Simon Tomes | Activities
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Thoughts before MoTaCon: Stability and Systems
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Thoughts before MoTaCon: Stability and Systems
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Thoughts before MoTaCon: Stability and Systems
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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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Whose voice is it anyway? AI slop, ramblings and the case for a quality feed
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Throwback Wednesday: Life moves fast and slow when you support MoTaCon
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Reflect on AI detection tools flagging LinkedIn slop, and building ramblings, bytes and quality feeds instead.
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Whose voice is it anyway? AI slop, ramblings and the case for a quality feed
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Whose voice is it anyway? AI slop, ramblings and the case for a quality feed
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Whose voice is it anyway? AI slop, ramblings and the case for a quality feed
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Whose voice is it anyway? AI slop, ramblings and the case for a quality feed
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Whose voice is it anyway? AI slop, ramblings and the case for a quality feed
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Whose voice is it anyway? AI slop, ramblings and the case for a quality feed
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Whose voice is it anyway? AI slop, ramblings and the case for a quality feed
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Reflect on AI detection tools flagging LinkedIn slop, and building ramblings, bytes and quality feeds instead.
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Roundtable: AI did the work. Did anyone do the thinking?
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Throwback Wednesday: Behold! The golden circle of testing!
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Think bigger: what's going on with the AI test case generation?
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Think bigger: what's going on with the AI test case generation?
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"The MoT London chapter has many brilliant examples of Ollie's work. Look at the Moments and be inspired by what he could do for you at MoTaCon. https://www.ministryoftesting.com/chapters/mot-london"
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An opportunity to shape your story, together.
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MoTography at your service, at MoTaCon
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MoTography at your service, at MoTaCon
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Thanks for sharing feedback about the use of whitespace on the new look MoTaverse profile page.
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Throwback Wednesday: Life moves fast and slow when you support MoTaCon
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Throwback Wednesday: Life moves fast and slow when you support MoTaCon
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2 October 2025, 09:26.The MoTaverse team take on all sorts of roles during the MoTaCon event days. During MoTaCon 2025 I was responsible for ensuring all speakers were ready on time and, more impor...
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2 October 2025, 09:26.The MoTaverse team take on all sorts of roles during the MoTaCon event days. During MoTaCon 2025 I was responsible for ensuring all speakers were ready on time and, more impor...
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This photo is from 2016 at TestBash Brighton. I loved how we had lunch together in big long tables. It partly felt Hogwart-esque with the amazing Dome in Brighton, but also the conversations that a...
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Throwback Wednesday: TestBash 2016 Lunch Tables
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Throwback Wednesday: TestBash 2016 Lunch Tables
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Joined Security Chapter chapter
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The Security Chapter of the MoTaverse is a space to connect, explore and learn together on the topic of Security.
Join us in the #chapter-security Slack channel, it's available to join for free. Or contribute resources to the Chapter by tagging Security Chapter into Moments or links.
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Thoughts before MoTaCon: The quality institute
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Thoughts before MoTaCon: The quality institute
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The one community word to outshine all others
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Member joined TWiC — This Week in Community chapter
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When I first read Susanne's abstract for her talk, "Can we actually co-own quality?", my answer to that question was "well, of course!" It's how my own teams have approached quality and testing for...
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My thoughts before MoTaCon: Co-owning quality
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My thoughts before MoTaCon: Co-owning quality
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My thoughts before MoTaCon: Co-owning quality
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Joined Thunders chapter
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Joined Sembi chapter
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Thunders automates complex digital workflows with AI agents. Built for QA, product & dev teams, no code needed.
Sophisticated automation made human.
Once you've joined the Chapter, you can access the MoT Slack and find us in the #chapter-thunders channel!
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Sembi is a testing and security management leader, bringing together the industry’s premier tools for product and software quality. Formed by Idera, Inc., Sembi unites top brands under one roof, creating a powerful suite of solutions designed to help organizations build and maintain the highest levels of product quality. From automated testing to advanced security, Sembi’s portfolio provides solutions supporting every software development lifecycle phase.
In the MoTaverse you can find 4 Sembi brands: TestRail, Xray, Testmo and Ranorex.
Join this chapter to find out more about them and the team running them. Also make sure to find in the chapter Slack channel #chapter-sembi.
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Joined ACCELQ chapter
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ACCELQ is an agentic AI-powered, codeless continuous testing platform for web, mobile, API, database, and packaged applications, including Salesforce, SAP, Oracle, Workday, and ServiceNow.
Once you join the ACCELQ Chapter, find the team on their Slack channel #Chapter-ACCELQ
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Every AI evaluator is a tester at heart
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Every AI evaluator is a tester at heart
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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