Simon Tomes | Activities
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What Is Exploratory Testing? An Iterative And Collaborative Learning Technique For The Whole Team
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Test Charters
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Mind the QA of the gaps
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Everyday accessibility: 7 ways to do a little a11y every day
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Everyday accessibility: 7 ways to do a little a11y every day
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Everyday accessibility: 7 ways to do a little a11y every day
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Modernise your design strategy with mobile-first and keyboard-centric approaches that create more resilient, accessible, and user-friendly software.
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Everyday accessibility: 7 ways to do a little a11y every day
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Everyday accessibility: 7 ways to do a little a11y every day
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Everyday accessibility: 7 ways to do a little a11y every day
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Joined MoT San Francisco chapter
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The MoTaverse exists to advance the quality engineering and software testing industry in a fun, safe, professional and forward-thinking way.
MoT San Francisco Chapter events exist as a way to bring people together to gather and learn about all things quality.
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Mind the QA of the gaps
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Exploring Friction in Quality Engineering
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Software Testing Test Ideas Hive Mind (STTIHM)
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Member visited Do you TOFU?
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Moments now support formatting 🎉
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As I try to get myself back to running after getting a calf injury that just won't go away, I moved to the local outdoor gym to keep my fitness up and build up my strength again. Whenever I get a r...
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Outdoor Gym - Basic Accessibility Test Failure
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Outdoor Gym - Basic Accessibility Test Failure
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"Next time I spot an outdoor gym like this I shall pay more attention to the level of accessibility.
Reminds me of the podcast episode by Caroline Criado Perez about PPE not designed for women: https://observer.co.uk/listen/visible-women/morally-indefe..."
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A while back, I made an internal decision.If I'm going to continue on this MoTaverse journey, then I'm going to be audacious and do brave and different things.Sometimes this shows up as big hard de...
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Building for joy
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Building for joy
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Building for joy
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I bought a new toy and I may end up playing Spot Bug a lot more!
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Where's Bug?
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Where's Bug?
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Where's Bug?
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Do you TOFU?
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Thanks for sharing feedback about the My Reports feature.
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One to one interactions spark community curiosity and confidence
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Member visited Do you TOFU?
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Member visited Do you TOFU?
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Friction has a complex relationship with quality
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Wishing a very happy Women's day to all the wonderful women in Motaverse who put so much effort each day to balance personal and professional life. Cheers !!
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Happy Women's Day - Women in MoT
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Happy Women's Day - Women in MoT
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Speed without guarded verification is risky business
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Bug congrats on achieving the MoT Foundation Certificate in Test Automation! 🏆
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Your "AI Designer" Has Never Disagreed With You
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The morphing MoTaverse
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The morphing MoTaverse
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And MoTographer goes to London, again! Cheeky! 😃
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The morphing MoTaverse
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The morphing MoTaverse
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What’s in your feedback folder?
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What’s in your feedback folder?
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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. 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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