Simon Tomes | Activities
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Turning an Audience into a Display
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TWiQ, camera, action: Vibe mapping high value activities - TWIQ Ep 138
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Hot take: AI stops the community from discussing exploratory testing and more - Ep 141
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Future platforming conversations, right here, right now - TWIQ Ep 139
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TWiQ, camera, action: Vibe mapping high value activities - TWIQ Ep 138
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Hot take: AI stops the community from discussing exploratory testing and more - Ep 141
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Hot take: AI stops the community from discussing exploratory testing and more - Ep 141
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Hot take: AI stops the community from discussing exploratory testing and more - Ep 141
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A hot-takes episode on AI dependency, community knowledge sharing, silos, and why exploratory testing matters more than ever as software teams move faster.
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Hot take: AI stops the community from discussing exploratory testing and more - Ep 141
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Hot take: AI stops the community from discussing exploratory testing and more - Ep 141
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Hot take: AI stops the community from discussing exploratory testing and more - Ep 141
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Hot take: AI stops the community from discussing exploratory testing and more - Ep 141
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Hot take: AI stops the community from discussing exploratory testing and more - Ep 141
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Can MoTaCon be part of the MoTaverse Festival? 🤔We currently have the following satellite events happening during MoTaCon week:
28 Sep - Leaders Dinner - London with TestMu AI: thanks to TestMu AI ...
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Is MoTaCon secretly a festival now?
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Is MoTaCon secretly a festival now?
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A hot-takes episode on AI dependency, community knowledge sharing, silos, and why exploratory testing matters more than ever as software teams move faster.
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Member joined TWiC — This Week in Community chapter
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MoTography at your service
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Smile! You're on MoTaCon camera!
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Member joined TWiQ — This Week in Quality chapter
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Member joined TWiC — This Week in Community chapter
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Member joined TWiQ — This Week in Quality chapter
awarded Gary Hawkes for:
Thanks for joining the hot takes conversation during TWiQ. Great to hear your hot takes and reflections.
awarded Demi Van Malcot for:
Thanks for joining the hot takes conversation during TWiQ. Great to hear your hot takes and reflections.
awarded Oleksandr Romanov for:
Thanks for joining the hot takes conversation during TWiQ. Great to hear your hot takes and reflections.
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This Week in Quality
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Member joined TWiC — This Week in Community chapter
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Making sense of the DORA AI Capabilities Model
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Making sense of the DORA AI Capabilities Model
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Member joined TWiC — This Week in Community chapter
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Yes you can run exploratory testing with ai
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AMA Answer: While the recipe instructions and ingredients are consistent, how is it that the quality outcome of a cake can vary considerably?
awarded Demi Van Malcot for:
I'm enjoying your AMA answers to how baking a cake is the same as developing software.
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Upon my AMA about how baking a cake is the same as developping software moment Gary Hawkes asked "How do the teams responsibilities in a bakery, align with a quality engineering team?". Immediately...
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AMA Answer: How do the teams responsibilities in a bakery, align with a quality engineering team?
awarded Demi Van Malcot for:
AMA Answer: How do the teams responsibilities in a bakery, align with a quality engineering team?
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AMA Answer: How do the teams responsibilities in a bakery, align with a quality engineering team?
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"This is most excellent. Thanks for sharing, Demi.
To bake in quality is to consider many variables."
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Upon my AMA about how baking a cake is the same as developping software moment Simon Tomes asked "While the recipe instructions and ingredients are consistent, how is it that the quality outcome of...
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AMA Answer: While the recipe instructions and ingredients are consistent, how is it that the quality outcome of a cake can vary considerably?
awarded Demi Van Malcot for:
AMA Answer: While the recipe instructions and ingredients are consistent, how is it that the quality outcome of a cake can vary considerably?
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Keeping track
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2026 career highlight: Sharing the MoTaverse homepage with Lisa Crispin! 🤩
awarded Justin Holsgrove for:
Thanks for sharing your PR dashboard. Great to see real examples.
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"This is excellent, Justin. I hope it inspires others to experiment with something similar. I like the concept of providing information that gathers a team and helps them make decisions.
While I have no knowledge of the context, I wonder if there's an ..."
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While the recipe instructions and ingredients are consistent, how is it that the quality outcome of a cake can vary considerably?
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Upon my AMA about how baking a cake is the same as developping software moment Simon Tomes asked "While the recipe instructions and ingredients are consistent, how is it that the quality outcome of...
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During stand ups we have a PR dashboard which is a list of open PRs, who is assigned and whether it is in a state of approval or not, as well as listing a bunch of draft PRs no one really cares abo...
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.
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