--- title: August’s reading list description: 'August has been a quiet month, as many of team have taken some time off to enjoy the unusually lovely London summer weather, but we have a few great links to share with you that were shared by the design team this month: Developing a Crisis Communication Strategy Accessibility Guidelines An Evening with Cult Sensation […]' url: https://canonical.com/blog/augusts-reading-list-2?format=md --- 1. [Blog](https://canonical.com/blog) 2. Article --- [Inayaili de León Persson](https://canonical.com/blog/author/inayaili-de-leon-persson "More about Inayaili de León Persson") 1 September 2016 # August’s reading list [Design](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/design) --- Share the article August has been a quiet month, as many of team have taken some time off to enjoy the unusually lovely London summer weather, but we have a few great links to share with you that were shared by the design team this month: 1. [Developing a Crisis Communication Strategy](http://www.uxbooth.com/articles/developing-a-crisis-communication-strategy/) 2. [Accessibility Guidelines](http://accessibility.voxmedia.com/) 3. [An Evening with Cult Sensation – Randall Munroe](http://www.howtoacademy.com/courses/an-evening-with-cult-sensation-randall-munroe-the-creator-of-the-webcomic-phenomenon-xkcd) 4. [Clearleft Public Speaking Workshop in Brighton](https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/clearleft-public-speaking-workshop-tickets-26777787082) 5. [Hello Color](http://jxnblk.com/hello-color/) 6. [The best and worst Olympic logo designs throughout the ages, according to the man who created I <3 NY](http://qz.com/755251/on-a-scale-from-1-100-milton-glaser-rates-every-single-olympic-logo-design-in-history/) 7. [Readability Test Tool](http://www.webpagefx.com/tools/read-able/) 8. [Breadcrumbs For Web Sites: What, When and How](https://uxplanet.org/breadcrumbs-for-web-sites-what-when-and-how-9273dacf1960#.c4g8f7mh9) Thank you to [Joe](http://design.canonical.com/author/faooful), [Peter](http://design.canonical.com/author/peter-mahnke), [Steph](http://design.canonical.com/author/wilson-steph1989) and me for the links this month! [Get in touch Interested in running Ubuntu in your organization?](https://ubuntu.com/about/contact-us/form) ## Sign up for our newsletter Get the latest Canonical news and updates in your inbox. Work email: \*I agree to receive information about Canonical's products and services. By submitting this form, I confirm that I have read and agree to [Canonical's Privacy Policy](https://canonical.com/legal/dataprivacy). Sign up ## Share on --- ## Related posts [### Challenges designers face in open source (and how to fix them)](https://canonical.com/blog/challenges-designers-face-in-open-source-and-how-to-fix-them) Open source powers up to 90% of modern software, yet many projects lack usability. Canonical’s Design team surveyed 115 cross-functional professionals to uncover the 4 core... [Kola Ojoodide](https://canonical.com/blog/author/kola-ojoodide) 26 June 2026 [### Why web engineering is great](https://canonical.com/blog/why-web-engineering-is-great) Hi, I’m Johann! I’m an engineering manager in Canonical’s web team. For the larger part of my 15 years of work experience as engineer, I’ve been working in web development.... [Johann Wolf](https://canonical.com/blog/author/johannwolf) 27 April 2026 [### Canonical’s recipe for High Performance Computing](https://canonical.com/blog/canonicals-recipe-for-high-performance-computing) In essence, High Performance Computing (HPC) is quite simple. Speed and scale. In practice, the concept is quite complex and hard to achieve. It is not dissimilar to what... [Igor Ljubuncic](https://canonical.com/blog/author/igorljubuncic) 24 January 2024 [### Web team – hack week 2023](https://canonical.com/blog/web-team-hack-week-2023) Today, around 96% of software projects utilize open source in some way. The web team here at Canonical is passionate about Open source. We lead with an open-by-default approach... [Anthony Dillon](https://canonical.com/blog/author/ya-bo-ng) 25 October 2023