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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. π MoT-STEC qualified.
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I have looked high and low for my printed copies of the Testing Planet newspapers. I can't believe I would have thrown them away, but I can't find them. I've moved twice since they came out. I was ...
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The Testing Planet that was
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The Testing Planet that was
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Holi is an indian festival that is about colors, energy, positivity and victory of goodness over evil.
Wishing the MoTaverse a happy holi and vibrant year ahead :)
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Happy Holi to the MoTaverse
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Happy Holi to the MoTaverse
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Happy Holi to the MoTaverse
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How often should we audit the volume of tests?
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How often should we audit the volume of tests?
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Charles Penn shares the challenges of auditing tests.If you're open to sharing, what does your test audit process look like?
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Charles Penn shares the challenges of auditing tests.If you're open to sharing, what does your test audit process look like?
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While sitting here listening to Nataliia Burmei on the Into the MoTaverse podcast, Rosie asked for advice on how to build confidence. Nataliia's advice? "Do hard things. Do scary things." I got chi...
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Do Hard Things
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Do Hard Things
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Chris Henderson is leading with quality
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Moments now support formatting π
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When I was young, between 1975 (I was 9) and 77 my favourite programs were about space. Getting to this made me think about one called Space 1999, a British made science-fiction show. And I can't t...
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Celebrating 1999 Community Stars
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In a recent conversation with Stuart day about some of the trickier points of testing and leadership, he offered the following advise:
"Think of your self as a Sat Nav, you are there to guide."
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You are a Sat Nav
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Moments now support formatting π
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Since 2013 (I think) we've been doing 99 second talks. It's hard to remember the exact details, but I think we used an air horn in the early days, but it's also varied along the way. And there's a ...
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The art of the 99 seconds air horn
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The art of the 99 seconds air horn
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The art of the 99 seconds air horn
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Moments now support formatting π
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Moments now support formatting π
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I may be on annual leave after travelling warp factor 5 to the planet rock and back again πΈπ€, but sitting on the train is the perfect time to catch up with that backlog of bookmarked MoT articles a...
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Catching up on the train
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Can testing cope with the speed of development?
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Exploring Friction in Quality Engineering
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For the first time, Ash Winter and Ian Smith recorded an episode of their What a Lot of Things podcast live in a packed room at Leeds Testing Atelier.
They tackled two big topics: glue work and ...
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