We highly recommend reading this roundup poolside. Find out what we’ve been favoriting this month:

• Back-to-school season doesn’t have to mean the fun is over: get the complete A Book Apart library for 30% off, just by loading up your cart. You’ll also save when you buy any 2 or more titles together, in any format.
• Our good pals and authors Karen McGrane and Ethan Marcotte teamed up to offer workshops, events, and now—a superb podcast—all about responsive web design!
• As part of hack week at The Verge, Mandy Brown talks about “how the velocity of journalism is changing.”
• On the responsivedesign.is podcast, Jeremy Keith discusses progressive enhancement and going back to basics for a better start to building websites.
• Jason Santa Maria continues his thoughtful entries on The Pastry Box, finding memories in a piece of good old wood.
• With much appreciation and just a little sorrow, A List Apart says so long to illustrator extraordinaire Kevin Cornell by remembering a few of their favorite sketches.

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