--- title: October’s reading list description: 'Here are the best links shared by the design team during the month of October: Don’t Let Email Zombies Eat Up Your Day SuperHi: Learn to code in London, New York City and online Halloween Costumes for Designers The Worst Portfolio Ever The Sanctity of Your Calendar Using Normal doors to inform your next design […]' url: https://canonical-com-2950.demos.haus/blog/octobers-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 November 2016 # October’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 month of October: 1. [Don’t Let Email Zombies Eat Up Your Day](http://99u.com/articles/54421/dont-let-email-zombies-eat-up-your-day) 2. [SuperHi: Learn to code in London, New York City and online](https://www.superhi.com/) 3. [Halloween Costumes for Designers](https://thedesignteam.io/halloween-costumes-for-designers-ec4dae6d2f6e#.6gd15pv8g) 4. [The Worst Portfolio Ever](http://theworstportfolioever.com/) 5. [The Sanctity of Your Calendar](https://medium.com/the-year-of-the-looking-glass/the-sanctity-of-your-calendar-f96415b6f3ea#.omo02qkhw) 6. [Using Normal doors to inform your next design](http://blog.invisionapp.com/norman-doors-ux-design/) 7. [How Microsoft’s Secret User Onboarding Process Fooled Us All](http://www.process.st/user-onboarding-process/) 8. [You Might Not Need JavaScript](http://youmightnotneedjs.com/) 9. [How to become a public speaker in 1 year](http://cattsmall.com/advice/2016/06/13/become-public-speaker-introduction.html) 10. [A design leader’s guide to running effective group reviews](https://medium.com/@martynreding/a-design-leaders-guide-to-running-effective-group-reviews-97ca7f6b8a11#.euc4kbsos) 11. [Redesigning Chrome Desktop](https://medium.com/google-design/redesigning-chrome-desktop-769aeb5ab987#.i43csznrb) 12. [Moon by Ai Weiwei & Olafur Eliasson](http://moonmoonmoonmoon.com/) 13. [Beauty vs. Function](http://www.vanschneider.com/beauty-vs-function/?mc_cid=4d55cf60a6&mc_eid=375218bd64) Thank you to [Alejandra](http://design.canonical.com/author/alejandra-obregon), [Elvira](http://design.canonical.com/author/elvirafigueras7), [Jamie](http://design.canonical.com/author/jamiedawsonyoung), [Joana](http://design.canonical.com/author/joana-sa), [Joe](http://design.canonical.com/author/faooful), [Kristine](http://design.canonical.com/author/kmomandap) 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). Sign up ## Share on --- ## Related posts [### Challenges designers face in open source (and how to fix them)](https://canonical-com-2950.demos.haus/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-2950.demos.haus/blog/author/kola-ojoodide) 26 June 2026 [### Template: Streamlining open source design contributions](https://canonical-com-2950.demos.haus/blog/template-streamlining-open-source-design-contributions) As designers working at Canonical, we’re always thinking about open source. We believe that encouraging more designers to contribute to open source benefits everyone, from the... [Nina Rojc](https://canonical-com-2950.demos.haus/blog/author/ninarojc) 16 June 2026 [### Decoding design: How design and engineering thrive together in open source](https://canonical-com-2950.demos.haus/blog/decoding-design-how-design-and-engineering-thrive-together-in-open-source) Open source thrives on engineering-driven processes. Fast feedback loops, terminal tools, Git workflows: they’re the lifeblood of how we build software in the open. But for... [Miguel Divo](https://canonical-com-2950.demos.haus/blog/author/mdivo) 22 May 2026 [### Why web engineering is great](https://canonical-com-2950.demos.haus/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-2950.demos.haus/blog/author/johannwolf) 27 April 2026