In this episode, Amy talks about Figma and how it's perfect for project collaboration -- whether you're a designer, developer, project manager, or stakeholder; everyone can benefit.

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Show Notes

0:00 Introduction
3:07 What is Figma?
3:26 History of Design Tools
- Photoshop
  - Difference between vaster and rector
- Sketch
- Figma
  - Collaboration
  - Components
10:42 Sponsor: ZEAL
12:16 Figma - Platform Agnostic
13:40 Adobe XD
15:28 Variants
16:22 Shared Libraries
17:48 Commenting System and Collaboration
18:46 Developer Handoff Tools, including exporting CSS
19:43 Plugins
- Anima
- Ania Kubo on YouTube
20:21 Sponsor: Vercel
21:36 More Figma Plugins
- Super Tidy
- Google Sheets Sync
23:07 Prototyping and Interactions
23:23 FigJam
- How Figma Uses FigJam
24:20 Structuring a Project within Figma
- Cover with a thumbnail
- The project's design
- Iconography
- Design System and Components
- Archive Page
27:02 Learn More about Figma
- Scott Tolinsky, Playlist on Figma
- Level Up Tutorials
- Figma's Education Videos
- Jesse Showalter, Figma Playlist
28:26 Grab Bag Questions: Message us on Twitter at @compressedfm
28:44 Picks and Plugs
28:57 Amy's Pick: Parse Hub
30:33 Amy's Plug: Compressed.fm Newsletter
30:56 James's Pick: iPhone Mount
31:50 James's Plug: James on TikTok at jamesqquick