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Augmenting refrigerator magnets: Why less is sometimes more: ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

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Augmenting refrigerator magnets: Why less is sometimes more: ACM International Conference Proceeding Series. / Taylor, Alex; Swan, L.; Eardley, R. et al.
NordiCHI '06: Proceedings of the 4th Nordic conference on Human-computer interaction: changing roles. ACM, 2006. p. 115-124.

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Taylor, A, Swan, L, Eardley, R, Sellen, A, Hodges, S & Wood, K 2006, Augmenting refrigerator magnets: Why less is sometimes more: ACM International Conference Proceeding Series. in NordiCHI '06: Proceedings of the 4th Nordic conference on Human-computer interaction: changing roles. ACM, pp. 115-124. https://doi.org/10.1145/1182475.1182488

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Taylor, A., Swan, L., Eardley, R., Sellen, A., Hodges, S., & Wood, K. (2006). Augmenting refrigerator magnets: Why less is sometimes more: ACM International Conference Proceeding Series. In NordiCHI '06: Proceedings of the 4th Nordic conference on Human-computer interaction: changing roles (pp. 115-124). ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/1182475.1182488

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Taylor A, Swan L, Eardley R, Sellen A, Hodges S, Wood K. Augmenting refrigerator magnets: Why less is sometimes more: ACM International Conference Proceeding Series. In NordiCHI '06: Proceedings of the 4th Nordic conference on Human-computer interaction: changing roles. ACM. 2006. p. 115-124 doi: 10.1145/1182475.1182488

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Taylor, Alex ; Swan, L. ; Eardley, R. et al. / Augmenting refrigerator magnets: Why less is sometimes more : ACM International Conference Proceeding Series. NordiCHI '06: Proceedings of the 4th Nordic conference on Human-computer interaction: changing roles. ACM, 2006. pp. 115-124

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