Simon Tomes | Activities
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😱 This week Moltbook launched, a community for AI bots. Yes, you read that right. Humans are allowed to watch and observe. With my love for community, I'm scratching my head, but the risks are conc...
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Moltbook, a community just for AI bots, and a serious lapse of quality judgement
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Moltbook, a community just for AI bots, and a serious lapse of quality judgement
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Moltbook, a community just for AI bots, and a serious lapse of quality judgement
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No humans allowed: This new space-based MMO is designed exclusively for AI agents
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Great to catch up with you! I enjoyed exploring ideas with you. And thanks for all your questions.
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Who are we really talking to? Do we need a MoTaverse collective?
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Measuring our value is difficult
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Who are we really talking to? Do we need a MoTaverse collective?
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Happy to be going to Leeds for the Chapter meeting, but the weather is terrible.
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Leeds Chapter bound on a soggy day
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Leeds Chapter bound on a soggy day
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Leeds Chapter bound on a soggy day
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Victoria Chan lead a workshop on embracing self promotion called I am remarkable. It was great to see everyone joining in and sharing their thoughts. Lots of ways to relate to the tech world. I’ll ...
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Victoria Chan leading the I am remarkable workshop in Leeds
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Victoria Chan leading the I am remarkable workshop in Leeds
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Victoria Chan leading the I am remarkable workshop in Leeds
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Victoria Chan leading the I am remarkable workshop in Leeds
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🚀 Big news in the MoTaverse! We are beyond excited to announce that TestMu AI (formerly LambdaTest) is officially joining us as a sponsor for MoTaCon 2026!
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Announcing our very first MoTaCon 2026 sponsor: TestMu AI (formerly LambdaTest)
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Announcing our very first MoTaCon 2026 sponsor: TestMu AI (formerly LambdaTest)
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Announcing our very first MoTaCon 2026 sponsor: TestMu AI (formerly LambdaTest)
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In the age of AI, for how long should the we test?
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The relationship test
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The relationship test
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The relationship test
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The relationship test
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Great talking with you today and I really enjoyed exploring ideas to support you and your colleagues. I’m looking forward to collaborating more.
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Is AI the best friend quality professionals have been looking for?
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The QA Metrics That Actually Matter (and the Ones that Don’t) by Rahul Parwal
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Testing vs Quality Management – Quality Management
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Are your quality metrics lying to you?
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Shifting left is no longer enough.
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An introduction to continuous quality
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An introduction to continuous quality
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An introduction to continuous quality
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An introduction to continuous quality
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Great to chat with you on a Call for Insights. I very much enjoyed exploring many ideas and topics.
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The page is blank: Why users can’t describe your bugs
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How to be a community conduit
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Hiring managers might not understand the true value of community participation
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Measuring our value is difficult
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Nice one for setting ministryoftesting.com as your browser home button.
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Is AI the best friend quality professionals have been looking for?
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Nice one for setting ministryoftesting.com as your browser home button.
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Great to listen to your Into The MoTaverse episode. Very cool to hear you amplify so many community members during the episode. 🤩
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5.1.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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5.1.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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I blame Ministry of Testing for this!
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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