Simon Tomes | Activities
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Where's Bug, Space Duck and Space Seagull? – No. 43
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The Corn Exchange at TestBash is a hubbub of activity! And in 2025, there are many loud and quiet ways to get involved.
Bug, Space Duck and Space Seagull are hiding. Can you find them?
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Is it time to hand over test automation to developers? Explore MoTaverse Weekly to find out what's been happening and what's next.
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Design your service using National Archives styles and components
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Webinar: AGM 2025 - Software Testing SG
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Let’s stop making each other feel stupid
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Testing is shifting in a way where quality is increasingly everyone's responsibility
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Bug congrats. A selfie of you and me briefly broke the Memories page. 😮😀😬🫠
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Embracing chaos with the MoTaverse by your side - Ep 104
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Embrace the chaos as testers share real-world struggles, celebrate Worldwide Tester Day, and tap into the MoTaverse for positive vibes, support, and fresh ideas.
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Thanks for fixing the Memories page issue.
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It's 13:25 on a Thursday, 12th September 2024. TestBash is go!
"Hey, Rosie"
"Hey, Simon"
"All ok?"
"Yep!"
"You?"
"Yep! Cool. Selfie?"
"Yep!"
When you're busy making sure everyone at T...
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It's 13:25 on a Thursday, 12th September 2024. TestBash is go!
"Hey, Rosie"
"Hey, Simon"
"All ok?"
"Yep!"
"You?"
"Yep! Cool. Selfie?"
"Yep!"
When you're busy making sure everyone at T...
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Thanks for letting us know about the issue with the Memories page.
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All ok? ... Yep!
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All ok? ... Yep!
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Thanks for participating in the chat during This Week in Testing, Episode 104.
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Thanks for participating in the chat during This Week in Testing, Episode 104.
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Thanks for participating in the chat during This Week in Testing, Episode 104.
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Thanks for participating in the chat during This Week in Testing, Episode 104.
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Thanks for joining the stage during This Week in Testing, Episode 104. Great to hear your advice.
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Thanks for joining the stage during This Week in Testing, Episode 104. Great to hear your origin story and how it sparked your curiosity about thinking. Excited to see where the Testing Mindsets card game idea goes.
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Thanks for joining the stage during This Week in Testing, Episode 104. We appreciate your openness to share.
awarded Demi Van Malcot for:
Thanks for co-hosting TWiT Episode 104 with Bug. 😃
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"Epic! Can't wait to see this for reals. "
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Scott Kenyon and I are bringing colour to TestBash in our brand new, TestBash jackets. But you will have to wait to see the front.
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The time that Simon Tomes was surprisingly replaced by Bug as co-host on TWIT episode 104
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That time Bug co-hosted This Week In Testing
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The time that Simon Tomes was surprisingly replaced by Bug as co-host on TWIT episode 104
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Dealing With Non-Human Identities
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Collaborative customer-focused systems thinking – a review of Sys-Tao: Western Logic – Eastern Flow by Bob Browne
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Turning CI Logs into Actions
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Meaningful RCAs: Involving the right people
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Communicating quality to stakeholders: why testers get ignored in meetings (and how to change it)
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Claude Memory: A Different Philosophy
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Overcoming Challenges in Right-to-Left Language Testing
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What Is a REST API?
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Fluent Wait in Selenium: Guide and Examples
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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