Simon Tomes | Activities
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The Exploratory Testing Charter Planner (ETCP)
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The Exploratory Testing Charter Planner (ETCP)
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The Exploratory Testing Charter Planner (ETCP)
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The Exploratory Testing Charter Planner (ETCP)
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The Exploratory Testing Charter Planner (ETCP)
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10 things to write about in the MoTaverse
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The Exploratory Testing Charter Planner (ETCP)
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The Exploratory Testing Charter Planner (ETCP)
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The Exploratory Testing Charter Planner (ETCP)
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The Exploratory Testing Charter Planner (ETCP)
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Bug congrats for reaching your 45th call for insights and bringing the voices of so many different people to the rest of us in the MoTaverse.(P.S. liking the the award star button!).
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Call for Insights turns 45
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The Exploratory Testing Charter Planner (ETCP)
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The Exploratory Testing Charter Planner (ETCP)
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Nice one for signing up to attend MoTaCon. See you there! 😃
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A few months ago, running 10k felt like something very distant (literally speaking). Not me! I could list every reason why I shouldn't do it: no time, no fitness, no experience, no idea where to ev...
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What my first 10k taught me about showing up in the MoTaverse
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What my first 10k taught me about showing up in the MoTaverse
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What a great session, so many good insights and snippets, too many to log them all, but I very much enjoyed taking note of some of the words being used when talking about shifting left.- What not h...
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Software Testing Live Ep 4, Exploratory testing notes
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Software Testing Live Ep 4, Exploratory testing notes
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Software Testing Live Ep 4, Exploratory testing notes
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Software Testing Live Ep 4, Exploratory testing notes
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Software Testing Live Ep 4, Exploratory testing notes
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The Exploratory Testing Charter Planner (ETCP)
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Lightly plan every exploratory testing session before you dive in
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Thanks for spotting a display issue with the profile card on a mobile browser.
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Decrypt the Narrative is a deliberately contrived API testing challenge designed to simulate the kind of behaviour you only really encounter once systems start misbehaving in production. On the sur...
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Chaos with a purpose: practising resilience through a contrived API
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Chaos with a purpose: practising resilience through a contrived API
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Call for Insights turns 45
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Nice one for registering for MoTaCon. See you there! 😃
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Welcome to the MoTaverse. 👋
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Call for Insights turns 45
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Life at the end of the metaverse
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Call for Insights turns 45
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Call for Insights turns 45
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Microsoft cuts 4,800 jobs and shrinks Xbox in 'significant restructure'
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Lovely to chat with you today! See you around the MoTaverse soon. 😃
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Call for Insights turns 45
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Hot take: It's easy to forget that done is better than perfect
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En route to co-host LWAI, what polls should we run at the start?
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10 things to write about in the MoTaverse
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10 things to write about in the MoTaverse
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Writing is a great way to get stuff out of your head and into the world. And in a world where misinformation and AI slop dominates our feeds, writing is more important than ever.
Writing can info...
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How do gardening and dishwashers link to QE?
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Write about a model
Simon Tomes
Community Lead at MoTaverse
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Hello, I'm Simon. Since 2003 I've had various roles in testing, tech leadership and coaching. I believe in the power of collaboration, creativity and community. 🎓 MoT-STEC qualified.
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