Noah Grey and Thomas the teddy bear

Noah Grey worked for a summer as a "creative consultant" for Picasa.

When Picasa 2 launched in January 2005, he wrote about the program, and noted the Easter Egg keystroke that remained largely unpublicized until I wrote about it again recently.  This brings up a teddy bear, which he identifies as his bear Thomas.

Noah has written again about Thomas, having been informed of his new found fame. 

"Frankly, I’m just surprised some where-are-they-now TV show hasn’t knocked on our door yet. His brush with Googledom quickly went to his head, and from his beachfront apartment in Los Angeles, he was soon partying every day and spending every night hanging out on the Sunset Strip with Tux the penguin. Then, of course, there was the whole dark turn his life took after leaving California — all those days of spiked salmon and hard honey weren’t very pretty. But I’m glad to say that he’s cleaned himself up now; he’s straightened his bow tie, and is currently working on his comeback photos, taking them around to other companies to be easter-eggified with... last I heard, he’s even in talks to do a reality show with Clippy."

There's also a link to a November 2002 story and photo of Thomas, from long before he was included in Picasa.