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Simon Willison
Open Source Developer, Datasette · San Francisco
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- Role Open Source Developer, Datasette (Nov 2017 – now)LinkedIn profile · 17 Oct 2026
- Role Blogger, Simon Willison's Weblog (Jun 2002 – now)LinkedIn profile · 17 Oct 2026
- Based in San Francisco, California, United StatesLinkedIn profile · 17 Oct 2026
- Earlier JSK Fellow, John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships at Stanford (Sep 2019 – Jul 2020)LinkedIn profile · 17 Oct 2026
- Earlier Director of Architecture, Eventbrite (Aug 2013 – Jul 2019)LinkedIn profile · 17 Oct 2026
- Earlier Co-founder and CEO, Lanyrd (Aug 2010 – Aug 2013)LinkedIn profile · 17 Oct 2026
- Earlier Technical Architect, The Guardian (Oct 2008 – Jul 2010)LinkedIn profile · 17 Oct 2026
- Earlier Technologist, Yahoo (Sep 2005 – Jan 2007)LinkedIn profile · 17 Oct 2026
- Earlier Member, Web Standards Project (Nov 2003 – Jan 2007)LinkedIn profile · 17 Oct 2026
- Earlier Columnist, SitePoint (Nov 2003 – Jun 2005)LinkedIn profile · 17 Oct 2026
- Education University of Bath, BSc, Computer Science, 2001–2005LinkedIn profile · 17 Oct 2026
- Known for Creator of Datasette, an open source tool for exploring and publishing datasimonwillison.net · 21 Oct 2026
- Talks Coding agents for data analysis, NICAR 2026simonw.github.io · 21 Oct 2026
- Talks Big Opportunities in Small Data, Citus Con 2023 (May 2023)simonwillison.net · 8 May 2023
- Talks Datasette—an ecosystem of tools for working with small data, PyGotham 2020 (Jul 2021)simonwillison.net · 22 Jul 2021
- Profiles Simon Willison's Weblog (simonwillison.net)simonwillison.net · 21 Oct 2026
- Profiles GitHub: simonwgithub.com · read 21 Oct 2026
- Profiles Substack: Simon Willison's Newslettersimonw.substack.com · read 21 Oct 2026
Career
- now Datasettelinkedin.com
- now Simon Willison's Webloglinkedin.com
- Sep 2019 – Jul 2020 JSK Fellow, John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships at Stanfordlinkedin.com
- Aug 2013 – Jul 2019 Director of Architecture, Eventbritelinkedin.com
- Aug 2010 – Aug 2013 Co-founder and CEO, Lanyrdlinkedin.com
- Oct 2008 – Jul 2010 Technical Architect, The Guardianlinkedin.com
- Dec 2007 – Sep 2008 Consultant, Globallinkedin.com
- Jan 2007 – Sep 2008 Freelance / Consultant, Self employedlinkedin.com
- Sep 2005 – Jan 2007 Technologist, Yahoolinkedin.com
- Nov 2003 – Jan 2007 Member, Web Standards Projectlinkedin.com
- Nov 2003 – Jun 2005 Columnist, SitePointlinkedin.com
- Oct 2003 – Oct 2004 Web Developer, The World Companylinkedin.com
Recent
- 24 Sep 2026 Release: datasette 1.0a41simonwillison.net
- 16 Sep 2026 Release: datasette 1.0a40simonwillison.net
- 21 May 2026 Datasette Agentsimonwillison.net
- 15 Jan 2026 Simon Willison on Technical Blogging - by Cynthia Dunlopwritethatblog.substack.com
- 6 Nov 2025 Video + notes on upgrading a Datasette plugin for the ...simonwillison.net
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