# JshMllr.com

> Portfolio and writing site for Josh Miller, product designer.

## Preferred crawler behavior

- Respect [robots.txt](https://jshmllr.com/robots.txt) and standard rate limits.
- Prefer canonical URLs on jshmllr.com.
- Do not index /studio routes.

## High-value pages

- [Home](https://jshmllr.com/)
- [About](https://jshmllr.com/about): Bio, experience, and contact
- [Projects index](https://jshmllr.com/projects): Portfolio case studies
- [Journal index](https://jshmllr.com/journal): Writing on product design

## Featured project pages

- [Building the design-system foundation for two operational healthcare MVPs](https://jshmllr.com/projects/portfolio-pantherxrare-building-the-design-system-foundation-for-two-operational-healthcare-mvps): A shared, accessible UI system for two healthcare MVPs moving at startup speed.
- [AI & Evolving Command Palette Search](https://jshmllr.com/projects/prism-fm-contributions-prism-command): Drove sustained user adoption across the platform

Fast-tracked from concept to 2025 roadmap via data-driven prototyping

Accelerated event discovery: transforming search UX through bottom-up innovation
- [Revolutionizing Live Music Data](https://jshmllr.com/projects/prism-fm-contributions-data-insights): Led design strategy for Prism's analytics platform leveraging 100K+ shows worth of industry data

Designed data visualization solution addressing $1B+ live entertainment market gap

Conceptualized and shipped industry-first analytics tool in 6 months
- [Prism Payments](https://jshmllr.com/projects/prism-fm-contributions-payments): Led end-to-end design of payment solution targeting 10x revenue 

Designed comprehensive payment flows integrating Stripe Connect for enterprise clients

Validated market opportunity through extensive user research and beta program design

Navigated complex financial UX challenges across multiple user roles and payment types
- [Contributions: USA TODAY Network](https://jshmllr.com/projects/contributions-at-gannett-usa-today-network): Developed a groundbreaking storytelling framework at Gannett's Innovation Lab

Created 14+ digital tools that transformed traditional content approaches and their workflows 

Team focus was on on enhancing audience engagement through innovative, interactive experiences

## Featured journal pages

- [AI-Generated Designs: Structure, But Perhaps Lacking Intent](https://jshmllr.com/journal/ai-generated-designs-structure-but-perhaps-lacking-intent): How Prompting and Context Shape AI-Driven Wireframes for Better Business Alignment
- [Tackling UX Debt as a Product Designer](https://jshmllr.com/journal/tackling-ux-debt-as-a-product-designer): At Prism.fm, I tackled UX debt by unifying the design system, improving navigation, and enhancing usability. Through consistent, user-focused solutions, I restored trust and drove product growth.
- [Product Design and Market Strategy Lexicon](https://jshmllr.com/journal/product-design-and-market-strategy-lexicon): Unconventional phrases that provide a nuanced vocabulary bridging technical requirements, user psychology, & innovative thinking.
- [So You Want to Be a Founding Designer? Here’s Some Interview Tips](https://jshmllr.com/journal/so-you-want-to-be-a-founding-designer-here-s-what-you-need-to-know): Prepare for a founding design role by showing versatility, strategic thinking, collaboration, and a growth mindset. Focus on impact, thrive in chaos, and align with the startup’s vision.
- [Prototyping for Success: Aligning Design and Engineering](https://jshmllr.com/journal/prototyping-for-success-aligning-design-and-engineering): Prototyping brings ideas to life, enabling teams to explore and iterate early. By making concepts tactile and experiential, it fosters creativity and sparks richer conversations.
- [Removing Attachment: A Key to Creativity & Collaboration](https://jshmllr.com/journal/removing-attachment-a-key-to-creativity-and-collaboration): Letting go of attachment and ego encourages creativity, collaboration, and team success.
- [A Garden of UX Resources](https://jshmllr.com/journal/a-garden-of-ux-resources): Some of my favorite resources

## Machine-readable discovery

- [Sitemap](https://jshmllr.com/sitemap.xml)
- [Robots](https://jshmllr.com/robots.txt)
- [Web agent manifest](https://jshmllr.com/.well-known/web-agent.json): Experimental agent capability signaling

## Optional

- [Orbit design reference](https://jshmllr.com/orbit): Live Orbit design language tokens
- [Design tokens (machine-readable)](https://jshmllr.com/design.md)
- [Lab experiments](https://lab.jshmllr.com): Subdomain for experiments; noindex