--- title: January’s reading list description: 'Here are the best links shared by the design team during the first month of 2017: A Guide to 2017 Conferences Information Literacy Is a Design Problem Pattern patter. CLARK FROM INVISION, FOREVER! The Imbalance of Culture Fit a big list of good news from 2016 Calculate the ideal height of your ergonomic desk, chair […]' url: https://canonical-com-2950.demos.haus/blog/januarys-reading-list-2?format=md --- 1. [Blog](https://canonical-com-2950.demos.haus/blog) 2. Article --- [Inayaili de León Persson](https://canonical-com-2950.demos.haus/blog/author/inayaili-de-leon-persson "More about Inayaili de León Persson") 1 February 2017 # January’s reading list [Design](https://canonical-com-2950.demos.haus/blog/tag/design) --- Share the article Here are the best links shared by the design team during the first month of 2017: 1. [A Guide to 2017 Conferences](https://css-tricks.com/guide-2017-conferences/) 2. [Information Literacy Is a Design Problem](https://24ways.org/2016/information-literacy-is-a-design-problem/) 3. [Pattern patter.](https://ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/pattern-patter/) 4. [CLARK FROM INVISION, FOREVER!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R99aYyKNePg) 5. [The Imbalance of Culture Fit](http://alistapart.com/article/the-imbalance-of-culture-fit) 6. [a big list of good news from 2016](http://www.2016.promo/) 7. [Calculate the ideal height of your ergonomic desk, chair and keyboard](http://www.thehumansolution.com/ergonomic-office-desk-chair-keyboard-height-calculator.html) 8. [Commit Logs From Last Night](http://www.commitlogsfromlastnight.com/) 9. [Design Guidelines](http://designguidelines.co/index.html) 10. [Reasons.London event](https://reasons.to/) 11. [Letterboxd 2016 Year in Review](http://letterboxd.com/2016/) 12. [TED Talk: Are you a giver or a taker?](https://www.ted.com/talks/adam_grant_are_you_a_giver_or_a_taker) 13. [Restoring Sanity to the Office](https://hbr.org/ideacast/2016/12/restoring-sanity-to-the-office.html) 14. [A Framework for Building a Design Practice](https://medium.com/shopify-ux/a-framework-for-building-a-design-practice-c0a3df667344#.cva4992xl) 15. [On Better Meetings](http://larahogan.me/blog/better-meetings/) 16. [Skeuomorphism on Conversational UIs](https://chatbotsmagazine.com/skeuomorphism-on-conversational-uis-a482fe386024#.wjjh2rdrv) 17. [Designing a product with mental issues in mind](https://monzo.com/blog/2017/01/27/designing-product-mental-health-mind/) Thank you to [Andrea](http://design.canonical.com/author/faenil), [Anthony](http://design.canonical.com/author/ya-bo-ng), [Clara](http://design.canonical.com/author/clara-lavina), [Grazina](http://design.canonical.com/author/boroskograzina), [Jamie](http://design.canonical.com/author/jamiedawsonyoung), [Karl](http://design.canonical.com/author/deadlight), [Richard](http://design.canonical.com/author/ricgard) 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-2950.demos.haus/legal/dataprivacy). 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