Simon Tomes | Activities
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Collections are a big one for me. Being able to organise content and access it quickly was a game changer when it was introduced. It is great in many ways, but the fact that you can have private o...
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Create Collections
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Create Collections
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Create Collections
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Thankyou Simon for a great conversation on a Call for Insights. I really enjoyed doing it.
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Humans is human
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Great to chat with you on a Call for Insights. Really good to learn from you.
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Reducing the cost of curiosity with AI
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Reducing the cost of curiosity with AI
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What's the hardest part of defining "expected behaviour" for a system that produces different output every time?
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Navigating Claude Code: The Full Workflow
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Member joined TWiQ — This Week in Quality chapter
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Thoughts before MoTaCon: there goes the fear
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Thoughts before MoTaCon: make it joyful
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Thoughts before MoTaCon
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Read a MoTaCon talk or workshop description. What does it spark? Capture them in a Moment.
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Thoughts before MoTaCon: The quality institute
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Thoughts before MoTaCon: their goes the fear
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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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The counterfeit innovator is wildly self-confident. The real one is scared to death.
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TWiC — This Week in Community
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A weekly gathering to talk about all things community building
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TWiC — This Week in Community
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A weekly gathering to talk about all things community building
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TWiC — This Week in Community
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A weekly gathering to talk about all things community building
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TWiC — This Week in Community
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A weekly gathering to talk about all things community building
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TWiC — This Week in Community
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There is a little house that I have been drawing since I was a kid.
It has appeared in countless drawing copies over the years, usually with the same basic shape, the same roof, and probably a tree...
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A Sunday With Creativity But Without Testing
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A Sunday With Creativity But Without Testing
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Member joined TWiC — This Week in Community chapter
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Navigating Claude Code: The Full Workflow
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Navigating Claude Code: The Full Workflow
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The Rise of Agentic Testing
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A free event by MoT AI Chapter
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Build for fun, build to learn, build for business. How do the things you build outside work teach you inside it?
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Reducing the cost of curiosity with AI
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Reducing the cost of curiosity with AI
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Reducing the cost of curiosity with AI
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Reducing the cost of curiosity with AI
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Reducing the cost of curiosity with AI
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Build for fun, build to learn, build for business. How do the things you build outside work teach you inside it?
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Reality bytes. Meet the teams and terms where they are
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Humans is human
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Reality bytes. Meet the teams and terms where they are
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Reality bytes. Meet the teams and terms where they are
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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