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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. π MoT-STEC qualified.
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Explore missed bug reflections, discuss internal QA conferences, and uncover the impact of self-taught learning in episode 65 of This Week in Testing!
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Can you find Bug and their buddy, Cosmo? (Cosmo's a duck!).
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What boundaries help you recognise issues? Find out what's been happening in the testing, QA and quality engineering community and join events to enhance your career. Read this week's MoT Weekly.
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What is quality coaching? What does a quality coach do? How does quality coaching fit into testing?
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I for one embrace this spelling mistake. It does the job (for now). It still delivers. Funny how we can get caught up in these quality loops and pick holes in things that aren't as important as we ...
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Discover testing trends, exciting events and talks, new articles, fun memes and memories, hot topics and new collections
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Join Simon Tomes and his team of reporters for another round of news
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Two men smile at a camera.
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Can you find Bug and their buddy, Cosmo? (Cosmo's a duck!).
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What tough calls are on your testing plate? Seek help and advice from the testing, QA and quality engineering community and join events to enhance your career. Read this week's MoT Weekly.
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Two men posing for a selfie.
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Items to help you and your new hire get started in their new job
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An app rebrand is quite the testing task. New logos, themes and colours to check everywhere. Sometimes a rebrand can't be done with a big-bang approach.
I spotted this on a walk next to Buckingh...
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What's the connection between risks and quality engineering? Discover many ways to get involved with the testing, QA and quality engineering community. Read it all in this week's MoT Weekly.
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Can you find Bug and their buddy, Cosmo? (Cosmo's a duck!).
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Tune into Episode 61 of This Week in Testing for community updates, practical testing tips, and a special segment of 99-second talks.
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Be inspired by multiple stories of testing, QA, quality engineering, SDET, test leader career paths plus many more.
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Can you find Bug and their buddy, Cosmo? (Cosmo's a duck!).
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How do community contributions support career growth? Join events and discover many ways to learn and contribute with the testing, QA and quality engineering community in this week's MoT Weekly.
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Can you find Bug and their buddy, Cosmo? (Cosmo's a duck!)
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How do we amplify the value of testing? Read a roundup of news, events and ideas from the testing, QA and quality engineering community in this week's MoT Weekly.
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Catch This Week in Testing, where Simon and guests reflect on TestBash 2024, share AI insights, and offer tips for applying conference learnings
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Often when we test we end up checking something twice. Perhaps you're in a regression testing zone, working through a checklist, and forget to mark something up as 'passed'. There's that moment of ...
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Something special happens when a TestBash conference speaker comes back to react to one their talks. What's changed? What's new? What's relevant? Discover the power of longevity in this collection of revisited TestBash Talks.
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Can you find Bug and their buddy, Cosmo? (Cosmo's a duck!)
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What lies at the heart of continuous quality? Find out what's been happening in the testing, QA and quality engineering community and join events to enhance your career. Read this week's MoT Weekly.
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Join Simon Tomes for another round of news
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Tune into this TestBash special episode featuring live insights from Rosie Sherry, Jenna Charlton, Rahul Parwal and more, sharing advice on community, career growth, and AI in testing
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Can you find Bug and their buddy, Cosmo? (Cosmo's a duck!)
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What happens when our testing is too fast? Discover many ways to learn from and participate in the testing, QA and quality engineering community. Read it all in this week's MoT Weekly.
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Want to make your own fictitious Tester revelation? Just combine any of these four elements to create your own fact-free claim! Co-created with Rosie Sherry.
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A woman is lining up several rows of chairs. There is concentration and satisfaction on her face.
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Can you find Bug and their buddy, Cosmo? (Cosmo's a duck!)
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What's going on with the testing job market right now? Join events and discover many ways to contribute and learn with the testing, QA and quality engineering community in this week's MoT Weekly.
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Searching for information on how to test a website used to be much easier. Thank goodness for MoT. π
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What are common challenges for someone new to testing and a new tester on a team? Read a roundup of news and ideas from the testing, QA and quality engineering community in this week's MoT Weekly.
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We're polling the community to support the software testing, QA and quality engineering jobs market.
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How do we test data? What different types of data testing are there? What risks should I consider when testing data? What data can influence your test approach? This collection hopes to have answers to all your data testing needs.
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We must acknowledge the hierarchy of our needs. π
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Two people smile for a selfie in a theatre with red seats and decorative walls. One person gives a thumbs up, wearing glasses and a hoodie. The other person wears a cap and has a beard.
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The top half of two men smiling for a selfie. The image is a bit blurry. One of the men is wearing a Ministry of Testing cap. There is wooden door just behind them and a corridor leading to a confe...
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The top half of two men smiling for a selfie. The image is a bit blurry. One of the men is wearing a Ministry of Testing cap. There is wooden door just behind them and a corridor leading to a confe...
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Four people. A woman and three men standing next to each other looking cool at the camera β they are attempting to look like they are in a band. One of them is holding a phone with a picture of ano...
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Four people. A woman and three men standing next to each other looking cool at the camera β they are attempting to look like they are in a band. One of them is holding a phone with a picture of ano...
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A fun game that takes us down TestBash Brighton memory lane
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There's much to prioritise, so how do you do it? Find out what's been happening in the testing community and join events to enhance your career. Read this week's software testing news.
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