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How Probes Work. / Graham, Connor; Rouncefield, Mark; Gibbs, Martin et al.
OZCHI '07 Proceedings of the 19th Australasian conference on Computer-Human Interaction: Entertaining User Interfaces. 2007. p. 29-37.

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Graham, C, Rouncefield, M, Gibbs, M, Vetere, F & Cheverst, K 2007, How Probes Work. in OZCHI '07 Proceedings of the 19th Australasian conference on Computer-Human Interaction: Entertaining User Interfaces. pp. 29-37, International Conference of the Australian Computer-Human Interaction Special Interest Group (OzCHI 07), Adelaide, Australia, 28/11/07. https://doi.org/10.1145/1324892.1324899

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Graham, C., Rouncefield, M., Gibbs, M., Vetere, F., & Cheverst, K. (2007). How Probes Work. In OZCHI '07 Proceedings of the 19th Australasian conference on Computer-Human Interaction: Entertaining User Interfaces (pp. 29-37) https://doi.org/10.1145/1324892.1324899

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Graham C, Rouncefield M, Gibbs M, Vetere F, Cheverst K. How Probes Work. In OZCHI '07 Proceedings of the 19th Australasian conference on Computer-Human Interaction: Entertaining User Interfaces. 2007. p. 29-37 doi: 10.1145/1324892.1324899

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Graham, Connor ; Rouncefield, Mark ; Gibbs, Martin et al. / How Probes Work. OZCHI '07 Proceedings of the 19th Australasian conference on Computer-Human Interaction: Entertaining User Interfaces. 2007. pp. 29-37

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