Brendan has been playing with the web for so long he can remember when Netscape was king and the blink tag rocked his world! He loves cities, traveling to cities, biking around cities, and mapping cities. When he’s not goofing off, he’s solving problems using web-based technologies. He’s excited about maps, open data, transportation systems, and disruptive web apps.

Jed is probably the best Ms. Pacman player you’ll ever meet, and definitely the best Ms. Pacman player ever to have driven the Mexico City subway. At MIT, Jed’ spent his time hosting a popular radio program and writing movie reviews for its student-run newspaper (and picked up a little engineering knowledge along the way). He’s worked as a commercial real estate research analyst for Newmark Knight-Frank, studied city planning and transportation engineering as a graduate student at UC Berkeley, and now works Apple Computer. He is no longer directly involved in BlinkTag’s operations. Jed developed a taste for gambling in his native Big Easy, and tries to sneak trips to Reno whenever possible.

Trucy is an engineer, front-end web developer, graphic designer, and social media manager who also enjoys baking, eating, and running (sort of in that order). Previously, Trucy studied Mechanical Engineering at The University of Iowa and Civil Systems Engineering at UC Berkeley and most recently worked at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. She can tweet, code, buzz, blog, design and handle just about anything else thrown at her.

Ruth’s primary interests include travel, cartography, and food. In addition to her transportation blogging and marketing work with BlinkTag, Ruth is an MIT urban planning alum, a policy fellow and event organizer at Walk Oakland Bike Oakland, a reporter for Oakland Local, and consults to the Center for Community Preservation and Planning in her Georgia hometown. Ruth is also the Foursquare mayor of Oakland City Hall.

When he’s not competing in international computer competitions or dreaming of robots that can cook and clean, Jason is the heavy behind BlinkTag’s programming division. He’s been coding since 2nd grade, and is currently completing his PhD at UC Berkeley. Much to the dismay of those of us who know and like him, he likes to hanglide in his spare time.

Steve has always been fascinated with computers, electronics, and what they can do to further human progress. This has led him to pursue a number of research and education positions including IT Technician at the University of Minnesota’s Earthquake Research (MAST) Laboratory, and as an Instructor of 3D Design at iDTech, a tech camp for High School students. Steve also contributes to a number of non-profit organizations with goals in art, education, and research.

Sarah has been designing gardens, quilts, and spaces for as long as she could carry a shovel and dig dirt. A graphic designer, writer, landscape architect, and artist, Sarah followed her passion for gardening, people, and place-making to pursue her MLA from the University of Pennsylvania, School of Design with a focus on understanding city planning and landscape urbanism. Sarah loves living in and exploring cities and the places people inhabit. She is currently based in the San Francisco Bay Area, but works on projects throughout the country. When she’s not designing, she likes to explore cities and habitats through biking, walking, and trying out new bus routes.

Devin is a Graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside with a BA in theatrical sound and lighting design. He has designed scenes, sets, lighting, and sound for nine plays at UW-Parkside and innumerable other community productions. Devin tackles audio and video components of BlinkTag projects.

Rachel Edmonds recently graduated from the College of Environmental Design at UC Berkeley with master’s degrees in city planning (’06) and landscape architecture (’09). Before coming to Berkeley, Rachel attended college, lived and worked in Washington, DC for seven years. As a recipient of the 2009 Geraldine Knight Scott Travel Fellowship, Rachel will travel across 8 states in the American South in the spring of 2010 looking at the intersection of economic choice-making in communities of different scales and landscape outcomes that result from those choices. She enjoys working on projects where design and city planning are part of the same conversation.

When he’s not participating in Bike Shenanigans, Mikey Weitekamp spends his time pursuing dual degrees in Environmental Policy and Planning and Marketing at the University of Minnesota. He has worked in in marketing, environmental communication, student organizing, and policy modeling. On his own time, Mikey has a passion for Foosball, wacky pursuits in the great outdoors, brewing beer, and beard competitions.

Although Caroline studied International History both at Trinity College (Hartford, CT) and at the London School of Economics, she has a fierce love of all things modern and tech related. She helps out with blogging, tweeting, and copyediting. In her spare time, she enjoys exploring San Francisco, updating her website, and learning more about the wonderful world of web development (www).

Rhett graduated with a bachelors in Physics and a Masters in Nuclear Engineering from MIT. He has been working on internet services for the last 10 years including the eBay sniper Snipe Swipe and most recently, IP Security cameras.

Julie received her degree in Film, Video, and Media Studies from the University of Michigan. When she’s not blogging her way around the world, she’s busy marketing products, building online communities, and covering the office in faux fur. Julie is also in the process of creating a Barbie Doll chandelier that will put all other Barbie Doll chandeliers to shame.

Brandon is a freelance software developer specializing in systems supporting alternative modes of transportation. He’s done a lot of cool things with maps.

Mike is a freelance Flash developer and designer specializing in games and rich internet applications.

Jay is a Linux Subject Matter Expert (SME) who spends his days battling oddball configurations and unique environments where Linux can thrive. No project has been too large or too small to take on when it comes to working with Linux. Jay also moonlights as a programmer (in many languages) and teaches night classes at a local tech school in areas involving Linux.