Ady Stokes | Activities
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MoTaCon: how to make friends and grow your influence
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MoTaCon: how to make friends and grow your influence
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MoTaCon: how to make friends and grow your influence
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MoTaCon: how to make friends and grow your influence
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MoTaCon: how to make friends and grow your influence
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MoTaCon: how to make friends and grow your influence
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Pre-pre-MoTaCon Social
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Gather the day before the pre-MoTaCon Social with the pre-pre-MoTaCon Social
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MoTaCon: how to make friends and grow your influence
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MoTaCon: how to make friends and grow your influence
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MoTaCon: how to make friends and grow your influence
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A warm pre-MoTaCon episode full of conference anticipation, community stories, practical advice for first-time attendees, and excitement around stars, selfies, Moments, meetups, and merch.
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1.4.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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5,000 community stars achieved
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"Thank you Melissa"
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My favourite reason for getting a Community Star, helping people
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Thanks for co-hosting TWiQ. Always a pleasure to co-host with you.
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My favourite reason for getting a Community Star, helping people
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Melissa Fisher awarded me a star for my "making presentations accessible guide". Helping people is my most favourite reason for receiving stars. Thank you Melissa, happy to help
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Member joined TWiQ — This Week in Quality chapter
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This Week in Quality
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MoTaCon 2027
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Register, save the date and stay tuned!
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How to test alternative text (alt-text)
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2.0.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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1.4.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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Thank you for your accessibility guidelines for conferences. I used them the other day to make my slides more accessible along with remembering how I present is important as well.
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1.0.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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Hosted MoT Leeds
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I have always really enjoyed all my trips to Brighton for Testbash and more recently MoTaCon ever since the first one I came to back in April of 2013. It not been possible to make it every ye...
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Reflections on MoTacon and Testbash
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Reflections on MoTacon and Testbash
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5.6.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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Adam shares his light display with Leeds Chapter
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Great to hear about Adam’s project recreating a Coldplay concert. He’s been twice!
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Member joined MoT Leeds chapter
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It’s Leeds Chapter day as part of Leeds Digital Festival
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It’s a special one as it is part of the Leeds Digital Festival this year. Should be a great event sponsored by the awesome Hippo
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I came across the viral AI "Car Wash Test" last week, and I couldn't help but laugh.If you ask an AI model, "I need to get my car cleaned, and the car wash is 100 metres away, should I walk or driv...
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How does the AI "Car Wash Test" link back to QE?
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How does the AI "Car Wash Test" link back to QE?
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MoT Leeds
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6.0.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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5.7.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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5.6.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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Member visited How to test OTPs (beyond the obvious)
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It’s always a people problem: the reality behind AI in testing
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It’s always a people problem: the reality behind AI in testing
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It’s always a people problem: the reality behind AI in testing
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Explore the intersection of AI and human-centric design within the software development life cycle.
Ady Stokes
Freelance Consultant
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MoT Ambassador. Currently semi-retired and freelancing. I am, amongst other things, a writer, speaker, and accessibility advocate. Leeds Chapter Lead. MoT Certs curator and article editor for WonderProxy. Testing wisdom, friendly, testing songs and poems. Great minds think differently. STEC and SQEC Certified. Struggling to write a book about testing mindsets and thinking's application in software development.
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