Hi, I'm
Joshua Bartz.

Currently

I'm making software more inclusive.

I'm consulting on products that improve lives, and I'm building this website and teaching myself front-end web development as I go.

Say hello! Shoot me an email!

Previously
2019 - 2021

I led product design for Jamf Now.

Jamf Now is an Apple-centric mobile device management platform for small businesses without IT and InfoSec backgrounds. I built user experience roadmaps and shipped a new subscription tier with refreshed Mac, iOS, and web apps.

I worked on amazing projects:

• Activity for Jamf Now

  No one should have to understand system debugging messages to figure out what is happening to their company devices.

• Jamf Now Fundamentals planStudy Coming Soon

  We developed a brand new subscription tier by integrating Enterprise-grade apps into a Small Business package.

• Dark Mode for Jamf Now

  Our hackathon-winning project that went on to fulfill our most requested feature.

• Software license conflict resolutionStudy Coming Soon

  A change to simplify our software license management services required a massive effort to protect our users' time and budgets.

2017 - 2019

I was a design generalist at Jamf.

Jamf helps organizations succeed with Apple. I implemented accessibility standards and put together strategy for a full redesign of Self Service on macOS, iOS, and iPadOS, consolidated more than 150 duplicate patterns and rearchitected Jamf Nation, and helped champion the start of Jamf's UX research practice and design system.

I made incredible strides:

• Rethinking Self Service for macOSStudy Coming Soon

  Our flagship desktop app was bloated by unfriendly design and layers of conflicting code to support it. Engineering and I made the case to prioritize a full redesign and re-engineering.

• Accessibility guidelines for Self ServiceStudy Coming Soon

  Self Service is made to help employees find the tools and information they need, but it failed audits from our largest customers and left a critical portion of our users hanging.

• Feature Request Timeline for Jamf NationStudy Coming Soon

  Our Product Owners and Managers needed tools to give updates and estimates for our most frequented community area. Research brought our best ideas.

2012 - 2016

I got my start at Code42.

Code42 protects the world's data. I established a user experience practice by leveraging customer support ticket metadata. I redesigned key data management and recovery workflows, and I co-conducted internal usability tests to protect the company's intellectual property. I am still an internal meme.

But also

I write on occasion.

I'm talking about projects that aren't quite case studies, ideas learned in code, and hot-takes on design and ethics. Maybe also music, food, and life.

• Prompting readers to rotate their phones

  Who said the Web can't have physical interactions? Let's experiment with CSS media queries to improve the case study viewing experience on mobile.
  October 16, 2022

• Design and development tools

  The 2022 update on the software and hardware in my workflow.
  June 26, 2022

• Top 5 links for Spring 2022

  Books, camels, music, and a relatable tweet for Spring.
  May 14, 2022