{"id":15288,"date":"2025-02-28T08:44:47","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T08:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/?p=15288"},"modified":"2026-02-17T15:39:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T15:39:31","slug":"link-round-up-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/link-round-up-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Link Round-Up (002)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Here\u2019s our round-up of the best content, resources and software we found in February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019ve discovered, created, written, developed or designed a resource you think our readers will want to see in future posts, leave a comment below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Designer Slack Communities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1370\" height=\"906\" src=\"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/designer-slack-communities.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15290\" 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