Tom Barbalet is the creator of Noble Ape, editor of Biota.org and chair of the IGDA Intellectual Property Rights SIG.
Barbalet moved to the Bay Area in 1999 following an article by new media theorist Douglas Rushkoff. There he spent time with Steve Wozniak and John Draper, beforeHe movingmoved to the United Kingdom and settlingsettled in Wilmslow in 2001. Barbalet lives in the Bay Area with his wife.