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Inayaili de León Persson
1 August 2016

July’s reading list

Design

Here are the best links shared by the design team during the month of July:

  1. 9 tips to help you rock your first (or next) conference presentation
  2. Notes from the road
  3. The Superbook: Turn your smartphone into a laptop for $99
  4. Sega vs Nintendo is back! Mini Mega Drive to rival Classic NES re-release
  5. Scientists find Luca, a single-cell, bacterium-like organism that is the common ancestor of all life on Earth

Thank you to Femma, Jamie, Joe, Luca and Robin for the links this month!

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