Simon Tomes | Activities
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Demo of Vibium scripted manual install
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Signals in the Noise
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When UI Automation Slowly Loses Trust
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Diary of a QE Leader
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The 2025 Quality Engineering Index: 100 Insights
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It's good to be back! How about a bit of goal setting?
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The MoTaverse as a Community-as-a-Service
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The MoTaverse as a Community-as-a-Service
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The MoTaverse as a Community-as-a-Service
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The MoTaverse as a Community-as-a-Service
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Testing is not about proving the system works, but about deciding what we now know well enough to move forward.
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Testing is...
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Testing is...
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"Thanks for sharing, Hanisha! Here's to a successful 2026.
Team MoT enjoy working with you too!"
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I haven’t really set goals since 2022. I set themes instead.
2025 was about exploration. Saying yes to things I would normally avoid. Doing at least one thing every month that I’d usually say no t...
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2026 Goals
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2026 Goals
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This Year in Review - 2025
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"Bug congrats on your successful 2025, Rahul! 🎉
Thanks for generously sharing your knowledge and experiences, and for inspiring others to do the same."
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2025 didn’t happen to me. I showed up and built it.
Spoke across continents. Won Best Tutorial at EuroSTAR 2025. Got a book mention. Became an ambassador. Launched courses. Played where it matte...
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This Year in Review - 2025
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This Year in Review - 2025
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This Year in Review - 2025
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This Year in Review - 2025
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This Year in Review - 2025
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This Year in Review - 2025
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This Year in Review - 2025
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This Year in Review - 2025
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This Year in Review - 2025
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This Year in Review - 2025
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This Year in Review - 2025
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This Year in Review - 2025
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This Year in Review - 2025
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This Year in Review - 2025
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This Year in Review - 2025
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This Year in Review - 2025
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This Year in Review - 2025
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Wonderful news, Mara! Bug congrats on becoming STEC qualified. 🎉
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Ask Us Anything: Predictions & Plans for 2026
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Explore why human connection still matters most for quality, collaboration, and sustainable teamwork in an AI era
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The power of human touch in the AI era
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The power of human touch in the AI era
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The power of human touch in the AI era
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The power of human touch in the AI era
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A Quality Gate Based on Trust, Not Process
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Usually, quality gates focus more on processes. Instead, I tried to create a quality gate that prioritizes decision-making over processes. Since I am still exploring this area, I am continuing to r...
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Quality Gate v1.0
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Quality Gate v1.0
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"Happy New Year, Swati and Rahul! 🎉"
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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