Simon Tomes | Activities
awarded Scott Kilgallon for:
A triple whammy! Multiple Bug Congrats on achieving all three MoT Certificates in Test Automation: Foundation/Intermediate/Advanced. 🏆
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Accessibility is an axiom
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02/10/25, Brighton.
I loved chatting with Bonnie Poole at MoTaCon. We caught up early on day 2 before it all got busy. Here's us in The Brighton Dome Corn Exchange.
We had a good old chit-c...
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Quality unites!
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I like this phrase from Elizabeth Zagroba:
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"Another thing I love to do is to tell managers what's happening. Managers, particularly when they support a lot of individuals, cannot k...
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Where's Bug, Space Duck and Space Seagull? – No. 47
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Off to the beach they go and who's been busy drawing in the sand!
Can you find Bug, Space Duck and Space Seagull?
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Elizabeth took to the stage to talk about a day in the life of a quality lead.
The talk is now available to watch!
https://www.ministryoftesting.com/testbash-sessions/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-q...
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Ash Hynie takes the stage to host the first part of MoTaCon 2025.
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The queue for getting into MoTaCon 2025.
Was it great for community conversations?
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Senior Principal Software Engineer
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Newcastle or Salford - Hybrid
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Today AWS was having issues and it reminded me of Jitesh's MoTaCon25 talk "How quality is created, maintained and lost in complex software systems".
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"They're all ace yet I reckon top left is my favourite (Column 1, Row 1). 😃"
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At MoTaCon we had a craft table where we had some card coasters that people could create their own designs with the help of markers and bug stamps.
This was me in the run-up to MoTaCon, experime...
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I couldn't keep Bug off my mind
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Celebrate the quality community’s creativity and courage as folks share lessons, ideas, and stories in just 99 seconds.
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A quality crew of long time friends.
It was good to see you, Beren, Martin, Keith, Andrew, Jokin.
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Source: Geek and Poke
(Geek and Poke website was on Typepad which has now shut down)
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Quality leadership conversations in a virtual lean coffee format
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Discussing all the accessibility content on the Ministry of Testing at A11y North 9th meet-up
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I spent a week in beautiful Wales with the family.
But I couldn't keep Bug off my mind.
It's been an intense year and this was a much needed de-compression. I was holding it together, and now...
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My AI in Testing journey started with Carlos Kidman's AMA session 2 years back.
From there to giving a workshop on Prompting at MoTaCon, where Carlos was also giving a session, was a big moment ...
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Met with Boris Borissov at the Coffee Area
Small chat, good discussion, great feedback, postive vibes.
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"Sounds like it's gonna be a good one. Enjoy! "
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We are back! Our summer break is finally over, the suitcases are heavy with TestBash swag (MoTaCon swag, actually), and we can't wait to see you all again!🎤 Quality TalksAsh Hynie, Ashutosh Mishra,...
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Quality revelations: From SLO to better listening - Ep 108
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Hear how the community is discovering new ways to think about quality through SLOs, accessibility, and better listening.
awarded Judy Mosley for:
Thanks for joining the stage during This Week in Quality. Great to hear more about your recent post: 💡Quality Insight: How to Ignite Quality Conversations
awarded Ben Dowen for:
Thanks for joining the stage during This Week in Quality. Great to hear about SLO and SLI, via Charity's blog post.
awarded Eamon Droko for:
Thanks for joining the stage during This Week in Quality. Great to hear about your ongoing community conduit efforts.
awarded Ady Stokes for:
Thanks for joining the stage during This Week in Quality. Great to hear about course badge tips and SQEC. 🎉
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Testin' the time limit
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Testin' the time limit
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17/10/25, across the globe, a live episode of This Week in Quality.
We must take all opportunities to boundary test. 😃
Thanks to everyone who showed up today to help us continue our producti...
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17/10/25, across the globe, a live episode of This Week in Quality.
We must take all opportunities to boundary test. 😃
Thanks to everyone who showed up today to help us continue our producti...
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SLOs Are The API For Your Engineering Team
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Full range of card decks for me to try, explore, play, learn, experiment, collaborate, and gamestorm with testers in India and around the world.
Thank you, Rosie
awarded Nadja Schulz for:
Thanks for letting us know about the multiple TWiQ event reminders. As suggested, we'll see if it's possible to clone the host and run four of the same events at the same time. 🫠
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Showing Tap Indicators on iOS Screen Recording
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Introducing BrowserStack’s Test Failure Analysis Agent: Debug Failures 95% Faster
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Agentic QA as a Quality Operating Model
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AI-First API Design: From Prompt to Production
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Top 10 Jira Testing Tools for QA Teams
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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.
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