Alice's blog

Use branches to keep file memory low

It turns out layers and large variant sets aren't the only things eating up file memeory

3 reasons to use variables for validation styling (instead of variants)

reduce memory usage, improve component usability, and a third thing!

Tutorial: build WORKING radio buttons, tabs, pagination, and breadcrumb sets in your Figma library

A workaround for managing prototype-ready materials in your library

Should library components come with prototyping interactions? Only sometimes...

Checkboxes, yes. Radios, no.

Organize your variables in 3 levels of collections

alt title: how to make sense of variable collections in Figma

Teaching "Intro to graphic design" at American University, Fall 2023

Config 2023 Reflections

How the new features and enhancements affect my past blog posts

I have beef with status emojis in component library Page names

The concept is useful, but I have beef with the execution.

Edit the width of nested components using zero-frames as resizers

Here's a hint: space between is an overrideable attribute...

20+ FigJam cursor-chat trigger words and 5 secret emotes

Spice up your FigJam communication game