--- title: August’s reading list description: 'The design team members are constantly sharing interesting, fun, weird, links with each other, so we thought it might be a nice idea to share a selection of those links with everyone. Here are the links that have been passed around during last month: Scaling Agile At Spotify Design Documentaries A Designer’s Guide to Wearables […]' url: https://canonical.com/blog/augusts-reading-list?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 2015 # August’s reading list [Design](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/design) --- Share the article The design team members are constantly sharing interesting, fun, weird, links with each other, so we thought it might be a nice idea to share a selection of those links with everyone. Here are the links that have been passed around during last month: * [Scaling Agile At Spotify](http://www.onlydeadfish.co.uk/only_dead_fish/2014/01/scaling-agile-at-spotify.html) * [Design Documentaries](https://rrrepo.co/repo/designDocumentaries) * [A Designer’s Guide to Wearables](https://wearablesguide.fjordnet.com/) * [PizzaTime: The Internet of (Fun) Things](https://www.artefactgroup.com/content/pizzatime-the-internet-of-fun-things/) * [How Ashley Madison Onboards New Users](http://www.useronboard.com/how-ashleymadison-onboards-new-users/) * [UI & UX explained](http://www.tinastsh.com/blog/2011/12/ui-ux-explained/) * [Desk Inspire](http://www.deskinspire.com/) * [Salesforce design system](https://www.lightningdesignsystem.com/#role=regular&status=all) * [The Hamburger Menu Doesn’t Work](http://deep.design/the-hamburger-menu/) * [Content generator – Sketch plugin](https://github.com/timuric/Content-generator-sketch-plugin) Thanks to [Robin](http://design.canonical.com/author/nottrobin), [Luca](http://design.canonical.com/author/lucapaulina), Elvira, [Anthony](http://design.canonical.com/author/ya-bo-ng), Jamie, Joe 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