Simon Tomes | Activities
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Hot take: your value isn't skills or outputs, it's judgement and perspective
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What is next after an experienced quality role?
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Production down, crisis communication up
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Production down, crisis communication up
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Member joined TWiC — This Week in Community chapter
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Production down, crisis communication up
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The Exploratory Testing Charter Planner (ETCP)
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Production down, crisis communication up
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Production down, crisis communication up
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Hot take: your value isn't skills or outputs, it's judgement and perspective
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Hot take: your value isn't skills or outputs, it's judgement and perspective
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Task management and attitude complete the art of learning
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Task management and attitude complete the art of learning
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Production down, crisis communication up
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Production down, crisis communication up
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A major issue hits the production environment. While we want to know what happens next, we need to ask what should've happened before?
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Every AI evaluator is a tester at heart
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Task management and attitude complete the art of learning
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DDIL Environments: Managing Cloud Edge Computing for Defense Agencies
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How using a pen can rewire your brain
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How using a pen can rewire your brain
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Thanks for spotting out of date copy in the TWiQ event description.
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I watched a program, and someone said, 'think outside the box'. It is a common saying, and I'm willing to make an assumption that lots of you reading this will have heard of it. Generally, it means...
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In quality, there is no box to think outside
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In quality, there is no box to think outside
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I'm the kind of tester who is curious about any and every button. What do they do,? What happens when I press it? What happens when I press all of them at the same time? Why is it here?Sometimes cr...
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The testers urge to press all the buttons, even the ones they shouldn't
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The testers urge to press all the buttons, even the ones they shouldn't
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""Build things which are just fun."
Love that!
And while the MoTaverse platform is there for serious learning, we are also here to build things that are just fun. And bring that fun and joy into everything we deliver.
Glad to hear your latest public..."
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On the train home after speaking at Birmingham DevOps last night, I’ve been thinking about why I’ve started to love getting back into public speaking. It is not really the technology itself anymore...
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When a technical demo becomes something more
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When a technical demo becomes something more
awarded Sidney Miller for:
Thanks for sharing in the chat during This Week in Quality. Much appreciated. 😃
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Thank you for co-hosting TWiQ! 🤩
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Thank you for co-hosting TWiQ! 🤩
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Thanks for joining the TWiQ stage.
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Thanks for joining the TWiQ stage.
awarded Ujjwal Kumar Singh for:
Thanks for joining the TWiQ stage.
awarded Gary Hawkes for:
Thanks for joining the TWiQ stage.
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Every AI evaluator is a tester at heart
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Every AI evaluator is a tester at heart
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Member joined TWiQ — This Week in Quality chapter
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This Week in Quality
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This Week in Quality
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Share your week’s highlights, challenges, and lessons in quality
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The Exploratory Testing Charter Planner (ETCP)
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The Exploratory Testing Charter Planner (ETCP)
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Every AI evaluator is a tester at heart
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Hot take: your value isn't skills or outputs, it's judgement and perspective
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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