Simon Tomes | Activities
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Write about something that worries you
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Not too much. Not too little. Just the right amount of chaos. Pretty please!I just re-connected with Amy Phillips, a long-time friend, whose current role is a Senior Engineering Manager. This was ...
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The goldilocks of chaos
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The goldilocks of chaos
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The goldilocks of chaos
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Things to write about in the MoTaverse
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Need inspiration on what to write about in the MoTaverse? A growing collection of prompts and examples to get you started.
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Write about something that worries you
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A pessimist, optimist and realist continue their previous discussion about writing. Last time around they were talking about writing about something they're enjoying.Pessimist: I'm much more comfor...
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"Looking forward to this from Pranav. Defo check out his Call for Insights to hear the handy lessons he has to share. You can find it on his profile page."
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We are honoured to have Pranav Pandit join us this year in Brighton, all the way from San Francisco!Pranav will be on the main stage with a talk, where he'll share lessons from scaling a large mobi...
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🖖 Stability is a system, not a metric: lessons from scaling mobile test automation
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🖖 Stability is a system, not a metric: lessons from scaling mobile test automation
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🖖 Stability is a system, not a metric: lessons from scaling mobile test automation
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"I'm a big fan of Richard Adams. He's done so much and continues to do good things for our craft. 🤩"
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We're very happy to have Richard Adams joining us in Brighton once again, for a fantastic workshop about RCA (Root Cause Analysis)!RCA is a powerful, yet underused, tool to help us build better qua...
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🖖 Beyond the exception with Root Cause Analysis
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🖖 Beyond the exception with Root Cause Analysis
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🖖 Beyond the exception with Root Cause Analysis
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One of the biggest motivations for me with the MoTaverse is simply to make an excuse to meet, catch up, geek out and make friends.I connected with Susanne Abdelrahman via the MoTaverse. Then along ...
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It's uncomfortable staying quiet
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It's uncomfortable staying quiet
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It's uncomfortable staying quiet
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Thanks for your ideas around previous chapter events and displaying chapters that folks belong to on their profile page.
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My love-hate relationship with AI - Ep 132
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My love-hate relationship with AI - Ep 132
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A hot-takes episode where the crew debates AI skepticism, manual testing’s staying power, whether AI agents really speed delivery, and why quality ultimately lives (or dies) with leadership decisions.
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During episode 132 we discussed hot takes. One that came up is that testers love the moment they can say "I told you so", but then feel guilty about it.I would like to argue that that is because te...
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Hot take testers love and feel guilty about "I told you so" moments
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Hot take testers love and feel guilty about "I told you so" moments
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Hot take testers love and feel guilty about "I told you so" moments
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Great to hear your hot take during TWiQ. Thanks for taking to the stage!
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Great to hear your hot take during TWiQ. Thanks for taking to the stage!
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Great to hear your hot take during TWiQ. Thanks for taking to the stage!
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Thank you for co-hosting a hot takes TWiQ episode. You and Judy were epic! 🤩
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Thank you for co-hosting a hot takes TWiQ episode. You and Clare were epic! 🤩
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This Week in Quality
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AI Evals
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Definitions of AI Evals
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Thank you for sharing feedback about SQEC. We very much appreciate it.
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You're Not Ready For Quality Engineering with Callum Akehurst-Ryan
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What Are AI Evals?
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Welcome to the MoTaverse, Miranda. It was good to meet the rest of your team. Sorry you weren't able to join us. If you have any questions, we're here to help. See you around the MoTaverse soon.
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Thanks for taking part in an onboarding session. It was good to meet you. See you around the MoTaverse (Ministry of Testing) soon.
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Thanks for taking part in an onboarding session. It was good to meet you. See you around the MoTaverse (Ministry of Testing) soon.
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Thanks for taking part in an onboarding session. It was good to meet you. See you around the MoTaverse (Ministry of Testing) soon.
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Thanks for taking part in an onboarding session. It was good to meet you. See you around the MoTaverse (Ministry of Testing) soon.
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Thanks for taking part in an onboarding session. It was good to meet you. See you around the MoTaverse (Ministry of Testing) soon.
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Thanks for co-hosting Software Testing Live with James Lyndsay. Great to see you have fun exploring with the audience.
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Thanks for co-hosting Software Testing Live with Ben. Great to see you have fun exploring with the audience.
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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