Simon Tomes | Activities
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I was having a clear out of notes and bookmarks and came across a news item on TikTok releasing new alt text features.
Part of me was thinking how cool it was to be using AI for creating alt tex...
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"Exciting new! Congrats on your ongoing progress. 💪🏻"
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After two weeks of alpha calls where QA leaders genuinely loved Wizzo and gave us a clear roadmap (GitHub integration, Jira sync, about 47 other things), we shipped what mattered most.
The best ...
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Why shoot for gold when bronze is good enough! - Ep 113
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Discover how “good enough,” honesty, and a clear quality narrative help teams care more and make better decisions.
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Great to see one of your blog posts featured on the MoT homepage. 🤩
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Amazing work joining TWiQ today and shipping a blog post. It's an excellent read: Want to be a better Quality Engineer: Lose the Ego
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Want to be a better Quality Engineer: Lose the Ego
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I enjoyed TWiQ this week, thanks for making it great.
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Lovely to co-host TWiQ Episode 113 with you. What a brilliant convo with Callum and the chat crew. 🤩
awarded Callum Akehurst-Ryan for:
Great to hear your experiences and ideas during This Week in Quality, Episode 113. Thanks for sharing!
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Thanks for joining TestBash/MoTaCon 2025. We hope you enjoyed the experience.
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Bug congrats on 99 stars and beyond! 🚀✨
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Exciting news, Korkor. Thanks for upgrading to an unlimited membership. Can't wait to hear about how you make the most of it. 🚀
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Bug congrats on your '99 and Counting' badge. We hope those 99 visits brought you a lot of learning opportunities.
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Congrats on taking the 'Introduction to modern testing' course. We hope you enjoyed it and have had an opportunity to apply your learnings.
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Thanks for spotting and reporting a bug with the SQEC page.
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The Community's Guide to Continuous Learning
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Watch Danny Dainton's talk "Learning To Learn - My Struggles And Successes!" from TestBash Brighton 2018
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The habit of a daytime
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02/10/2025, Brighton, UK. The learning board at TestBash/MoTaCon 25.
Have you ever formed a habit? What was it about the approach you took that made it easy to form the habit? Or was it just th...
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"Just received a similar one. 😆
"That's rightThat's right,""
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Create learning lists tailored to your specific needs to reach your career goals quickly
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How do we learn? Why does continuous learning how to learn matter? Who can help us get better at learning? This collection helps answer your questions about continuous learning.
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Are you a creature of habit? Alex believes you are, learn more about habits in his talk.
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The Habit Map is a perfect way of identifying our regular habits, and the likely actions we are to take through the course of the da
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"This is amazing! 😍🤣"
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I joined my first web startup, Trip.com, in 1998. Other than the CTO, the team hadn't even heard of testers or testing. Over time, they started writing their sly responses to any problems I showed ...
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1.4.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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1.4.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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1.4.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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1.3.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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1.3.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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1.3.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
awarded Stuart Thomas for:
1.2.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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1.2.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
awarded Cassandra H. Leung for:
1.1.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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1.1.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
awarded Ady Stokes for:
1.0.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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1.0.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
awarded Ady Stokes for:
Bug congrats on delivering Module 1 of the Software Quality Engineering Certificate (SQEC). Amazing collaborative work with Sarah Deery! 🏆
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Bug congrats on delivering Module 1 of the Software Quality Engineering Certificate (SQEC). Amazing work! 🏆
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It was a pleasure speaking with you, Sharla. Thank you for making time in your busy schedule to share what you and your colleagues are up to. I look forward to more conversations and collaboration.
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Strengths:
- Basically a dog (plays fetch/tug-o-war, growls, whines when we leave/greets when we return).
- Faithful companion.
- Hilarious.
Weaknesses:
- Not the sharpest tool in the bo...
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Strengths:
- Miniature lion.
- Expert fly-hunter (and eater).
- Cat martial arts sparring partner for Jack.
Weaknesses:
- Frequent vocal complainer.
- Never quite mastered litter box a...
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Strengths:
- Alpha-female queen of her domain, ruler of the Tricat Kingdom (our house).
- Requires no additional decoration at Halloween.
- Has a whole “Phantom of the opera/Harvey Two-face” thi...
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Cloudflare went down again today and half the internet with it. Nothing like a global outage to remind us that we're all just one code or config change away from cup of tea time chaos.
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"Nice one, Prav.
You got the selfie with the legend that is Rosie Sherry! 🤳
Hope you enjoyed MoTaCon. "
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How amazing to have met the Founder of MOT!
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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