--- title: March’s reading list description: 'Here are the best links shared by the design team in March 2017: China’s zombie factories and unborn cities IXD17: Let’s Make the World We Want to Live In Great README A list of 30 women rocking in UX to celebrate International Women’s Day Design Better Cards Chat Systems Google gives Hangouts a Slack makeover […]' url: https://canonical.com/blog/marchs-reading-list-2 --- 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") 3 April 2017 # March’s reading list [Design](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/design) --- Share the article Here are the best links shared by the design team in March 2017: 1. [China’s zombie factories and unborn cities](http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20170223-chinas-zombie-factories-and-unborn-cities) 2. [IXD17: Let’s Make the World We Want to Live In](https://bigmedium.com/ideas/ixd17-interaction17.html) 3. [Great README](https://medium.com/code-the-world/writing-a-great-readme-written-by-daniel-bader-4a02d1edc7a#.sh32brvyu) 4. [A list of 30 women rocking in UX to celebrate International Women’s Day](https://uxdesign.cc/top-women-in-ux-to-follow-twitter-medium-c279f3b9a728#.plvwqw8si) 5. [Design Better Cards](https://uxdesign.cc/design-better-cards-c0d12ab581c4#.qerz6ajsj) 6. [Chat Systems](https://xkcd.com/1810/) 7. [Google gives Hangouts a Slack makeover](http://www.cloudpro.co.uk/collaboration/6677/google-gives-hangouts-a-slack-makeover) 8. [Messaging Hell](http://bradfrost.com/blog/post/messaging-hell/) 9. [BitlBee: an IRC to other chat networks gateway](https://www.bitlbee.org/main.php/news.r.html) 10. [Shipping code isn’t just for engineers. It’s for designers too.](https://blog.intercom.com/shipping-code-designers/) 11. [Design Museum: Imagine Moscow exhibition](https://designmuseum.org/exhibitions/imagine-moscow) 12. [The UX of a Banana — Understanding What UX Design is All About](http://ux.walkme.com/the-ux-of-a-banana/) 13. [Kap: an open-source screen recorder built with web technology](https://getkap.co/) 14. [How a roadside rest stop inspired an entirely different approach to FAQs](https://m.signalvnoise.com/how-a-rest-stop-on-the-side-of-the-road-inspired-a-web-page-design-c2a65bf2e88a#.op9oz81ol) 15. [Loopy: a tool for thinking in systems](http://ncase.me/loopy/) 16. [Stack Overflow Developer Survey Results 2017](https://stackoverflow.com/insights/survey/2017) 17. [Google Open Source](https://opensource.google.com/) Thank you to [Alejandra](https://design.canonical.com/author/alejandra-obregon), [Ant](https://design.canonical.com/author/ya-bo-ng), [Barry](https://design.canonical.com/author/barry-mcgee), [Jamie](http://design.canonical.com/author/jamiedawsonyoung), [Karl](http://design.canonical.com/author/deadlight), [Peter](https://design.canonical.com/author/peter-mahnke) and [Will](http://design.canonical.com/author/willmoggridge) 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. In submitting this form, I confirm that I have read and agree to [Canonical's Privacy Notice](https://canonical.com/legal/data-privacy/contact) and [Privacy Policy](https://canonical.com/legal/data-privacy). 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