Simon Tomes | Activities
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The shift-left is not shifting-lefting
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I heard this on a recent Call for Insights (with Simon Tomes and Louise Woodhams), and it made me chuckle.
It's in reference to making attempts to shifting-left, but not really feeling the resul...
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Advocacy beyond developers
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Friction has a complex relationship with quality
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Exploring My Reports
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Community, care and friction
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Of course, when Simon and Jesper were talking about friction in a recent Call for Insights, my mind went straight to community.
Partly this is because I've long been saying that community is opt...
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Friction has a complex relationship with quality
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Thanks for taking the time to chat today, I appreciate it!
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Friction has a complex relationship with quality
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Friction has a complex relationship with quality
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Memory Mondays Community Certificate
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Great to explore article ideas with you and Gary. I look forward to seeing how those ideas evolve.
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Great to explore article ideas with you and Nadja. I look forward to seeing how those ideas evolve.
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Joined MoT Newcastle 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 Newcastle Chapter events exist as a way to bring people together to gather and learn about all things quality.
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Testing community renews faith in testing
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Great to chat with you on a call for insights. I very much enjoyed our conversation and I look forward to others listening to it. Thanks!
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There's no such thing as a testing mindset
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There's no such thing as a testing mindset
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Testing community renews faith in testing
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On being an information spreader
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800+ Stars in MoT
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Is GitHub Agentic Workflows putting exploratory testing back in the CI spotlight?
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Is GitHub Agentic Workflows putting exploratory testing back in the CI spotlight?
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Is GitHub Agentic Workflows putting exploratory testing back in the CI spotlight?
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The shift from scripting steps to designing prompts and AI guardrails has begun
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Is GitHub Agentic Workflows putting exploratory testing back in the CI spotlight?
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Is GitHub Agentic Workflows putting exploratory testing back in the CI spotlight?
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Is GitHub Agentic Workflows putting exploratory testing back in the CI spotlight?
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Advocacy beyond developers
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Louise Woodhams shares why many testers struggle to ask for help.
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Why many testers struggle to ask for help
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Why many testers struggle to ask for help
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Why many testers struggle to ask for help
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Why many testers struggle to ask for help
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Louise Woodhams shares why many testers struggle to ask for help.
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Louise Woodhams shares why many testers struggle to ask for help.
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There's no such thing as a testing mindset
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Friction has a complex relationship with quality
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Friction has a complex relationship with quality
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Friction has a complex relationship with quality
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Friction has a complex relationship with quality
awarded Gaurav Khurana for:
Thanks for feature testing the My Reports feature. We appreciate your feedback.
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Maithilee connects gardening with testing and quality and it's great!
How about you, what analogies or non-testing examples do you use to describe testing and quality?
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Gardening meets testing. What analogy helps you describe testing and quality?
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Gardening meets testing. What analogy helps you describe testing and quality?
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After the loss our last Guardian Cooper, we had a break as a point of respect and reflection on such a wonderful and dare I say unique dog. At the end of December, beginning of this year we started...
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River - Guardian of the MoTaverse
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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