--- title: Involution Studios | Emily Twaddell (4) description: Design, Policy, Technology Blog (4) --- [Work](https://www.goinvo.com/work/) [Services](https://www.goinvo.com/services/) [About](https://www.goinvo.com/about/) [Vision](https://www.goinvo.com/vision/) [Contact](http://www.goinvo.com/contact/) - [Home](http://www.goinvo.com) - [Work](https://www.goinvo.com/work/) - [Services](https://www.goinvo.com/services/) - [About](https://www.goinvo.com/about/) - [Vision](https://www.goinvo.com/vision) - [Careers](http://www.goinvo.com/about/careers/) - [Open Office Hours](http://www.goinvo.com/about/open-office-hours/) ## Emily Twaddell ### Recent Posts ## [Around the Studio: Getting Things Done](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/around-the-studio-getting-things-done) 19.Jan.15 by [Emily Twaddell](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/author/emily-twaddell) ### I am in that special hell reserved for parents of school-age kids who have a holiday from school while I am trying to work. Multitasking at its worst. Fortunately, I happen to have excellent resources at my disposal, including Slack, which keeps me in several loops with my co-workers who are, presumably, enjoying lunch together and discussing the recent news of [teehanlax.com](http://teehanlax.com/) closing. [Read More](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/around-the-studio-getting-things-done) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/around-the-studio-getting-things-done#comments-listing) Topics: [Business of Design](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/business-of-design) ## [Good Health: Patient Education](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/good-health-patient-education) 16.Jan.15 by [Emily Twaddell](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/author/emily-twaddell) ### What to expect when... You need a joint replacement. Or your dad had a stroke. Or your six-year-old was just diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.  Can you expect your care team to provide information that will help you to understand your condition? How will you know if something is wrong and you should seek help? How do you know what to ask your loved one's caregiver? What do other people do in your situation? It’s well known that patients stay healthier when they are informed. [Health literacy](http://nnlm.gov/outreach/consumer/hlthlit.html) is key; if you are not able to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services, you will be ill-equipped to make decisions regarding your own or the health of your loved ones. Patient education plays an important role in a number of Involution designs. Here are a few resources we’ve found. ### [AMA Atlas of the Human Body](http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/physician-resources/patient-education-materials/atlas-of-human-body.page?) Illustration: Leslie Laurien, MSMI The American Medical Association (AMA) has been a leader in addressing health literacy and patient safety and offer a number of health literacy educational tools. ### [Park Nicollet Hip and Knee Replacement Care Guide](http://www.parknicollet.com/SpecialtyCenters/Joint-Replacement-Institute/~/media/Files/pdf/JRI/11-10_11077-Hip-Knee-Replacement_110314) One feature of this guide that we really like is that the first page, even before the Table of Contents, addresses the questions “When do I call my doctor?” and “When do I call 911?” ### [drawMD from Visible Health](http://www.drawmd.com/) drawMD enables clinicians to simplify and explain medical concepts visually, customizing in real time in coversation with a patient.  #### This week’s highlights On Wednesday we concluded the six-week series on UX Maturity with [The AI of UX](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/ux-maturity-the-ai-of-ux). If you missed any of these or want to read them through again, see parts [1](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/ux-maturity-intuition), [2](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/ux-maturity-foundation), [3](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/ux-maturity-establishment), [4](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/ux-maturity-ubiquity), [5](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/ux-maturity-best-practice). [Around the Studio: Continuing Efforts in Open Government](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/around-the-studio-continuing-efforts-in-open-government)provides a look at how the City of Asheville, NC has launched an online visual financial tool based on the work of Arlington Visual Budget. [Read More](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/good-health-patient-education) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/good-health-patient-education#comments-listing) Topics: [Design](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/design), [digital health](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/digital-health), [health](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/health) ## [Around the Studio: Continuing Efforts in Open Government](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/around-the-studio-continuing-efforts-in-open-government) 12.Jan.15 by [Emily Twaddell](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/author/emily-twaddell) You may remember [our work with the Town of Arlington](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/designing-arlington-visual-budget) to produce the award-winning [Arlington Visual Budget](http://www.arlingtonvisualbudget.org/), an open source web application that creates an easier way to communicate complex municipal financial information. The app has been well-recieved here in Arlington and is being explored by other communities as far away as Asheville, North Carolina. [Read More](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/around-the-studio-continuing-efforts-in-open-government) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/around-the-studio-continuing-efforts-in-open-government#comments-listing) Topics: [Design](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/design), [Open Government](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/open-government), [infovis](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/infovis), [open data](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/open-data) ## [Open Government, Open Data, Moods, and Pixels](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/open-government-open-data-moods-and-pixels) 09.Jan.15 by [Emily Twaddell](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/author/emily-twaddell) ### You already know that it’s Friday, right? So why waste valuable character space and SEO just to state the obvious? Starting now, we’ll still give you a quick run-down of the week’s articles and share a few of our latest web finds. We just won't tell you that it’s Friday. [Read More](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/open-government-open-data-moods-and-pixels) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/open-government-open-data-moods-and-pixels#comments-listing) Topics: [Design](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/design), [Open Government](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/open-government), [health](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/health), [open data](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/open-data) ## [To your health: Friday Links & Round Up](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/to-your-health-friday-links-round-up) 19.Dec.14 by [Emily Twaddell](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/author/emily-twaddell) ### It’s a busy time of year, full of demands and distractions. How to stay healthy, focused, and happy? ### [Get Enough Sleep](http://mic.com/articles/104472/what-sleep-deprivation-does-to-your-brain-in-one-stunning-infographic) What sleep deprivation does to your brain, in one stunning infographic put together by GE and [Mic](http://mic.com/) for [BrainMic](http://mic.com/science). ### [Take a Nap](http://mic.com/articles/106720/this-is-how-you-take-the-perfect-nap-according-to-sleep-scientists) The folks at Mic are ready to help fight that sleep deprivation by telling you how to take the perfect nap. Really, with scientific evidence to back it up. [Read More](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/to-your-health-friday-links-round-up) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/to-your-health-friday-links-round-up#comments-listing) Topics: [health](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/health) ## [Around the Studio: More Makers](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/around-the-studio-more-makers) 15.Dec.14 by [Emily Twaddell](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/author/emily-twaddell) ### Ah, the holidays. That time of year when DIY-ers want to d.i.e. because they have set the bar too high again. Gifts in a jar, hand-felted laptop cases—carefully crafted artisanal homespun organic and fair trade objects imbued with positive vibrations. [Read More](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/around-the-studio-more-makers) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/around-the-studio-more-makers#comments-listing) Topics: [creativity](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/creativity), [company culture](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/company-culture), [building](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/building) ## [A Cure, Life's Origins, & a Keyboard: Friday Links and Round Up](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/a-cure-lifes-origins-and-a-keyboard-friday-links-and-round-up) 12.Dec.14 by [Emily Twaddell](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/author/emily-twaddell) ### Caution: that last story has seizure-trigger potential. ### [The Human API](http://thehumanapi.com/) [MedTech Boston](https://medtechboston.medstro.com/curing-healthcare-with-tough-love-thehumanapi/) recently posted an interview with Michael DePalma and Richie Etwaru, founders of [The Human API](http://thehumanapi.com/). Their mission is to create a “prevention industry” with a new economic and behavioral model for health. According to the article, The Human API wants to “foster paradigm shift by instilling prevention and early identification health barometers into everyday life.” We should talk. ### [Why Life Exists](http://www.businessinsider.com/groundbreaking-idea-of-lifes-origin-2014-12) Business Insider this week featured a story about [MIT physicist Jeremy England](http://www.businessinsider.com/groundbreaking-idea-of-lifes-origin-2014-12)who has derived a mathematical formula that he asserts underlies the theory of evolution by natural selection. I particularly appreciated the explanation of thermodynamic equilibrium using the example of a room-temperature cup of coffee: it will never spontaneously reheat. That is my kind of physics. ### [Nintype](http://jormy.com/nintype/) According to [John Brownlee on Fast Company’s CoDesign](http://www.fastcodesign.com/3039755/is-this-psychedelic-ios-keyboard-the-craziest-ui-in-design-history), “the experience of using Nintype is like playing the craziest game of *Dance Dance Revolution* ever at some futuristic space rave while out of your gourd on LSD-infused cotton candy.” [Read More](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/a-cure-lifes-origins-and-a-keyboard-friday-links-and-round-up) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/a-cure-lifes-origins-and-a-keyboard-friday-links-and-round-up#comments-listing) Topics: [Design](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/design) ## [Around the Studio: Tech Talks](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/around-the-studio-tech-talks) 08.Dec.14 by [Emily Twaddell](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/author/emily-twaddell) ### Welcome to the Invo Department of Training and Development. Most medium-to-large companies have staff who are responsible for employee learning. Some live in Human Resources and offer training on things like business writing and leadership skills. Others sit in a training organization that develops product and process training. Such groups usually follow a highly structured process of content drafting, reviews, and even testing, all using branded templates and sanctioned development tools before releasing a final deliverable. [Read More](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/around-the-studio-tech-talks) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/around-the-studio-tech-talks#comments-listing) Topics: [culture of learning](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/culture-of-learning), [Business of Design](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/business-of-design) ## [Design in the Details: Friday Links and Round Up](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/design-in-the-details-friday-links-and-round-up) 05.Dec.14 by [Emily Twaddell](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/author/emily-twaddell) ### The turkey coma has come and gone and the trees are sporting colorful lights. My most recent family gathering included a few of my favorite engineers, so I brought back this gem to share. [Read More](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/design-in-the-details-friday-links-and-round-up) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/design-in-the-details-friday-links-and-round-up#comments-listing) Topics: [Design](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/design), [emerging technologies](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/emerging-technologies), [creativity](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/creativity) ## [Around the Studio: Morning Rituals](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/around-the-studio-morning-rituals) 24.Nov.14 by [Emily Twaddell](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/author/emily-twaddell) ### It’s November. It’s raining. And it’s Monday. It’s a short week with Thanksgiving on Thursday, but for many that means cramming five days of work into three. How to get motivated first thing in the morning? #### Coffee (of course) [Read More](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/around-the-studio-morning-rituals) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/around-the-studio-morning-rituals#comments-listing) Topics: [community](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/community), [company culture](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/topic/company-culture) [Previous](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/author/emily-twaddell/page/3) [All posts](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/all) [Next](https://yes.goinvo.com/articles/author/emily-twaddell/page/5) - [Home](https://www.goinvo.com/) - [Work](https://www.goinvo.com/work/) - [Services](https://www.goinvo.com/services/) - [About](https://www.goinvo.com/about/) - [Careers](https://www.goinvo.com/about/careers/) - [Open Office Hours](https://www.goinvo.com/about/open-office-hours/) - [Vision](https://www.goinvo.com/vision/) - [The Digital Life](http://thedigitalife.com/) - [Contact Us](https://www.goinvo.com/contact/) - [661 Mass Ave Arlington, MA 02476](https://www.google.com/maps/place/661+Massachusetts+Ave,+Arlington,+MA+02476/@42.4161234,-71.1563006,17z/) - [info@goinvo.com](mailto:info@goinvo.com) - [mailto:hello@goinvo.com](mailto:hello@goinvo.com) - - - - -