The document discusses moving from being a plumber to being a painter and the changes that would require. It notes that expecting hard-core technical information would be misplaced for this 45 minute session. It then discusses various aspects of changing functions such as color, font and typography, graphics, white space and layout, user interaction, and provides examples of before and after visual representations. The document concludes by noting the fork in the road decision required and provides picture credits.

1. Going from Plumber to Painter:
Moving Beyond Function
Thomas “Duffbert” Duff
ILUG 2008, Dublin
June 4 – 6, 2008

2. If you’re expecting hard-core
Notes/Domino information for the
next 45 minutes, you have time to
find another session now…

3. There’s a box up here…
Free stuff might be given away…
Might be worth putting your name
on a piece of paper and
dropping it in…
Really…

4. I am a plumber.

5. I need to become a painter.

7. Color

8. This is not
good…

9. Of course,
this isn’t good
either…

13. Font and Typography

17. Graphics
Graphics

21. E!
FRE

22. White Space
and
Layout

23. This?
9.1%

24. Or This?
(20.1%)

25. Or this… 61.6% Less is more!

26. Complex
!=
Effective

27. User Interaction

32. Before…
… After

40. Your fork in the road…

41. Picture credits
• Blue abstract http://www.flickr.com/photos/ollie-d/113879301/
“OllieD”, Creative Commons
• fun with found plumbing http://www.flickr.com/photos/midlander/138336221/
“you are your atman”, creative commons
• An Artist’s Hand 6 http://www.flickr.com/photos/truelifeimages/1469368564/
Nick C. Carlson by permission
• She’s Colors http://www.flickr.com/photos/eresia/1549968078/
Maddalena Zampitelli by permission
• Black & White Collage Gradient http://www.flickr.com/photos/thebristolkid/232456703/
Thebristolkid, creative commons
• An Extreemly Rare Rainbow Zebra http://www.flickr.com/photos/bestrated1/2037077881/
Creativity+ Timothy K. Hamilton, Creative Commons
• Fonts http://www.flickr.com/photos/hejog/2296300901/
“Peter”, Creative Commons
• Tools of the Trade http://www.flickr.com/photos/orbitgal/2290791702/
OrbitGal, Creative Commons
• down down right left http://www.flickr.com/photos/animaux/467366868/
Animaux, Creative Commons
• Today is the Day That I Happily Refuse to Purchase an iPhone http://www.flickr.com/photos/timsamoff/660738574/
“timsamoff”, Creative Commons
• Before_After_969 http://www.flickr.com/photos/ahford/7168061/
Andrew Ford by permission
• PGE Park http://www.flickr.com/photos/chris-yunker/2428069205/
ChrisYunker, Creative Commons
• Another fork in the road http://www.flickr.com/photos/whatknot/78427565/
WhatKnot, Creative Commons