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An Interactive Message Board as a Technology Probe for Family
Communication and Coordination
Hilary Hutchinson, Catherine Plaisant,
Ben Bederson, Allison Druin,
and the interLiving Project
interLiving
International – Sweden, France, U.S.
Interdisciplinary– CS, Education, Design, Ethnography
Intergenerational– 7 families, ~3 households per family
Goals and Challenges Process: codesign for and with families Technology: support family needs Impact: understand effect on family life
Process Ethnography
– Interviews– Cultural Probes
Participatory Design– Workshops– Low-tech prototyping
Technology Probes– Message Board
Message Board
Prototypes
Play Movie
Workshops: Results Communication
– Removing distance– Sharing feelings
Coordination– Calendaring– Reminding– Locating
Awareness– Privacy– Security
Next Steps
Codesign Technology– Embedded and mobile coordination– Between and within families and communities
Use Technology– Design partners– Others
Understand Impact– Interviews– Comparison/usability studies
Preliminary Conclusions
Process– Families CAN be design partners
Technology– Very clear, practical needs and desires
Impact– Families are excited about their role
