Simon Tomes | Activities
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Perseverance pays dividends
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Perseverance pays dividends
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Thirty or so minutes before I took this photo I was scrambling to quickly research a route for our intrepid walking tourers.I knew the basics of Brighton having been there several times for TestBas...
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Where on earth are Heleen and Demi? Part 2
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Where on earth are Heleen and Demi? Part 1
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"And we are all lucky ducks that you’re a big part of the community."
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I am a lucky duck, because 7½ years ago I started my journey as a Quality professional. I am a lucky duck, because 4½ years ago I started looking into the MoTaverse. I am a lucky duck, be...
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Lucky Duck: My second 99-second talk @ MoT Berlin #63
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Lucky Duck: My second 99-second talk @ MoT Berlin #63
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Lucky Duck: My second 99-second talk @ MoT Berlin #63
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Lucky Duck: My second 99-second talk @ MoT Berlin #63
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Lucky Duck: My second 99-second talk @ MoT Berlin #63
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Lucky Duck: My second 99-second talk @ MoT Berlin #63
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Lucky Duck: My second 99-second talk @ MoT Berlin #63
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Lucky Duck: My second 99-second talk @ MoT Berlin #63
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Lucky Duck: My second 99-second talk @ MoT Berlin #63
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Lucky Duck: My second 99-second talk @ MoT Berlin #63
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Lucky Duck: My second 99-second talk @ MoT Berlin #63
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Lucky Duck: My second 99-second talk @ MoT Berlin #63
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Lucky Duck: My second 99-second talk @ MoT Berlin #63
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Lucky Duck: My second 99-second talk @ MoT Berlin #63
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Lucky Duck: My second 99-second talk @ MoT Berlin #63
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Lucky Duck: My second 99-second talk @ MoT Berlin #63
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"Here's a link to the talk recording: https://www.ministryoftesting.com/media-sessions/stop-guessing-start-seeing-the-rise-of-observability-driven-testing"
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Learn how to use production telemetry and trace-based testing to catch hidden failures, like background microservice errors, that traditional scripted tests miss.
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Stop guessing, start seeing: the rise of Observability-Driven Testing
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Stop guessing, start seeing: the rise of Observability-Driven Testing
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Every meeting is a monster (so make it a fun one)
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Ceci n'est pas une bug
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Community as a Service (CaaS)
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Ceci n'est pas une bug
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ASOS links data breach to social engineering attack, credential theft
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Leading With Quality - Slides & Resources
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A great events starts with a good coffee
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MoTaCon 2026
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MoTaCon 2026
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"Woop! Woop! Congrats on being a first timer at MoTaCon."
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This is the first time I've been to a test bash now motacon, and so far it's been brilliant!!
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Surreal being here
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Surreal being here
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Adam Davis's talk couldn't find my phone but it was interesting seeing all the phones using mosre code
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When Systems Stop Behaving talk
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When Systems Stop Behaving talk
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When Systems Stop Behaving talk
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I liked the talk about how to put joy into our software presented by Claire Norman.It made me think more about user experience and how we can always improve our software
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The bringing Joy to our software presentation talk was interesting
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The bringing Joy to our software presentation talk was interesting
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The talk about fear in software testing by Suzanne Kraaij was interesting
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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