%0 Journal Article %J Technical Reports of the Computer Science Department %D 2001 %T Designing an Interactive Message Board as a Technology Probe for Family Communication %A Browne,Hilary %A Bederson, Benjamin B. %A Plaisant, Catherine %A Druin, Allison %K Technical Report %X In this paper, we describe the design issues and technical implementation of aninteractive Family Message Board. The Family Message Board enables members of a distributed family to communicate with one another both synchronously and asynchronously via simple, pen-based, digital notes. Each household running thi$ Java-based software can view, create, and manipulate notes in a zoomable space. The Family Message Board will be used as a technology probe to help us unders$ the communication needs of distributed families, and to help us design new devi$ to meet those needs. %B Technical Reports of the Computer Science Department %8 2001/10/10/ %G eng %U http://drum.lib.umd.edu/handle/1903/526