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Figma variables for light and dark mode — made easy

As a UX expert and tech writer, I like to make things easy. I haven’t found that Figma documentation or videos make anything easier for me…

May 7

Figma variables for light and dark mode — made easy

May 7

Move Figma UI3 toolbar to top

Some wonderful person created this fix for the Figma UI3 toolbar locked bottom positioning (as of April 30, 2025). I found it on a Figma…

May 6

Move Figma UI3 toolbar to top

May 6

UX generalists will inherit the earth — or at least get the design jobs

I’ve heard a lot of doom and gloom stories about people quitting design in the period of 2023–2025, during which AI has considerably…

Apr 23

Apr 23

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How to group, auto-layout, resize frames/components, add things to component sets in Figma

My background

Nov 13, 2024

How to group, auto-layout, resize frames/components, add things to component sets in Figma

Nov 13, 2024

Dancing with the unknown: My odyssey to the depths of long COVID and back

A series of unfortunate events

Dec 27, 2023

Dancing with the unknown: My odyssey to the depths of long COVID and back

Dec 27, 2023

Show downloaded fonts in Illustrator

I keep running into this issue and forgetting where to find this, so wanted to make sure that I documented it for next time, for all of us!

Sep 14, 2023

Sep 14, 2023

Awesome teas from a tea connoisseur, or teas I have loved that you should try

As a lifetime tea drinker, I wanted to share some teas that I really have loved over the years, both looseleaf and in the bag. I try lots…

Mar 10, 2023

Mar 10, 2023

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Brontosaurus & other erroneous design decisions caused by human error due to insufficient data

As a member of Generation X, I grew up when there was a pretty finite number of dinosaurs, and none of them were feathered. One of them was…

Mar 9, 2023

Brontosaurus & other erroneous design decisions caused by human error due to insufficient data

Mar 9, 2023

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Create UX scorecards to benchmark impact and measure improvement

As head of UX and content strategy teams at a tech startup, as well as the founding UX team member, I created two UX scorecards to…

Feb 15, 2023

Create UX scorecards to benchmark impact and measure improvement

Feb 15, 2023

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Guiding UX principles to base your design system and UX framework on

When working for a startup, there’s so much to do! As a UX team of one or the founding UX team member, you need to rely on doing just…

Feb 8, 2023

Feb 8, 2023

Courtney Jordan

Courtney Jordan

Storyteller, process optimizer, relationship builder, stakeholder uniter, experience creator. MS, HCI/AI/UX. Traveling this life w my soulmate and awesome teens

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