Simon Tomes | Activities
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Celebrate surprise-smooth demos, learn how solo testers spark better quality conversations, and explore “assumption investigating” as a core skill for making work clearer and kinder.
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The problem with non-deterministic inputs and outputs
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The problem with non-deterministic inputs and outputs
awarded Jesse Berkeley for:
Thanks for joining the stage during This Week in Quality. Always good to hear from you.
awarded Judy Mosley for:
Thanks for joining the stage during This Week in Quality. Always good to hear from you.
awarded Heleen Van Grootven for:
Thanks for joining the stage during This Week in Quality. Always good to hear from you.
awarded Demi Van Malcot for:
Thanks for co-hosting This Week in Quality. You're an excellent co-host! 🤩
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Yesterday I watched a talk by Phillipa Jennings and they asked us to imagine what type of gate we might be standing next to. For example saying "no" that can't go through the gate. "Yes" this can g...
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Dissolving the Quality Gate - Phillipa Jennings
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Dissolving the Quality Gate - Phillipa Jennings
awarded Philippa Jennings for:
Dissolving the Quality Gate - Phillipa Jennings
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Thanks for sharing the episode list in the TWIQ channel!
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Sometimes all the stars align and you demo goes off without any issues.Last sprint I did a demo of the entire flow through new applications and talked for 20 minutes and nothing went wrong!Do share...
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Demi's Demo Luck
awarded Demi Van Malcot for:
Demi's Demo Luck
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This Week in Quality
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Loved having a chat with Jesse. We talked about our work and he gave me a very powerful story about his role and the work he did to be present in understanding the product and how its used, rather ...
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Peerscon - Insight with Jesse
awarded Jesse Berkeley for:
Peerscon - Insight with Jesse
awarded Gary Hawkes for:
Peerscon - Insight with Jesse
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"Two legends meeting in person for the first time. Epic! 🤩🤩"
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As I walked into the Trent Conference Centre, Emily O'Connor leapt off her seat and greeted me like an old friend with a big hug. I really appreciated that and it gave me a beaming smile as I navig...
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Peerscon - What a welcome!
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Peerscon - What a welcome!
awarded Gary Hawkes for:
Peerscon - What a welcome!
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Risk advisers tell good stories about risks
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The problem with non-deterministic inputs and outputs
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Lloyds, Bank of Scotland and Halifax apps showed customers other users' transactions
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The Community's Guide to Metrics and Measurement
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Love 'em or hate 'em, metrics influence how we build quality software. This collections helps explore metrics and things that can be measured.
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Risk advisers tell good stories about risks
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"This is wonderful! 🤩"
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Today I had the joy of meeting MOT Ambassador Rahul Parwal and his family in the very same city where I grew up. It felt incredibly special to reconnect here, in a place that holds so many memories...
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Promise served :) met the moT ambassador in the pink city, Jaipur, India !
awarded Madhuri Mittal for:
Promise served :) met the moT ambassador in the pink city, Jaipur, India !
awarded Rahul Parwal for:
Promise served :) met the moT ambassador in the pink city, Jaipur, India !
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‘Devastating blow’: Atlassian lays off 1,600 workers ahead of AI push
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It's been a pleasure to have Preeti involved and growing in the MoTaverse over the past year.
Here she is doing a 99 second talk on the big MoTaCon stage.
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Preeti keeps expanding her horizons
awarded Bug of the MoTaverse for:
Preeti keeps expanding her horizons
awarded Preeti Gupta for:
Preeti keeps expanding her horizons
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It's been more than a month since I returned from MotaCon but still feels like it was yesterday. Though it was a busy month for me but every morning when I see these two mugs in my cupboard, it rem...
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That Sip of Tea - My Daily Reminder That I Belong to the MoT Community
awarded Preeti Gupta for:
That Sip of Tea - My Daily Reminder That I Belong to the MoT Community
awarded Bug of the MoTaverse for:
That Sip of Tea - My Daily Reminder That I Belong to the MoT Community
awarded Preeti Gupta for:
Loved recording a call for insights with you! Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge, experience and reflections.
awarded James Pearce for:
I featured your call for insights on the MoTaverse homepage. 😃
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The problem with non-deterministic inputs and outputs
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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