Simon Tomes | Activities
awarded Parveen Khan for:
AI and Engineering Management - what do you want to know?
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On the 18th May the accessibility team at Solirius ran their first ever Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) event. Thanks to all who attended and those who contributed in the planning and del...
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We ran our first accessibility conference!
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We ran our first accessibility conference!
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We ran our first accessibility conference!
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We ran our first accessibility conference!
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We ran our first accessibility conference!
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Roundtable: Exploring Quality with Templates and Charters
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A virtual roundtable discussion focused on templates and charters
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Influence, from the other side of the table
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What I learned about influence by becoming a stakeholder
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Hot, flaky, and unfinished - Testing, accessibility, and the grief we don't talk about - Ep 137
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Hot, flaky, and unfinished - Testing, accessibility, and the grief we don't talk about - Ep 137
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Anthropic's valuation surges to $965 billion, surpassing OpenAI
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Hot take: A workshop is everything a meeting is not
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Hot take: It's easy to forget that done is better than perfect
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Hot, flaky, and unfinished - Testing, accessibility, and the grief we don't talk about - Ep 137
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Judy and Clare trade spicy hot takes, from notification overload and 'done > perfect' learning, to a passionate deep dive on accessibility as a moral (and business) imperative.
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If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?
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Thanks for joining the stage during TWiQ.
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Thanks for joining the stage during TWiQ. Good to hear you advocate for accessibility.
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Legendary co-hosting of another Hot Takes TWiQ episode. Thank you! 🤩
awarded Clare Norman for:
Legendary co-hosting of another Hot Takes TWiQ episode. Thank you! 🤩
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Hot take: It's easy to forget that done is better than perfect
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Hot take: It's easy to forget that done is better than perfect
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Oleksandr said:
My hot take of the week: If you don't fully understand the thing you want to test and measure - you might get the results that are surprising but yet mysterious. So - first - unders...
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Hot take: if you're surprised by a product behaviour, you don't understand the system enough
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Hot take: if you're surprised by a product behaviour, you don't understand the system enough
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Hot take: if you're surprised by a product behaviour, you don't understand the system enough
awarded Oleksandr Romanov for:
Hot take: if you're surprised by a product behaviour, you don't understand the system enough
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Software development is inherently discriminatory because we know about digital accessibility and still don't do it. We have the knowledge, the skills, and the moral imperative to include all ...
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Hot Take: Software development is inherantly discrimiatory
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Hot Take: Software development is inherantly discrimiatory
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Hot Take: Software development is inherantly discrimiatory
awarded Nadja Schulz for:
Thanks for showing up to TWiQ for the star. 😃⭐
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Hot take: A workshop is everything a meeting is not
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Hot take: It's easy to forget that done is better than perfect
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Inspired by Clare Norman's recent lightning learning sessions. A speaker pulled out last minute so a developer stepped in to share what they've been working on. While Clare pointed out that it's no...
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This Week in Quality
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Write This Like My Brain Isn’t Full
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Hot take: A workshop is everything a meeting is not
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Hot take: A workshop is everything a meeting is not
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Reflections of Clare Norman's take on workshops during TWiQ. Goals are important when running a workshop yet the way you get there is different to a meeting. People show up and participat...
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AI agent configuration needs better boundaries
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AI agent configuration needs better boundaries
awarded Rahul Parwal for:
Thanks for spotting a missing image on the SQEC landing page. Glad we could fix it.
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Integrate monitoring, observability, and alerting into the core quality engineering process to ensure systems are as diagnosable as they are functional
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The forgotten part of quality: paying attention to production
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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