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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.

MoTaverse Team
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Hot take: It's easy to forget that done is better than perfect image
Hot take: It's easy to forget that done is better than perfect
Three principles for AI Agent Configuration image
Three principles for AI Agent Configuration
Three principles for AI Agent Configuration image
Three principles for AI Agent Configuration
Hot, flaky, and unfinished - Testing, accessibility, and the grief we don't talk about - Ep 137 image
Hot, flaky, and unfinished - Testing, accessibility, and the grief we don't talk about - Ep 137
Hot, flaky, and unfinished - Testing, accessibility, and the grief we don't talk about - Ep 137 image
Hot, flaky, and unfinished - Testing, accessibility, and the grief we don't talk about - Ep 137
Member joined AI Chapter chapter image
Member joined AI Chapter chapter
Hot take: A workshop is everything a meeting is not image
Hot take: A workshop is everything a meeting is not
Hot take: It's easy to forget that done is better than perfect image
Hot take: It's easy to forget that done is better than perfect
AI agent configuration needs better boundaries image
AI agent configuration needs better boundaries
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
thanked contributors on:
AI and Engineering Management - what do you want to know? image
On the 19th June the Engineering Management chapter will be joining the Leading with AI - The London Edition event with a panel discussion on the impact of AI on modern Engineering Management. You ...
AI and Engineering Management - what do you want to know? image
AI and Engineering Management - what do you want to know?
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Engineering Management Chapter for:
AI and Engineering Management - what do you want to know? image
AI and Engineering Management - what do you want to know?
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded AI Chapter for:
AI and Engineering Management - what do you want to know? image
AI and Engineering Management - what do you want to know?
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Neil Younger for:
AI and Engineering Management - what do you want to know? image
AI and Engineering Management - what do you want to know?
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Nataliia Burmei for:
AI and Engineering Management - what do you want to know? image
AI and Engineering Management - what do you want to know?
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Drew Pontikis for:
AI and Engineering Management - what do you want to know? image
AI and Engineering Management - what do you want to know?
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Parveen Khan for:
AI and Engineering Management - what do you want to know? image
AI and Engineering Management - what do you want to know?
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
thanked contributors on:
We ran our first accessibility conference!  image
On the 18th May the accessibility team at Solirius ran their first ever Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) event. Thanks to all who attended and those who contributed in the planning and del...
We ran our first accessibility conference!  image
We ran our first accessibility conference!
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Ayesha Saeed for:
We ran our first accessibility conference!  image
We ran our first accessibility conference!
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Ben for:
We ran our first accessibility conference!  image
We ran our first accessibility conference!
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Joely Roberts for:
We ran our first accessibility conference!  image
We ran our first accessibility conference!
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Rowan Godfrey for:
We ran our first accessibility conference!  image
We ran our first accessibility conference!
Roundtable: Exploring Quality with Templates and Charters image
Roundtable: Exploring Quality with Templates and Charters
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
registered for:
Roundtable: Exploring Quality with Templates and Charters image
A virtual roundtable discussion focused on templates and charters
Influence, from the other side of the table image
Influence, from the other side of the table
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
registered for:
Influence, from the other side of the table image
What I learned about influence by becoming a stakeholder
Hot, flaky, and unfinished - Testing, accessibility, and the grief we don't talk about - Ep 137 image
Hot, flaky, and unfinished - Testing, accessibility, and the grief we don't talk about - Ep 137
Hot, flaky, and unfinished - Testing, accessibility, and the grief we don't talk about - Ep 137 image
Hot, flaky, and unfinished - Testing, accessibility, and the grief we don't talk about - Ep 137
Anthropic's valuation surges to $965 billion, surpassing OpenAI image
Anthropic's valuation surges to $965 billion, surpassing OpenAI
Hot take: A workshop is everything a meeting is not image
Hot take: A workshop is everything a meeting is not
Hot take: It's easy to forget that done is better than perfect image
Hot take: It's easy to forget that done is better than perfect
Hot, flaky, and unfinished - Testing, accessibility, and the grief we don't talk about - Ep 137 image
Hot, flaky, and unfinished - Testing, accessibility, and the grief we don't talk about - Ep 137
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
contributed:
Hot, flaky, and unfinished - Testing, accessibility, and the grief we don't talk about - Ep 137 image
Judy and Clare trade spicy hot takes, from notification overload and 'done > perfect' learning, to a passionate deep dive on accessibility as a moral (and business) imperative.
If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face? image
If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Oleksandr Romanov for:
Thanks for joining the stage during TWiQ. image
Thanks for joining the stage during TWiQ.
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Ady Stokes for:
Thanks for joining the stage during TWiQ. Good to hear you advocate for accessibility. image
Thanks for joining the stage during TWiQ. Good to hear you advocate for accessibility.
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Judy Mosley for:
Legendary co-hosting of another Hot Takes TWiQ episode. Thank you! 🤩 image
Legendary co-hosting of another Hot Takes TWiQ episode. Thank you! 🤩
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Clare Norman for:
Legendary co-hosting of another Hot Takes TWiQ episode. Thank you! 🤩 image
Legendary co-hosting of another Hot Takes TWiQ episode. Thank you! 🤩
Hot take: It's easy to forget that done is better than perfect image
Hot take: It's easy to forget that done is better than perfect
Hot take: It's easy to forget that done is better than perfect image
Hot take: It's easy to forget that done is better than perfect
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
thanked contributors on:
Hot take: if you're surprised by a product behaviour, you don't understand the system enough image
Oleksandr said: My hot take of the week: If you don't fully understand the thing you want to test and measure - you might get the results that are surprising but yet mysterious. So - first - unders...
Hot take: if you're surprised by a product behaviour, you don't understand the system enough image
Hot take: if you're surprised by a product behaviour, you don't understand the system enough
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Rosie Sherry for:
Hot take: if you're surprised by a product behaviour, you don't understand the system enough image
Hot take: if you're surprised by a product behaviour, you don't understand the system enough
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded TWiQ — This Week in Quality for:
Hot take: if you're surprised by a product behaviour, you don't understand the system enough image
Hot take: if you're surprised by a product behaviour, you don't understand the system enough
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
awarded Oleksandr Romanov for:
Hot take: if you're surprised by a product behaviour, you don't understand the system enough image
Hot take: if you're surprised by a product behaviour, you don't understand the system enough
Simon Tomes
Simon Tomes
thanked contributors on:
Hot Take: Software development is inherantly discrimiatory  image
Software development is inherently discriminatory because we know about digital accessibility and still don't do it. We have the knowledge, the skills, and the moral imperative to include all ...
Hot Take: Software development is inherantly discrimiatory  image
Hot Take: Software development is inherantly discrimiatory
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