Resources for Members

Here are some great external resources and tools that Miller Center members use daily. These are the best news sites, books, podcasts, productivity applications, protyping tools, and design websites we recommend.

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News

Morning Brew: business, stocks, tech

The Hustle: tech and business news

Cassandra Daily: key cultural trends and social happenings

Axios: business and markets

Collaboration/Productivity

Slack: team communication

Trello: organize and collab on projects in boards, lists, and cards

Whimsical: communicate visually with flowcharts, mindmaps, wireframes, sticky notes

Loom: shareable video recordings

Books

The Lean Startup by Eric Ries

Innovation and Entrepreneurship by Peter Drucker

Podcasts

Masters of Scale with Reid Hoffman

How I built this with Guy Raz

Prototyping

Marvel: prototype / design your app

Google Sites: host a free website with drag/drop capabilities

Figma: the collaborative interface design tool

Invision: digital product design and wireframing

Design

Canva: Design for Non-Designers

Visme: Infographics

Color Palette Generator: Build a color palette for your brand

Blobmaker: Generator random svg shapes

SneakPeekIt: printable dot grids for low-res design wireframing (plain grid, browser, mobile, tablet)