Simon Tomes | Activities
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Familiar faces
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Familiar faces
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Familiar faces
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Familiar faces
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Nice idea for RSS on Moments and The Observatory. Thanks for sharing! 💡
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In the last seven days you've shown up
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"Showing up is what leads to learning and personal growth."I like that line in the weekly community stars digest email, not because I wrote it but because it really matters. We can do a lot to...
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I giggled so hard as I created a Hamster meme. Simon caught me by surprise by doing a screensharing version of TWiQ, so I thought I would create this to see if he could contain himself!Then Aj sugg...
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Earn your Hamster Badge
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Earn your Hamster Badge
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Earn your Hamster Badge
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"The struggle to contain myself was real. But a lot of fun.
This puts a smile on my face:
A. That Rosie created the meme in the first place
B. That she created a LinkedIn banner for it
C. That we are actually updating our LinkedIn banners with it
D. A..."
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Thank you for sharing a learning log as a Moment. Great to see you learn in public. And I hope it inspires others to do the same. 🤩
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Earn your Hamster Badge
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I giggled so hard as I created a Hamster meme. Simon caught me by surprise by doing a screensharing version of TWiQ, so I thought I would create this to see if he could contain himself!Then Aj sugg...
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"Nice one, Shilpa. Great to see this. Thanks for sharing."
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Ref: https://www.ministryoftesting.com/courses/modern-integration-testing-tools-techniques-and-strategies-for-continuous-quality/consumer-driven-contract-testingSummary
Project: Consumer/provider...
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My learning journey
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My learning journey
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Member joined TWiC — This Week in Community chapter
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Investigating three real-world incidents in our cybersecurity evaluations
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11.9.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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Oh the anxcitement! Chaos-driven development, AI coding skills, and a new look profile page
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Oh the anxcitement! Chaos-driven development, AI coding skills, and a new look profile page
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My thinking on community is changing. One such recurring theme that keeps coming up is the idea that we don't build community and that thought has pushed me towards thinking about community infrast...
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Community Infrastructure and The AI Minimum Viable Community
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Community Infrastructure and The AI Minimum Viable Community
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Oh the anxcitement! Chaos-driven development, AI coding skills, and a new look profile page
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Oh the anxcitement! Chaos-driven development, AI coding skills, and a new look profile page
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Oh the anxcitement! Chaos-driven development, AI coding skills, and a new look profile page
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"Word on the street. 🕵🏻♂️
There's a LinkedIn banner version of this doing the rounds.
See if you can find it. "
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Thanks for spotting a bug with the Comments section of the beta profile page.
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Exploring Quality Coaching - The Testing Planet News - Episode 10
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Oh the anxcitement! Chaos-driven development, AI coding skills, and a new look profile page
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A lively MoTaverse walkthrough episode covering AI chapter momentum, new profile pages, community learning, chaos-driven development, AI skills, and big personal wins for the community.
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Learning new (AI) skills
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""We can do this!"
Love it and bug congrats! 🤩"
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Another cracking Gemini image! 😂Seriously, I've mentioned this on a couple of calls and TWiQ podcasts that I was going through an interview process for a promotion. Well it happened, I have recentl...
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Thank you to the MoTaverse Community
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Thank you to the MoTaverse Community
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Notes on AI Coding Skills & Plugins by Riskhikesh V.
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Notes on AI Coding Skills & Plugins by Riskhikesh V.
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Notes on AI Coding Skills & Plugins by Riskhikesh V.
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Notes on AI Coding Skills & Plugins by Riskhikesh V.
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Notes on AI Coding Skills & Plugins by Riskhikesh V.
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Notes on AI Coding Skills & Plugins by Riskhikesh V.
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Notes on AI Coding Skills & Plugins by Riskhikesh V.
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Notes on AI Coding Skills & Plugins by Riskhikesh V.
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Notes on AI Coding Skills & Plugins by Riskhikesh V.
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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