Simon Tomes | Activities
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This Week in Quality
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Thanks for joining the stage during TWiQ. Great to hear your learnings and reflections.
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Thanks for joining the stage during TWiQ. Great to hear your learnings and reflections.
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Legendary co-hosting of TWiQ this week. The chair testing was spectacular!
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Demi left the TWiQ stage for a moment and look what Bug did!
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Member joined TWiQ — This Week in Quality chapter
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Demi left the TWiQ stage for a moment and look what Bug did!
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Demi left the TWiQ stage for a moment and look what Bug did!
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Demi left the TWiQ stage for a moment and look what Bug did!
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Sneaky bug sneaking on the TWiQ stage!
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Meta says AI model accessed the internet and hacked another firm
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From Skills and Tools to Portable Agent Plugins
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Investigating three real-world incidents in our cybersecurity evaluations
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Thanks for encouraging people to join the TWiQ stage.
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Grow with the new MoTaverse profile page
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Grow with the new MoTaverse profile page
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Grow with the new MoTaverse profile page
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👤 A simpler, more familiar way to see everything you've been up to
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The Triple A of AI: articulate, accelerate, amplify
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ChatGPT Health Goes Nationwide: Your Medical Records Lose HIPAA Protection
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As I wait for Claude Code to complete a series of tasks for me, one thing comes to mind. Am I more lazy, impatient, or cautious of gaps?It occurs to me that AI can be a great assistant, but o...
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Laziness, Impatience, and Minding the Gap
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Laziness, Impatience, and Minding the Gap
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The Triple A of AI: articulate, accelerate, amplify
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Meta says AI model accessed the internet and hacked another firm
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Meta says AI model accessed the internet and hacked another firm
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From Skills and Tools to Portable Agent Plugins
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From Skills and Tools to Portable Agent Plugins
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The Triple A of AI: articulate, accelerate, amplify
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The Triple A of AI: articulate, accelerate, amplify
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From Skills and Tools to Portable Agent Plugins
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From Skills and Tools to Portable Agent Plugins
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The Triple A of AI: articulate, accelerate, amplify
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One day we might start building this into the MoTaverse, for now it's an AI MVC experiment.One of our goals is for MoTaverse Profiles to be helpful for your career, the most obvious way in can be h...
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Prompt a CV from your MoTaverse Profile
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Prompt a CV from your MoTaverse Profile
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The Triple A of AI: articulate, accelerate, amplify
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The Triple A of AI: articulate, accelerate, amplify
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Rosie and I have got a bit of a joke going on at the moment. How many time can we say "There's a Moment in that!" A reference to encouraging the wonderful MoTaverse community to share their ideas ...
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Rosie and I have got a bit of a joke going on at the moment. How many time can we say "There's a Moment in that!" A reference to encouraging the wonderful MoTaverse community to share their ideas ...
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The Observatory is my go-to place for high-quality information and top signals from the tech world.We live in a noisy world, filled with chaos, SEO optimized posts, marketing plugs. Finding authen...
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Post to the Observatory
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Post to the Observatory
awarded Rahul Parwal for:
Post to the Observatory
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So in this new role, as I learn the challenges, I thought I'd share them as I go. I have new surroundings working with an exec team and working with my team of leaders. Communicating with my n...
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Head of Engineering Lesson 1 - Communicating with the Exec team
awarded Gary Hawkes for:
Head of Engineering Lesson 1 - Communicating with the Exec team
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"So glad you're sharing these learnings. It's fascinating!
I think this also highlights the confidence and trust the exec team have in you. And while it's scary to have people put a lot of faith in your capabilities, I think it's also very cool."
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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