An applied ethnographic method for redesigning user interfaces

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An applied ethnographic method for redesigning user interfaces

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Designing Interactive Systems archive
Proceedings of the 1st conference on Designing interactive systems: processes, practices, methods, & techniques table of contents

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Pages: 115 - 122

Year of Publication: 1995

ISBN:0-89791-673-5

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Anne Rose	Human Computer Interaction Laboratory, Center for Automation Research, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Ben Shneiderman	Department of Computer Science & Institute for System Research, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Catherine Plaisant	Human Computer Interaction Laboratory, Center for Automation Research, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

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SIGCHI: ACM Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction
IFIP WG 13.2 : IFIP WG 13.2

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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