Simon Tomes | Activities
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Where's Bug and Cosmo? – No. 6
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Where's Bug and Cosmo? – No. 1
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Where's Bug and Cosmo? – No. 24
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Where's Bug and Cosmo? – No. 3
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Where's Bug and Cosmo? – No. 5
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Meeting Rahul Parwal for the first time in person
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The Testing Planet orbits London
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Where's Bug and Cosmo? – No. 11
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Where's Bug and Cosmo? – No. 14
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Heavy duck
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A room full of test exchanges
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Where's Bug and Cosmo? – No. 19
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Box of ducks
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Where's Bug and Cosmo? – No. 2
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Where's Bug and Cosmo? – No. 16
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Ba dum tish. That moment the audience were the real winners of the TTP Supernova Showdown with Ben, Aj, Clare and Shweta
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Callum and Chris celebrate their bug mugs
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Where's Bug and Cosmo? – No. 25
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Where's Bug and Cosmo? – No. 10
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Search for "tester" in your photo library
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London Ministry of Testing Meetup searches for bugs
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Where's Bug and Cosmo? – No. 4
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That moment Beren and I spotted each other
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Where's Bug and Cosmo? – No. 18
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A hive of activity at the first MoT London Meetup
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Ben and Brittany: The ultimate exploration duo
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First time meeting Joep Schuurkes at TestBash 2016
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Where's Bug and Cosmo? – No. 12
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Search for "testing" in your photo library
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Bonjour, l'équipe Decathlon!
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That moment we launched MoTaverse.net
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Where's Bug and Cosmo? – No. 23
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Chris Henderson is leading with quality
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The night stays awake with Brighton Pier
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Feeling brave asking for a selfie at London's fastest growing software testing meetup
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Source: LinkedIn
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The moment we ship something is the moment it enters the real world. And in the real world, everything is subject to decay.
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At the MoT London Meetup 08/05/25, Dunelm office. Amplified the importance of advocating for quality. Still has to do it with 20 years of experience.
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How to scare a tester
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When you can't quite commit to accepting and checking the rebrand
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Taking time away from the testing community
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STEC TESTBASH
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That moment when we could, couldn't and could hear Jane on This Week in Testing
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It's ok. We've got the MoTaverse. v3
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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