Simon Tomes | Activities
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Ash leading our conversation for "Building with Intelligence: How Quality-Driven Teams Lead with AI" at leading quality
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Test bash is no more- we now have MoTaCon
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"Woop woop! "
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Anyone else rocking their new MoTaCon ’25 swag at work today?
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TestBash coffee break…
awarded Keith Klain for:
Thanks for playing such an important role in the inaugural Leading With Quality day. 🤩
awarded Ash Coleman Hynie for:
Thanks for playing such an important role in the inaugural Leading With Quality day. 🤩
awarded Nicola Sedgwick for:
Thanks for playing such an important role in the inaugural Leading With Quality day. 🤩
awarded Barry Ehigiator for:
Thanks for being such a huge part of the inaugural Leading With Quality day. 🤩
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You meet friends you’ve only known online, bump into awesome strangers you’d never meet otherwise, and finally take that legendary Epic Test Quest team photo together!
Big smiles, good chats, an...
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Big thanks to everyone who supported us through this wild year of building Epic Test Quest from early interviews to testing our prototypes and giving us honest feedback.
It was amazing to meet so ...
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"From one volunteer to another. Richard (2024) and Rahul (2025). 🤝"
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Volunteering gives you wonderful opportunities to connect with some of the wonderful people of the community.
It was nice meeting you and talking to you, Richard.
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Always a pleasure to meet the amazing Isabel Evans and chitchat with her about our common friend, Jyothi R.
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"Those mini pipes were skvělý!
Had to stop myself from taking more than one. 🙊"
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The picture shows only a glimpse of the International Snack Table
Not shown are America, Ukrainian, Indian, and many more snacks from all over the world.
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Thanks for sharing ideas about the following feed.
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""Wake up!"
(had me in stitches 🤣)"
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Gwen & Veerle preparing the day-two-intro, practicing System of a Down on a Glockenspiel
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Thanks for sharing feedback about cert enrolment. It's much appreciated.
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"Bug congrats! 🤩
A very well deserved achievement.
Keep 'em coming. "
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The power of number 99 in Motaverse. I Did my 99-secs talks at London MoT meet-up and MoTaCon(former Test Bash) but the real reward has been the awesome people I have met along the way while achiev...
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It was super fun and exciting to complete each activity in the list.
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The duo was superb - the way they took the stage, engaged the audience, announced the end of 99 secs after each 99 secs talk and many more.... loved their vibes.
Captured their instrument as well ...
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"Is that the real Gary or the other Gary? 🤭"
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It was awesome to meet Gary Hawkes in person. Lot of talks and exchange of ideas made my day!
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"I very much enjoyed chatting with you both. 😃🙌🏻"
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It was great to see you again Simon and talk about MoTaverse in detail.
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It was pleasure to meet Rahul in person and share our thoughts and ideas about testing world
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"Ha, totally! 😂
And here's a link to Gary's blog: https://bugzandhugz.wordpress.com/"
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Found a bug !! Inspired by Gary's article I hugged it and now it is going to Jira :D
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Feeling Wow to meet Rosie, founder of MOT
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"Great pic with Gary and Preeti!
STEC, STEC, STEC. 😀"
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Excited to attend my first TestBash and meeting sooooo many people who know my language.
Testing , stec , quality engineering etc....
Hahahah
awarded Preeti Gupta for:
Loved catching up in person at MoTaCon. Thanks for bringing the energy and friendly conversations. I was overwhelmed and humbled by your kind words and gesture. Thank you for being an important part of the MoTaverse.
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Thanks for organising a test of my tech set up before my MoTaCon talk, and the nice words of encouragement.
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Name one thing you took away from MoTaCon
awarded Kim Knup for:
Thanks for sharing your appreciation for Leading With Quality on the new Slack. Glad you were part of it!
awarded Steven Knopf for:
Thanks for sharing your appreciation for Leading With Quality on the new Slack. Glad you were part of it!
awarded Matt Drinkwater for:
Good to see you and chat at MoTaCon.
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Thanks for sharing your appreciation for MoTaCon on LinkedIn. Glad to hear you enjoyed it!
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"Very cool. And that last prompt of the RICE-Q is so powerful!
So glad Rahul sparked this. "
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Met Christine and Scott at MoTaCon25
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Our workshop prompt:
Act as a world leading Quality Lead who has deep insight in the quality aspects for the delivery of software product.
I need you to help produce a list of measureable met...
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Grateful to reach 3 years in software testing! 💜 Thank you, Ministry of Testing, for inspiring, supporting, and shaping my journey.
awarded Zoltan Ertekes for:
Glad you enjoyed MoTaCon. Thanks for sharing on LinkedIn. It’s great to hear that you found your conversations with Stuart Thomas and Ben Dowen at the Speaker Table valuable.And kudos to Christopher Chant for being an awesome mentor.
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"Let's go! 🚀"
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It's time to remove the silos
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"Playing all the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order."
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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