--- title: "February’s reading list\n | Ubuntu" description: 'Here are the best links shared by the design team during the shortest month of the year: Digital Design Education is Broken My Bathroom Mirror Is Smarter Than Yours Persona Never Ask What They Want—3 Better Questions to Ask in User Interviews Celebrating Cities: A New Look and Feel for Uber Pure CSS – Alarm […]' url: https://ubuntu.com/blog/februarys-reading-list?format=md keywords: index, follow --- 1. [Blog](https://ubuntu.com/blog) 2. Article --- [Inayaili de León Persson](https://ubuntu.com/blog/author/inayaili-de-leon-persson "More about Inayaili de León Persson") 1 March 2016 # February’s reading list [Design](https://ubuntu.com/blog/tag/design) --- Share the article Here are the best links shared by the design team during the shortest month of the year: 1. [Digital Design Education is Broken](https://medium.com/interaction-design-education/digital-design-education-is-broken-1a8d40aa9b3a#.45c02see9) 2. [My Bathroom Mirror Is Smarter Than Yours](https://medium.com/@maxbraun/my-bathroom-mirror-is-smarter-than-yours-94b21c6671ba#.2chus042i) 3. [Persona](https://www.flickr.com/photos/jasontravis/sets/72157603258446753/) 4. [Never Ask What They Want—3 Better Questions to Ask in User Interviews](https://medium.com/user-research/never-ask-what-they-want-3-better-questions-to-ask-in-user-interviews-aeddd2a2101e#.qa5vrkpdt) 5. [Celebrating Cities: A New Look and Feel for Uber](https://newsroom.uber.com/celebrating-cities-a-new-look-and-feel-for-uber/) 6. [Pure CSS – Alarm App](http://codepen.io/andytran/pen/oboJEL) 7. [Basic CSS Selector Syntax Explained Using Cats](https://robots.thoughtbot.com/basic-css-selectors-explained-with-cats) 8. [From Millions to Billions](https://fleximize.com/from-millionaires-to-billionaires/) 9. [After Growing to 50 People, We’re Ditching the Office Completely: Here’s Why](https://open.buffer.com/no-office/) 10. [Jheronimus Bosch – the Garden of Earthly Delights](https://tuinderlusten-jheronimusbosch.ntr.nl/en) 11. [Introducing Vector Networks](https://medium.com/figma-design/introducing-vector-networks-3b877d2b864f#.cd29uijd5) 12. [How to prepare and write a tech conference talk](http://wunder.schoenaberselten.com/2016/02/16/how-to-prepare-and-write-a-tech-conference-talk/) 13. [Evolution of Webdesign](http://fabianburghardt.de/webolution/) 14. [Chrome Experiments: Infinite city](https://www.chromeexperiments.com/experiment/infinite-city) 15. [Morgan Freeman is lending his voice to Google’s GPS navigation system](http://uk.businessinsider.com/morgan-freeman-waze-gps-navigation-system-2016-2?r=US&IR=T) 16. [Canonical’s BQ Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Edition Tablet Wins “Best of MWC 2016” Award](http://news.softpedia.com/news/canonical-s-bq-aquaris-m10-ubuntu-edition-tablet-receives-best-of-mwc-2016-award-500860.shtml) 17. [Atlas, The Next Generation](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVlhMGQgDkY) 18. [Stripe Atlas. A new way to start an internet business anywhere](https://stripe.com/atlas) 19. [Kanye Ipsum](http://kanyeipsum.net/) 20. [Rubik’s Cube Explorer](http://iamthecu.be/) Thank you to [Elvi](http://design.canonical.com/author/elvirafigueras7), [Jamie](http://design.canonical.com/author/jamiedawsonyoung), [Joe](http://design.canonical.com/author/faooful), [Jouni](http://design.canonical.com/author/jounihelminen), [Marcus](http://design.canonical.com/author/marcus-haslam), [Patricia](http://design.canonical.com/author/dizzypaty), [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) ## Newsletter signup Get the latest Ubuntu news and updates in your inbox. Work email: \*I agree to receive information about Canonical's products and services. 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