Media appearances

2024

FLOSS Weekly Episode 788: Matrix, It's Git, For Communications, published by Hackaday on June 19, 2024
Users say Glassdoor added real names to user profiles without their consent, published in Tech Crunch on March 20, 2024
Users ditch Glassdoor, stunned by site adding real names without consent, published in Ars Technica on March 19, 2024

2023

Petaluma pool hall offers chance to play, celebrate Pride every month, published in The Press Democrat on October 12, 2023
Petaluma Pride gears up for 2nd annual celebration in honor of LGBT+ History Month, published by Sonoma County Gazette on October 10, 2023
Petaluma Pride Festival on The Drive with Steve Jaxon, broadcast by KRSH on October 9, 2023
Petaluma Pride announces weekend of events, published by The Argus-Courier on October 4, 2023
FOSSY 2023 with Josh Simmons, published by SustainOSS on September 29, 2023
The Foundation Has a New Boss, broadcast by Matrix Live on September 8, 2023
Welcoming Josh Simmons as Managing Director of the Matrix.org Foundation, published by Matrix.org on September 5, 2023

2022

Holidays bring remembrance of those lost, published by The Argus-Courier on December 9, 2022
5 Steps to Become a Good Corporate Open Source Citizen, published by The New Stack on July 7, 2022
Latest Sonoma County election results undecided for tight races, published by The Press Democrat on June 10, 2022
Petaluma to confront race, equity issues, broadcast by KRCB on April 6, 2022
Living Proof, broadcast by KRCB on March 7, 2022
Long-distance romance leads couple to Petaluma, published by The Argus-Courier on February 10, 2022

2021

Josh Simmons and open source diplomacy, published by Open Source Stories on November 3, 2021
Passionate campaign director uncovers hidden figures in the census, published by The Argus-Courier on September 16, 2021
The Open Source Initiative names Stefano Maffulli as its first Executive Director, published by ZDNet on September 8, 2021
Hidden Infrastructure: The Foundations of Open Source, published by CHAOSScast on August 27, 2021
Supporting Python Open Source Projects and Maintainers, published by Real Python on August 13, 2021
Maintainer Week, published by The Changelog on May 28, 2021
What will life look like for Petaluma post-pandemic?, published by The Argus-Courier on April 29, 2021
Free Software Foundation Defends Richard Stallman Return, published by Business Insider on April 12, 2021
Richard Stallman's Return to FSF Has Led to Intense Backlash, published by Business Insider on April 1, 2021
Open Source 101: Go Online & Find Your Way Around Open Source, published by ITPro Today on March 29, 2021
Episode 119: Joshua Simmons, Technology Advisory and General Plan Committee, City of Petaluma, recorded by KPCA Inside Petaluma on March 26, 2021
Open Source Initiative election hacked, published by ZDNet on March 24, 2021
Controversial Programmer Richard Stallman Returns to FSF Board, published by Business Insider on March 24, 2021
RMS returns to the Free Software Foundation Board of Directors, published by ZDNet on March 22, 2021
Meet the 21 residents who will help shape Petaluma’s General Plan, published by The Argus-Courier on February 4, 2021
Elastic Launches New Simplified Version of Elastic License, published by Business Insider on February 3, 2021
City revisits future of Petaluma fairgrounds after year-long delay, published by The Argus-Courier on January 27, 2021
Elastic CEO on Taking on Amazon With Open Source License Changes, published by Business Insider on January 25, 2021

2020

The Rise of Nonstandard Open Source Licenses Sparks Debate, published by IT Pro Today on November 10, 2020
How to help Hacktoberfest contributors become long term community members, published by Matthew Revell on September 29, 2020
OSI’s Joshua Simmons on the State of Open Source, published by FOSSlife on September 25, 2020
Istio Community Wary of Google's New Open Source Trademark Protection Scheme, published by Data Center Knowledge on July 14, 2020
Open Source Initiative to Host Virtual State of the Source Summit, September 9-10, published by WordPress Tavern on July 9, 2020
Google open sources trademarks with the Open Usage Commons, published by ZDNet on July 8, 2020
All About Open Source Initiative, published by FLOSS Weekly on June 10, 2020
Citizen App’s New Contact Tracing Feature Raises Privacy Red Flags, published by Coin Desk on May 20, 2020
Should open source be ethical?, published by InfoWorld on March 4, 2020
A chat with Joshua Simmons, Vice President, Open Source Initiative, published by Dash Open on February 24, 2020
Why Companies Should Invest Money in Open Source, published by SustainOSS on February 7, 2020
Iowa Caucus App Fiasco Shows Need for Open Source Transparency, published by Coin Desk on February 4, 2020
The Schism at the Heart of the Open-Source Movement, published by The Atlantic on January 3, 2020

2019

A surge of activism is rocking open source developers, published by Business Insider on December 1, 2019
Supporting Open Source through Open Collective, published by Code[ish] on September 25, 2019
Funding for open source is a tricky business, published by LinkedIn on September 16, 2019
DevRel Weekly Issue 75, published by Mary Thengvall on July 25, 2019
If you're a leader in tech, "non-technical" is not a free pass, published by Florian Haas on April 21, 2019
Women win all open board director seats in Open Source Initiative 2019 board elections, published by Packt on March 19, 2019
Open Source Initiative Reaffirms the Open Source Definition, published by Business Insider on February 6, 2019

2018

What's Broken About Open Source?, published by Sustain OSS on December 13, 2018
Linux Foundation’s OpenChain project welcomes Google, Facebook and Uber, published by Tech Crunch on December 6, 2018
Facebook, Google, and Uber Join Open Source Compliance Project OpenChain, published by SDxCentral on December 6, 2018
Free Software Conference: Google, Hackathon und ein Award, published by UT24 on November 16, 2018
Oggi la South Tyrol Free Software Conference tra Google, Hackathon e un award, published by L'Adigetto on November 16, 2018
Google Summer of Code 2018 mentor organizations revealed! Kodi, Fedora, GNOME, LibreOffice, and more, published by BetaNews on February 12, 2018

2017

Community is at its Peak at North Bay Python, published by the Python Software Foundation on December 21, 2017
Bringing tech to downtown, published by The Argus-Courier on November 29, 2017
Google Code-in 2017 open source mentor organizations revealed, including Ubuntu!, published by BetaNews on October 26, 2017
Google Code-in 2017 lets students win prizes while learning about open source, published by BetaNews on September 18, 2017
Interview with Josh Simmons (part 1, part 2), recorded by #A11y Rules on August 18, 2017
Announcing the 2017 Opensource.com Community Awards winners, published by Open Source Way on February 2, 2017

2016

Google’s Open Source Report Card Highlights Game-Changing Contributions, published by Linux.com on October 20, 2016
Google releases Open Source Report Card -- does the company deserve an A+?, published by BetaNews on October 14, 2016
OpenWest conference emphasizes importance of open-source technology, published by KST on July 18, 2016
#CMGRHangout presents: Protecting Your Community Career, broadcast by My Community Manager on March 25, 2016
When did you start coding and why?, published by Webagility on March 7, 2016

2015

The Growing “Gig Economy” in the North Bay, broadcast by KRCB on October 2, 2015
Tech High alumnus carries the torch, published by The Community Voice on October 1, 2015
From myriad spectacular failures, a winning talk, published by Open Source Way on August 20, 2015
Why You Should Doc Code with Write the Docs' Eric Holscher and Marcia Riefer Johnston, recorded by O'Reilly Media on July 24, 2015
Interview on The Queer Life Radio Show, broadcast by KBBF on June 12, 2015
The Art of Embracing Epic Failure, recorded by The Naked Freelancer on April 19, 2015
30 community managers in open source to follow on Twitter, published by Open Source Way on January 26, 2015
Hidden Heroes/WIMP, published by North Bay Biz on January 8, 2015

2014

Interview about O'Reilly Media, recorded by STL Tech Talk on May 16, 2014 at Kansas City Developer Conference
Groups put old-fashioned ‘social’ in social media, published by North Bay Business Journal on April 14, 2014

2013

WIMPs muscle up for nonprofits, published by The Community Voice on March 22, 2013
WIMPs to step in, published by The Press Democrat on March 3, 2013
WIMPgives in the Sonoma Spotlight, broadcast by KRCB on March 26, 2013

Earlier

WIMP hosts North Bay Web Conference, broadcast by KSRO on May 14, 2011
Interview about WIMP, published by North Bay Startup on October 27, 2011
Fresh Faces: Josh Simmons, published by FreshBooks on July 26, 2007