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Ady Stokes
So there it is. My first full calendar year as a freelancer. Of course, the bulk of my work has been for the Ministry of Testing on first...
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Rosie Sherry
The SmartBear team at MoTaCon25, thanks for sponsoring and being there!
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Wonderproxy teaching quality people to juggle.
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Rosie Sherry
At MoTaCon we love ducks and so do Wonderproxy! Thanks for sponosring MoTaCon25

Quality Leadership

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Speaking of my first Quality Podcast
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Joining Stuart Day on the Quality Talks Podcast made me look back at how my QA career started. How change shaped it then and still sha...
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30/09/25, Brighton, UK. Barry Ehigiator creates an immersive experience for the Leading With Quality participants. At this points fol...

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Nicola Sedgwick shared these wise words during a TestBash talk in Brighton in 2016. And Rosie Sherry recently reminded us that "At the he...
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Went to hear Christine Pintos headlining talk on Quality at the Festival of Engineering Leadership in London 2025 - such a great talk and...

Meetups

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We celebrated our last meetup of the year at the Christmas market at Alexanderplatz. What a wonderful year it was to hang out with peopl...
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Save the Date – MoT Berlin Christmas Meetup On December 15th, we’re getting cozy: We’ll meet around Alexanderplatz and either stay there...
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Loved being able to hear Jenny Bramble's discussion on Testing in Production. Her talk was inspiring, thought-provoking, and very goth as...
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Our very first Meetup at Assecor GmbH is in the books! Thanks to everyone attending, I had so much fun 😊 I hope we can do it again soon! ...

Where's Bug?

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Bug, Space Duck and Space Seagull are causing mischief again.
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Bug, Space Duck and Space Seagull are causing trouble again. Can you find them?
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Bug, Space Duck and Space Seagull are celebrating MoT Athens Lean Coffee. Can you find them? 🕵🏽‍♂️
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Bug, Space Duck and Space Seagull are celebrating Ady having too many badges to fit on the lead newsletter image. 🤩 Can you find them? ...

Firsts

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Stuart Thomas on stage at MoTaCon25, he looks chill and in control. image
Stuart Thomas did what was, we believe, his first real on stage talk. Bug congrats, and here's a memory of it to last you a life time. ...
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Yesterday I gave my first 99-second talk at my first MoTaCon on disaster management! When things have gone completely wrong, remember: -...
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Judy Mosley
Finally made it to my first MoT Meetup! Tony was a great host, and I really appreciated the talk on Load Testing led by Gui Padua. Nice t...
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Really great to see Preeti taking the stage in front of a big audience for her first 99 Second Talk 🙌🏿👏🏿
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