Of all the social networking sites, applications, and other things available on the internet, I have often wondered when one focused on being something the entire family can use and benefit from would show up. Well it finally has and it bears the name Famundo. This site is absolutely wonderful and is really something almost the entire family can enjoy. From its calendar that allows each family member to post their appointments, to the family library where everyone can share blogs, papers and a mess of other things, there is no shortage of ways to involve the family on this website.

While the site is great for use by the family, it also has an added benefit of social networking. Say for instance you have a far flung extended family, well now they have a site they can visit that allows them to not only see what your family is up to, but to leave comments as well, also they can start their own Famundo page so you can keep tabs on them as well. Another great feature of the site is that you can also create personal web pages. This allows you and the rest of your family to have a special place on the internet in a family safe environment.

I actually have no complaints about this page, and intend to make full use of it. Feel free to get your own family page at Famundo . Also you can watch a great how to video here.

With social networking becoming such a large part of web 2.0 it should come as no surprise to anyone that there are a few sites out there that actually act as event planning services. These sites are primarily designed for you to send out invitations to your friends for parties, meetings, or any other kind of event you may desire to host. While there was a time when normal mail and phone calls served the same purpose, these event sites allow us to organize events much quicker.

One of the newer additions to this offering is the site madeit.com. While they don’t really do anything all that innovative (it’s pretty much just a prettier email list,) the site is easy to use. So, even those most technologically-impaired can, at the very least, let the hosts who have invited them know that they are planning on attending the event. After signing up you are brought to the main page where you have a view of the events you have sent invitations for, the friends you have invited to madeit.com, and a place to host pictures. To begin inviting people to an event simply click on the link and either design your own invitation or use one of the previously designed ones. After you have selected your invitation, you then get to fill in the details such as time, place, what to bring, etc. Once this is done you get to preview your work – and then, finally, send an invitation to all your friends. All in all it’s pretty simple.

Once your event has happened you can visit madeit.com and upload pictures and stuff from the event. Then you and your friends can leave comments and messages about the party, and those can live forever on the internet. Signing up for madeit.com is free and you can do so here. So, next time you are in the mood to throw a party, plan a camping trip, or even organize a wine tasting trip through northern California, swing on over to madeit.com and give it a try.

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If you are like me, you probably have a few negatives, prints, or slides laying around waiting to be digitized. Memories are priceless, so why not convert those into a digital album yourself for a fraction of cost and time using ScanCafe.

ScanCafe is a leading provider of photo, negative, and slide scanning services for individuals and professional photographers. Frustrated by their own efforts to scan and archive their family photos, a group of Wharton Business School classmates started ScanCafe in 2006 with simplicity, low prices, and high quality in mind. ScanCafe can produce the highest quality 3000 dpi scans at roughly 1/4 the cost of industry averages.

Not quite sure what you want to send ScanCafe? Send it all! With the ScanCafe solution, members are not required to sit for hours, looking at all their slides, or worse, negatives. What did I do? Throw all of it in a box, slap a shipping label on it and sent it off. They will scan everything you send them. ScanCafe came up with a unique idea of "only pay for the scans you want" model. Members are able to view their scanned photos online and discard up to 50% of the photos they do not want. I really like this idea, and found myself discarding a few myself, with no hassle, and no extra costs.

Worried about them loosing some of your most precious memories? No need to worry. ScanCafe is able to guarantee first class shipping via UPS. They have successfully processed over 800,000 with damage or loss to a single photo and based on that, able to slap a 100% guarantee. The turn around time for all orders are about 4-6 weeks, but as a happy customer, I can tell you it is worth the wait.

You can find out more information by going to their site.