my first blog

So this is my coming out blog.

I've never really blogged before but it's the rage now so I guess I'll jump on the bandwagon.

Some stuff about me:

I work at Google as a product manager. I invent and help design new products and services for Google.

While many of the products I'm building aren't public yet, the one I can talk about is the Google Toolbar, which have improved the search user experience for many millions of people worldwide. (Get it at http://toolbar.google.com).

I love gadgets. Geoffrey Moore would peg me as an innovator or an early adopter. I did my graduate work at the MIT Media Lab and did a stint as an internet systems researcher at HP Labs where I got to help create new gadgets and test them out in random places like a supermarket. It was in those two places that I developed a fondness for new, wacky, and deliciously designed toys.

My 3 favorite gadets so far (and yes I've played extensively with all of them):

Apple iPod
Segway HT
Canon Powershot S230 Camera

I went to school at MIT, and got my degrees (undergrad and masters) in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science. I guess that makes me a huge dork.

I love the outdoors and in the past couple of years I've tried doing a bunch of new things, from skiing, surfing, and mountain biking. Since I'm paying a premium to live in northern California (one of the most expensive places in the US), I might as well enjoy the 320 days or so of sunshine we get every year.

And if you're hideously bored, you can write to me at wesleyc@alum.mit.edu.

Anyhow, that's enough about me...off to ponder about what I'm going to write next.