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Exploring Friction in Quality Engineering
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I have looked high and low for my printed copies of the Testing Planet newspapers. I can't believe I would have thrown them away, but I can't find them. I've moved twice since they came out. I was ...
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The Testing Planet that was
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The Testing Planet that was
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The Testing Planet that was
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The Testing Planet that was
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Holi is an indian festival that is about colors, energy, positivity and victory of goodness over evil.
Wishing the MoTaverse a happy holi and vibrant year ahead :)
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Happy Holi to the MoTaverse
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Happy Holi to the MoTaverse
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Happy Holi to the MoTaverse
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How often should we audit the volume of tests?
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How often should we audit the volume of tests?
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Charles Penn shares the challenges of auditing tests.If you're open to sharing, what does your test audit process look like?
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Charles Penn shares the challenges of auditing tests.If you're open to sharing, what does your test audit process look like?
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While sitting here listening to Nataliia Burmei on the Into the MoTaverse podcast, Rosie asked for advice on how to build confidence. Nataliia's advice? "Do hard things. Do scary things." I got chi...
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Do Hard Things
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Do Hard Things
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Do Hard Things
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Chris Henderson is leading with quality
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Moments now support formatting 🎉
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When I was young, between 1975 (I was 9) and 77 my favourite programs were about space. Getting to this made me think about one called Space 1999, a British made science-fiction show. And I can't t...
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Celebrating 1999 Community Stars
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Celebrating 1999 Community Stars
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Moments now support formatting 🎉
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In a recent conversation with Stuart day about some of the trickier points of testing and leadership, he offered the following advise:
"Think of your self as a Sat Nav, you are there to guide."
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You are a Sat Nav
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You are a Sat Nav
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You are a Sat Nav
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Moments now support formatting 🎉
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Since 2013 (I think) we've been doing 99 second talks. It's hard to remember the exact details, but I think we used an air horn in the early days, but it's also varied along the way. And there's a ...
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The art of the 99 seconds air horn
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The art of the 99 seconds air horn
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The art of the 99 seconds air horn
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The art of the 99 seconds air horn
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The art of the 99 seconds air horn
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The art of the 99 seconds air horn
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Moments now support formatting 🎉
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Moments now support formatting 🎉
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Moments now support formatting 🎉
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This Week in Quality
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This badge is awarded to members who post 99 Moments on the MoTaverse
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This badge is awarded to members who post 25 Moments on the MoTaverse
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This badge is awarded to members who post 10 Moments on the MoTaverse
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This badge is awarded to members who post their first Moment on the MoTaverse
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I may be on annual leave after travelling warp factor 5 to the planet rock and back again 🎸🤘, but sitting on the train is the perfect time to catch up with that backlog of bookmarked MoT articles a...
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Catching up on the train
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Catching up on the train
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Can testing cope with the speed of development?
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Exploring Friction in Quality Engineering
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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