball, or girls night out, when something came up when we were away, we were unsure of each other’s availability because we couldn’t check that calendar that was at home in the kitchen.
Famundo allows us to keep all of our calendars in one place – easily accessible from any computer – or even from a cell phone. We can see if there is somewhere we’re supposed to be, check ahead for upcoming events, and add new items to the calendar from afar.
We can also give our password to extended family members so they can see our calendar to know if we’re busy before making any plans that involve us. Everyone knows how busy we are and how little time we spend at home. This is a valuable tool for everyone!
It has definitely made our life easier and we will continue to use it in the future.
Thank you, Famundo!
Kim Davis
Thank YOU Kim!
We are looking for more user stories on how Famundo has helped your family control the chaos. Please send us a note to info@famundo.com
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