John Long Design

10/11/2025

🤖 AI Meets UX: Jakob Nielsen’s Reality Check
As AI reshapes how we design and build experiences, UX pioneer Jakob Nielsen reminds us that usability still matters more than hype. The future of design isn’t about replacing intuition, it’s about enhancing it.

💬 What’s your take? Is AI helping or hurting good UX?

03/11/2025

🚀 The Future of Operating Systems Is Getting… Smarter

Microsoft has hinted that the next evolution of Windows will feel “alien” compared to what we use today, introducing an AI-driven, agentic OS designed to anticipate needs, automate workflows, and take action on your behalf.

This shift isn’t happening in isolation. Across the industry, we’re seeing similar trends, from personalized automotive interfaces that adapt to driving conditions, to AI systems that reshape UX design around individual habits and context.

The future of user experience is no longer just about usability, it’s about intelligent adaptability. Operating systems, vehicles, and even websites are learning to know you, not just serve you.

How do we balance convenience, trust, and control as our tools become more autonomous?

30/10/2025

💡 The Future of Banking is All About UX/UI Design 💡

The banking and finance industry is investing heavily in user experience — and for good reason. From mobile banking apps to secure online portals, customers now expect seamless, intuitive, and visually polished interactions every step of the way.

A recent market report shows strong growth in the BFSI UX/UI design sector, signaling that banks and fintech companies are finally treating design as a strategic advantage — not just a finishing touch.

✨ Better usability → Stronger trust → Happier customers.

30/10/2020

For those of you that are required to use Microsoft Outlook Email for your work on macOS, this is a welcomed update from what I've seen so far. This appears to be such a nicer interface and UI design. It removes the cluster of unused buttons and options at the top and focuses on the basics and makes room for a quick view calendar of the day ahead now.

Additionally, for anyone using the dark mode macOS display option you can now use the NightOwl app to specifically set this app to light mode or dark mode independently of your OS mode option, which was previously unsupported. So if you have Outlook for Mac check for the toggle in the upper right of the application that says "New Outlook" and give it a try.

theverge.com/2020/9/22/21448985/microsoft-outlook-for-mac-new-design-october-release

Microsoft’s popular email app has been totally redesigned for macOS

05/05/2020

I finished this website for a client back in November but hadn't shared yet. His barbershop has a bit of a Breaking Bad theme to it so it was a fun creative project. The site also features a fully integrated e-commerce storefront for selling hair related products.

A barbershop located in Albuquerque, New Mexico that specializes in custom hair cuts and beard styles.

05/05/2020

A quick tour of The Chemist Barbershop website designed and developed by John Long Design.

03/09/2018

New for Defiant H**p Company that will operate as an entity that is part of the Defiant family. They will specialize in producing and selling and other **p related products. The logo features a flowering blossom appearance communicating a sense of therapeutic healing and all natural feeling combined with a h**p leaf in the negative space at the center, indicating the source component of the products.