Simon Tomes | Activities
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Member joined TWiC — This Week in Community chapter
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The counterfeit innovator is wildly self-confident. The real one is scared to death.
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Journey Through the Stars
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Thoughts before MoTaCon: You are invited to a testing party, bring a Bug
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Journey Through the Stars
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Inside Ikea’s big bet on humans in the age of AI
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Oh the anxcitement! Chaos-driven development, AI coding skills, and a new look profile page
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Oh the anxcitement! Chaos-driven development, AI coding skills, and a new look profile page
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Think bigger: what's going on with the AI test case generation?
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Reality bytes. Meet the teams and terms where they are
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Reality bytes. Meet the teams and terms where they are
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Reality bytes. Meet the teams and terms where they are
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The War of Art
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Beads: A Git-Friendly Issue Tracker for AI Coding Agents
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A panel discussion exploring how AI gains in silos can break feedback loops, shift bottlenecks downstream, and make quality harder to manage at scale.
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Silos at scale: How local AI efficiency gains are breaking the quality feedback loops
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Silos at scale: How local AI efficiency gains are breaking the quality feedback loops
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Silos at scale: How local AI efficiency gains are breaking the quality feedback loops
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Silos at scale: How local AI efficiency gains are breaking the quality feedback loops
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Silos at scale: How local AI efficiency gains are breaking the quality feedback loops
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Silos at scale: How local AI efficiency gains are breaking the quality feedback loops
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Silos at scale: How local AI efficiency gains are breaking the quality feedback loops
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Silos at scale: How local AI efficiency gains are breaking the quality feedback loops
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Silos at scale: How local AI efficiency gains are breaking the quality feedback loops
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Silos at scale: How local AI efficiency gains are breaking the quality feedback loops
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Silos at scale: How local AI efficiency gains are breaking the quality feedback loops
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Silos at scale: How local AI efficiency gains are breaking the quality feedback loops
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Humans is human
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What a Difference a Year Makes
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Beads: A Git-Friendly Issue Tracker for AI Coding Agents
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Reality bytes. Meet the teams and terms where they are
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Reality bytes. Meet the teams and terms where they are
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Humans is human
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Inspired by a wonderful conversation with Judy Mosley during TWiQ, we landed on a disclaimer that we should display on ourselves at all times:
Humans are human and can make mistakes. Please double-...
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Reality bytes. Meet the teams and terms where they are
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Reality bytes. Meet the teams and terms where they are
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Reality bytes. Meet the teams and terms where they are
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A reflective episode on joining new teams, respecting existing quality processes, asking better questions, naming the work we already do, and using community to turn uncertainty into learning.
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This Week in Quality
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Great to hear from you on stage during TWiQ. Good to get your insight into meeting folks where they are and what this means for quality and team setups.
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Great to hear from you on stage during TWiQ. I'm glad to hear there's strength in your question asking skills.
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Always great to co-host TWiQ with you. You make everyone feel very welcome. 🤩
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The counterfeit innovator is wildly self-confident. The real one is scared to death.
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On this week's Episode 147 of This Week in Quality, the topic of Impostor Syndrome came up, and I said I'd share something I read recently from the "War of Art" by Steven Pressfield. The quote itse...
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The counterfeit innovator is wildly self-confident. The real one is scared to death.
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The counterfeit innovator is wildly self-confident. The real one is scared to death.
awarded Shawn Vernier for:
The counterfeit innovator is wildly self-confident. The real one is scared to death.
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. I get real joy working with and supporting our wonderful MoTaverse community.
“Thanks for making me feel so confident about myself.” | “I'm so grateful for all you do in the MoTaverse community, I learn so much as a result!” | “A simple chat with Simon in person absolutely changed everything.” | “Simon is one of the best people that I've ever met to have conversations with. He's so grounded in his way of thinking and articulates his thoughts so well and his feelings and his knowledge about community and everything.”
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