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Dec 28, 2017

It’s interactive!

2 web pages stand on a stage, as one sings, "I've got your click and drags, sliders and state changes!" and the audience remarks that the other one looks a bit static.

The internet has given us so much: Grumpy Cat, Baby Monkey, and — a recent fave — NPR’s accidental #Ramona phenomenon.

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Dec 14, 2017

Testing Techniques Part 10: Design the Box

Six doodles stand around a table covered with art supplies. One doodle says "Mmhm...nice..." while looking at another doodle's box. That doodle is holding the box — complete with muscle arms, a unicorn, and the word "rad" — above its head, yelling "This is the ultimate box!" Other doodles stare at it and say "Wooow..." and "GASP!"

Is your team lost in the product development process? Do you want to see how someone…

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Nov 30, 2017

Color Me Accessible

Three doodles stand next to one another, wearing blue beanie hats. The first one says, "You mean we've been accessible this WHOLE TIME?!" The second one says, "Good ole #008290!" The third one says, "I...feel so...compliant!"

Here at We ❤︎ Health Literacy Headquarters, we always have accessibility in mind — but on this day each year we think about…

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Apr 27, 2017

The Title Worth a Thousand Words

A Doodle says "Behold my amazing data!" while pointing to a chart reading "Of Fascinators & Turbos", with rows labeled "cereals", "obstacle courses", and "potato", as other doodles look on, saying "What the heck is this?"

We’ve all seen it: the slick report or presentation with fancy-looking charts and graphs that, despite…

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Apr 13, 2017

Sketch-y Ideas

A writer hands a sketch to a designer, who responds "For me?! It's like a dream come true!"

Here at We ❤︎ Health Literacy Headquarters, we’re big fans of a team approach to creating great health communication products. Each…

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Mar 16, 2017

Too much space. Period.

A period at the end of a sentence says "B! Why are you so far away from me?!" to the B who starts the following sentence. B replies, "I don't know, little buddy! The distance is too vast!!"

This week, we’re weighing in on one of the great debates of our grammatical lifetimes: do you use a single space or a…

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Jan 19, 2017

(Online) Video Killed the Radio Star

An online video titled "How to Make Health Videos for Internet" starring Doug Doodleman.

If you’re anything like us, dear readers, you still shudder thinking about the awkward videos…

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Jan 12, 2017

Plain Language for Health: A Writing and Design Workshop

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Nov 30, 2016

Blue Beanie Day: Web Accessibility for All

Illustration of a smiling doodle wearing a blue beanie.

Here at We ❤︎ Health Literacy Headquarters, we spend a lot of time talking about how…

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Sep 22, 2016

A Tale of 2 Formats: PDF vs. Webpage

Video game with a PDF battling a webpage. The webpage is throwing a fireball at the PDF and winning 45 to 5.

So you’ve decided to put your super awesome, totally health-literate material on the web so…