Christophe's life log http://christophebriguet.com A good place between Twitter and Facebook for logging posterous.com Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:45:00 -0800 San Francisco Ferry Building by night http://christophebriguet.com/san-francisco-ferry-building-by-night http://christophebriguet.com/san-francisco-ferry-building-by-night

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I took these shots from a Ferry arriving from Sausalito, so no way to use a long exposure or even be really stabilized, those kind of pictures taken from Alcatraz Island should be amazing! An Alcatraz night tour might be the right opportunity.

 

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/101083/Christophe-Posterous.png http://posterous.com/users/1gx9C0hoHHH Christophe Briguet Christophe Christophe Briguet Sun, 29 Jan 2012 07:19:00 -0800 More iPhone snapshots from New York City http://christophebriguet.com/more-iphone-snapshots-from-new-york-city http://christophebriguet.com/more-iphone-snapshots-from-new-york-city

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The One World Trade Center building under construction, I wished I had enought time to visit the 9/11 Memorial, I'll go there next time

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The Empire State building from the corner of 34th Street and 9th Avenue, home of B&H Photo

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/101083/Christophe-Posterous.png http://posterous.com/users/1gx9C0hoHHH Christophe Briguet Christophe Christophe Briguet Tue, 24 Jan 2012 04:58:39 -0800 Good morning New York! http://christophebriguet.com/good-morning-new-york http://christophebriguet.com/good-morning-new-york

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Quick iPhone snap from Time Square while going to New Jersey.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/101083/Christophe-Posterous.png http://posterous.com/users/1gx9C0hoHHH Christophe Briguet Christophe Christophe Briguet Mon, 09 Jan 2012 06:59:00 -0800 SVPMA meeting minutes - What a PM needs to know about UX http://christophebriguet.com/svpma-meeting-minutes-what-a-pm-needs-to-know http://christophebriguet.com/svpma-meeting-minutes-what-a-pm-needs-to-know

Last week I went for the first time to the Silicon Valley Product Management Association (SVPMA) monthly meeting. The topic for this first meeting of the year was about User eXperience and presented by Glen Lipka from Marketo. I guess slides will be available soon in the SVPMA archive (they are still not available at this time) and beyond the networking opportunity, here are the key points I retained.

  • There is decision in any design process, actually design is just decisions and who is making these decisions really matters, it might be engineering people, an end-user, a manager or a researcher, etc. but at the end of the day the designer is the one who wrote the PRD (Product Document Requirement).
  • UX designer and PM roles might overlap, it's fine, as long as PM stay focus; there are already many tasks under his responsability, he should be dedicated and works actively with marketing to get comprehensive MRDs (Marketing Requirement Document) including competive landscape, packaging, go to market strategy and research.
  • Get a direct interaction with users, learn from them (e.g. make up-front call), understand their problems, what they are trying to achieve, why they didn't choose your product, etc. but don't let them define the actual requirements, people are terrible about their own perception... 
  • "A picture is worth a thousand words" - we all knew that visual PRD helps to explain complex ideas or UI concepts but it also helps to convoy ergonomic features, hardly describalble with words but often critical for the user experience (e.g. moving / manipulate objects on a page)
  • Don't put too much instructions in your product (users don't read) but pay attention to remove frictions that would require to read these instructions. 
  • Address the overall user experience, from product design to support and observe well things when they go wrong - i.e. The way to handle things go wrong is way more important than the way to handle things go right.
  • Because user don't have the same perspection as you, as the designer, more small improvements is often percieved as better than one big one, they usually don't know what was the work required 
  • And last but not least, give yourself permission to put fun stuff in your product, messaging, etc. people wants to be treated has human being and if it's authentic they will adhere to it.

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A bad UX design is a bug (picture from Flickr)

 

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/101083/Christophe-Posterous.png http://posterous.com/users/1gx9C0hoHHH Christophe Briguet Christophe Christophe Briguet Sun, 08 Jan 2012 17:42:00 -0800 Another nice bike ride in Los Altos Hills http://christophebriguet.com/another-nice-bike-ride-in-los-altos-hills http://christophebriguet.com/another-nice-bike-ride-in-los-altos-hills

Los Altos Hills bike ride at EveryTrail

Fantastic weather today, it was like summer, perfect for working out, I did the launch of Body Pump #80 at the Palo Alto YMCA then jumped on a bike for a pretty nice ride with friends. I discovered the Rancho San Antonio County Park, it seems a great place to workout with a lots of trails, I'm looking forward to run there. 

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/101083/Christophe-Posterous.png http://posterous.com/users/1gx9C0hoHHH Christophe Briguet Christophe Christophe Briguet Mon, 02 Jan 2012 22:06:00 -0800 2012 first bike ride in the valley http://christophebriguet.com/2012-first-bike-ride-in-the-valley http://christophebriguet.com/2012-first-bike-ride-in-the-valley

Still discovering new places in the Bay Area, today was the Crystal Springs Reservoirs created by the San Andrea fault. Mostly flat, perfect to start a new year. 

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/101083/Christophe-Posterous.png http://posterous.com/users/1gx9C0hoHHH Christophe Briguet Christophe Christophe Briguet Sun, 01 Jan 2012 21:15:00 -0800 Happy 2012! http://christophebriguet.com/happy-2012 http://christophebriguet.com/happy-2012

Happy new year everybody, once again make this new year full of fulfillment. 2011 was a great year for us and we look forward to 2012. Last year we didn't took any good resolutions or built any to-do list and we actually achieved more than we would have expected... We will do the same think this year, we'll just follow our passion :-)

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We took this picture today in the Bay Front Park in Menlo Park, there are a lot of salt ponds and the purplish color is water that's just about ready to be evaporated for its salt content.

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Taken at Place Bellecour

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Taken at Béon

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In France for a few days... will be in Belgium next week and then back to California just in time for Christmas.

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Thanks to everybody, especially to my parents Daniel and Patrica, for your help for the last 4 weeks, to build a gym room in the garage and do some insulation in the house. Work is now completed, more pictures to come :-)

 

 

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Taken at Clos Du Val Vineyards

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Happy thanksgiving everyone! 

 

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/101083/Christophe-Posterous.png http://posterous.com/users/1gx9C0hoHHH Christophe Briguet Christophe Christophe Briguet Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:21:44 -0700 Our daily agile stand-up meeting turned fun today at LogLogic :-) http://christophebriguet.com/our-daily-agile-stand-up-meeting-turned-fun-t http://christophebriguet.com/our-daily-agile-stand-up-meeting-turned-fun-t
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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/101083/Christophe-Posterous.png http://posterous.com/users/1gx9C0hoHHH Christophe Briguet Christophe Christophe Briguet Tue, 25 Oct 2011 21:42:31 -0700 3 years ... already http://christophebriguet.com/3-years-already http://christophebriguet.com/3-years-already
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As we say, time flies, but this evening we took a break and celebrated our 3 years wedding anniversary. Had a very good time at the Half Moon Bay Brewing Company, nice place and great food there.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/101083/Christophe-Posterous.png http://posterous.com/users/1gx9C0hoHHH Christophe Briguet Christophe Christophe Briguet Sat, 15 Oct 2011 22:06:00 -0700 Spot the puppy is getting bigger and bigger... http://christophebriguet.com/spot-the-puppy-is-getting-bigger-and-bigger http://christophebriguet.com/spot-the-puppy-is-getting-bigger-and-bigger

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We are still not sure of his breed, but we can now recognize some family resemblance with American Staff', this little boy is going to be interesing to educate :-) 

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/101083/Christophe-Posterous.png http://posterous.com/users/1gx9C0hoHHH Christophe Briguet Christophe Christophe Briguet Sat, 08 Oct 2011 18:09:00 -0700 Tributes to Steve Jobs http://christophebriguet.com/tributes-to-steve-jobs http://christophebriguet.com/tributes-to-steve-jobs

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I rode by Steve's house in Palo Alto this morning, the street is full of flowers, apples, drawings and cards, a lot of tributes of his genius... He definitively had a huge footprint on several industries. Personnaly, what I will retain the most of him is how he inspires people to design and deliver their presentation, no need to say that anyone can significantly improve the quality and effectiveness of their presentation by applying the Steve Jobs template to their presentation.

Thank you Steve, we'll try to stay hungry and foolish!

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/101083/Christophe-Posterous.png http://posterous.com/users/1gx9C0hoHHH Christophe Briguet Christophe Christophe Briguet Mon, 03 Oct 2011 20:17:00 -0700 Ride across the peninsula http://christophebriguet.com/ride-across-the-peninsula http://christophebriguet.com/ride-across-the-peninsula

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/101083/Christophe-Posterous.png http://posterous.com/users/1gx9C0hoHHH Christophe Briguet Christophe Christophe Briguet Wed, 21 Sep 2011 10:23:00 -0700 Nice (long) day in London, now it's time to enjoy local cuisine ;-) http://christophebriguet.com/nice-long-day-in-london-now-its-time-to-enjoy http://christophebriguet.com/nice-long-day-in-london-now-its-time-to-enjoy

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Snap taken at the top of Coq d'Argent tower

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