Simon Tomes | Activities
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Thanks for choosing MoTaCon. See you there!
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TWiC — This Week in Community
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Upskilling in AI at scale
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Stop waiting to be noticed
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OpenAI agent hacks Australia's Medicare in world's first known rogue AI breach of government body
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"Thank you for your kind words! 😊"
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"Bug congrats, Ady! Thanks for continuing to show up and participate in the many ways you do. 🤩"
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I’m announcing a very proud bug congrats to myself for reaching 5,000 community stars. Since my early days with the MoTaverse I e tried to give back and share information as well as supporting...
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5,000 community stars achieved
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5,000 community stars achieved
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With MoTaCon 2026 approaching, I've been reflecting on how ideas from the community can find their way back into our teams and become something practical.
Over the last year, ideas and conversation...
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From Community and Conversations to Quality Strategy
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From Community and Conversations to Quality Strategy
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OpenAI agent hacks Australia's Medicare in world's first known rogue AI breach of government body
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Spoke at TWiC — This Week in Community
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Hosted TWiC — This Week in Community
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When nothing happens, something went very right
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Get Simon to 5,000 community stars
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When nothing happens, something went very right
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Swap the algorithm for your people by exploring Community Maxxing and why writing still matters for community builders who want to leave a positive impact.
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Community Maxxing: trading doomscrolling for human connection and joy
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Community Maxxing: trading doomscrolling for human connection and joy
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Community Maxxing: trading doomscrolling for human connection and joy
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Community Maxxing: trading doomscrolling for human connection and joy
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Community Maxxing: trading doomscrolling for human connection and joy
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Community Maxxing: trading doomscrolling for human connection and joy
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Community Maxxing: trading doomscrolling for human connection and joy
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Swap the algorithm for your people by exploring Community Maxxing and why writing still matters for community builders who want to leave a positive impact.
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"Two good humans. 🤩"
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It was good to catch up at TestBash.
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Rosie Sherry and Chris Chant
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Rosie Sherry and Chris Chant
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Rosie Sherry and Chris Chant
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Nice work hosting Guardrails & Evals: Keeping Your AI Skills Honest. Thank you. 🙌🏻
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Thanks for sharing with the AI chapter – Guardrails & Evals: Keeping Your AI Skills Honest.
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AI has changed everything but there are key aspects of our work like shifting left and right and risk based assessments that remain as relevant (if not more) than before. There is a lot of uncertai...
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Not everything has changed with AI
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Not everything has changed with AI
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Not everything has changed with AI
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What does a roadmap to becoming a test automation engineer look like today?
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Whilst reviewing some pages on our site I stumbled across Yulia Tekin's article from 1st April 2021: Roadmap To Becoming A Test Automation Engineer.Yulia covers a lot and towards the end there's a ...
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From Community and Conversations to Quality Strategy
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How does the AI "Car Wash Test" link back to QE
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When nothing happens, something went very right
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One thing we've absolutely fallen in love with over the past couple of years is evolving our branding.Fun fact, when we first introduced Bug as a mascot I was not very excited. But he grew on me, b...
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Bug is very excited to be seeing many of you at MoTaCon.
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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