Simon Tomes | Activities
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Thoughts before MoTaCon: You are invited to a testing party, bring a Bug
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Continuing with an experiment. Let's look at the talk and workshop descriptions of MoTaCon 2026 and share my thoughts and reflections before the talk/workshop has happened. And then, hopefully, sh...
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A while back I wrote about 20% AI time. Where the TLDR is that it felt too risky to drop everything to adopt AI, and instead an intentional, consistent and throughtful approach made more sense. We ...
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Great to meet and chat with you on a call. I look forward to collaborating with you and your team. Speak with you soon. 😃
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Production down, crisis communication up
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Production down, crisis communication up
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I moustache ask AI a question
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A while back I wrote about 20% AI time. Where the TLDR is that it felt too risky to drop everything to adopt AI, and instead an intentional, consistent and throughtful approach made more sense. We ...
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Thoughts before MoTaCon: make it joyful
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A growing list of brands that believe community is worth investing in
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Thoughts before MoTaCon: make it joyful
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Learning new (AI) skills
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Demi left the TWiQ stage for a moment and look what Bug did!
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The 3 product battles 84% of EMs lose
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Think bigger: what's going on with the AI test case generation?
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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