My Life with Famundo - Month 1

richard.kuhlenschmidt@famundo.com (Richard Kuhlenschmidt) — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 12:00:00 -0500

Ok, it’s been about a month since my family started using Famundo. You see, not only do I work at Famundo, I’m also a customer.

So far I’m delighted. It is exactly what I’ve been looking for. Yeah, my wife gripes about the fact that she can’t sync with her Treo, but I keep reminding her it’s coming very soon.

My son’s scout troop is now using Famundo for Organization and I’ve subscribed to the calendars I need from there. Soon our kid’s schools will be on Famundo and I’ll be in scheduling nirvana!

I certainly have no excuse for forgetting an appointment now, since I’ve set up Famundo to alarm me via instant messenger, e-mail and SMS.

I often wondered about the community calendars, the ones I can create for myself, and thought why would I use those? Then it hit me. We have a small remodeling project going on. I needed to keep track of the schedule, but didn’t want to add it to my calendar or the family’s calendar. So I created a new Remodel Project calendar which I can view, or not view, as needed.

There also always seems to be some question about who is driving carpool today. Do I drive this morning? Do our friends? Who picks up? So I created a separate Community Calendar called Carpool and made it public. Once we decide on the weekly schedule, I’ll put it in this calendar and anyone in the carpool can view it by going to our Famundo public site.

This list center is getting its fair share of use also. We’ve created a separate shopping list for all the stores we frequent, so whenever we need something, we’ll add it to the appropriate list. When my wife or I go shopping, we simply print out the list and take it with us.

I’ve also found that the Family Library is a great place to store our take-out menus. What’s for dinner? We just grab the list from Famundo, instead of trying to find it in the huge stack of papers on the desk.

I’ve started adding information that I frequently need, but never remember, like the date of my kid’s last tetanus shots, but we’ll soon be releasing a Family Vault, where more information like this can be stored.

I’ll report back next month, if not sooner. If you have any stories on how Famundo has helped you manage your world, send me an e-mail at richard.kuhlenschmidt@famundo.com

The Famundo Blog: My Life with Famundo - Month 1

My Life with Famundo - Month 1