Simon Tomes | Activities
awarded Drew Pontikis for:
Are boundaries the answer to AI in communities?
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Are boundaries the answer to AI in communities?
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Are boundaries the answer to AI in communities?
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Are boundaries the answer to AI in communities?
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Are boundaries the answer to AI in communities?
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Are boundaries the answer to AI in communities?
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Rosie, Simon and Drew explore AI, authenticity, measuring what community really delivers and community building boundaries
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Inside the MoTaverse's slow pivot from testing community to tech community
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Rosie Sherry and Generalist World's Ece Kurtaraner talk small-scale events, lifetime membership models, and how they're each using Claude to cut community admin busywork.
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Small rooms, lifetime members, and community Claude skills
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Small rooms, lifetime members, and community Claude skills
awarded TWiC — This Week in Community for:
Small rooms, lifetime members, and community Claude skills
awarded Rosie Sherry for:
Small rooms, lifetime members, and community Claude skills
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In a recent discussion with Ambassadors I mentioned that I have been referred to before as "Dr Default". I thought this might be an interesting persona to explore.While others jump straight into ho...
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Dr Default persona
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Dr Default persona
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Inside the MoTaverse's slow pivot from testing community to tech community
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Simon Tomes returns to Into the MoTaverse for a six-month check-in with Rosie on Community as a Service, care, joy, and the slow pivot to becoming a tech community.
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This badge is awarded to members who attend 25 MoTaverse events.
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This badge is awarded to members who attend 10 MoTaverse events.
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This badge is awarded to members who attend their first MoTaverse event.
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TWiC — This Week in Community
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A weekly gathering to talk about all things community building
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TWiC — This Week in Community
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A weekly gathering to talk about all things community building
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TWiC — This Week in Community
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A weekly gathering to talk about all things community building
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Test Heuristics Cheat Sheet
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Explore how the MoTaverse is thinking about community
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Career growth with a Community as a Service (CaaS) mindset - Into The MoTaverse - Episode 2
awarded Rosie Sherry for:
Career growth with a Community as a Service (CaaS) mindset - Into The MoTaverse - Episode 2
awarded Rosie Sherry for:
Career growth with a Community as a Service (CaaS) mindset - Into The MoTaverse - Episode 2
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Career growth with a Community as a Service (CaaS) mindset - Into The MoTaverse - Episode 2
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The Hidden Loop of Quality Engineering
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Nice to Rahul's writing and story on the Wonderproxy blog.Good on you for making this opportunity available to folks. 🤩
awarded Rahul Parwal for:
Nice to see your writing and story on the Wonderproxy blog.Good on Paul Reinheimer for making that opportunity available to folks.
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How I destroyed a 3000 $ IoT Device, and what it taught me about testing
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How does registering for a conference like MoTaCon link back to QE for me?
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Digital government services increase accessibility gap
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What's Good? Episode 1 - Be More Human
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What “Project Hail Mary” Taught Me About Working in Tech (part 4)
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And when community helps you find your next step
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Lifelong learning and the art of visible continuous learning
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Lifelong learning and the art of visible continuous learning
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Lifelong learning and the art of visible continuous learning
awarded Rosie Sherry for:
Lifelong learning and the art of visible continuous learning
awarded WonderProxy for:
Lifelong learning and the art of visible continuous learning
awarded SmartBear for:
Lifelong learning and the art of visible continuous learning
awarded Rosie Sherry for:
Lifelong learning and the art of visible continuous learning
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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