Family Dashboard?

May 22, 2018 9:11 AM

Does anyone have a one-stop digital way to see what's going on and important to the family? My wishlist inside....

So, I used to be pretty tech-savvy so maybe there's a roll-your-own that I should investigate but here's what I'm looking for:

- Calendars - we all use gmail and its calendars
- Bank balances for specific accounts
- Grocery list
- To-do list - we have several productivity tools that we use/have used - Trello, Asana, Wrike

I'd be interested in something we can mount on the wall in the kitchen. I have some old iPads that I could use for this if that's a route. And I'm welcome to hear how you all monitor the daily life digitally.

posted by amanda to Technology (2 answers total)

Picniic -

FEATURES
FAMILY LOCATOR
- Real-time location tracking for all family members
- Family Places! Set “home,” “work,” and “school” locations and receive automatic notifications when family members arrive or leave

SHARED FAMILY CALENDAR
- Instantly view the whole family’s schedule or get a detailed view of each individual
- Create events or reminders for any member of the family
- Import your current calendars/planners with a single touch to make switching over easier
- Subscribe to your work calendar for the most complete picture of your schedule

TO-DO LISTS
- Assign to-dos and lists for any member of the family
- Track progress of personal or family to-do lists

SHOPPING LISTS
- Create and update a shared grocery list that the whole family can add to
- Everyone in the family (mom, dad, kids, etc) can create and share shopping lists, never forget the almond milk again!

RECIPE AND MEAL PLANNER
- Simplify meal planning for the week with this unique tool
- Store your recipes
- Find new recipes with Picniic’s recipe search tool, designed for
quick recipe search for busy moms

INFO LOCKER
- Securely store your family’s important information such as insurance, medical, and emergency contacts
- End-to-end encrypted so you can know your information is safe

INTEGRATIONS
- Picniic has integrated with other popular services such as TeamSnap and Other Calendars
posted by stupidsexyFlanders at 11:42 AM on May 22, 2018 [2 favorites]

There's a (free software) project called Magic Mirror that uses a Raspberry Pi to drive an old PCD. There are tos of open modules for adding in your calendar, etc, but it takes some work:
https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/

There is also DAKboard, which isn't totally free, but seems more feature-ful. You can build your own from an LCD, or buy one of theirs:
https://dakboard.com/site

A third option for the web-savvy would to build up a web page with a bunch of frames, load your various data sources into each one, and then run that on a RaspberryPi and an LCD (and headless, "kiosk-mode" Chromium web browser that only loads your local web page at startup). Keep a tiny wireless keyboard nearby for occasional input. Definitely more work, but exactly what you want.

I have put together a MagicMirror but not integrated my Google calendar. You might have more luck with DAKboard. *shrug*
posted by wenestvedt at 11:55 AM on May 22, 2018 [1 favorite]