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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. 🎓 MoT-STEC qualified.
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The whole-team quality approach
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The whole-team quality approach
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The whole-team quality approach
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The whole-team quality approach
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What happens when you explore My Reports?
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Couldn't resist featuring your MoT song on the MoT homepage! 😃
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In 2021 I was hired as Customer Support for FR market in the company I work for. During the process, I was told that new systems will come, to reduce manual work and modernize the infrastructure, w...
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2026 Goals
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2026 Goals
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What happens when you explore My Reports?
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Who are we really talking to? Do we need a MoTaverse collective?
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Who are we really talking to? Do we need a MoTaverse collective?
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Who are we really talking to? Do we need a MoTaverse collective?
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Had an awesome call with Clare Norman, during which she shared a powerful reflection: Are we sharing our testing insights with the right audiences?
Perhaps we need to make formal cohorts of qual...
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Had an awesome call with Clare Norman, during which she shared a powerful reflection: Are we sharing our testing insights with the right audiences?
Perhaps we need to make formal cohorts of qual...
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It's been 1.5 years being part of MoT. I was part of MoT meet-ups, social gathering and events like TestBash and MotaCon. The more we explore, the more we see and understand. That's where the curio...
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MoT set to music - along with events, meet-ups, social gathering
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MoT set to music - along with events, meet-ups, social gathering
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MoT set to music - along with events, meet-ups, social gathering
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""Ministry of Testing shine bright
Where bugs and codes (coats?) take flight."
Now that's an excellent use of AI-generated music! 😃"
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Great to talk on a call today! I'm glad we covered so much and explored many ideas together. Excited for what those ideas might become.
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Thanks for continuing to share your STEC portfolio. Was cool to read Module 3's reflections and learnings, particularly your tester skills plan.
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Moltbook is going just great, but at least Diana has been found!
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Moltbook is going just great, but at least Diana has been found!
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Maybe Moltbook could learn from Community as a Service?
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Moltbook is going just great, but at least Diana has been found!
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Moltbook is going just great, but at least Diana has been found!
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The curb-cut effect
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Alt Text Health Check image accessibility report #3
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New OpenAI tool renews fears that “AI slop” will overwhelm scientific research
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Are bugs and incidents inevitable with AI coding agents?
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Poland’s energy grid was targeted by never-before-seen wiper malware
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Signal president warns AI agents are making encryption irrelevant
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These artists are on a mission to make photography more accessible
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Good Leadership Is About Asking Good Questions
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Agent Skills – how to create and test them
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STEC: Module 3 - The secret skill set of software testers
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The Dorodango Technique: Agents in Agents Driving Scripts
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When you outsource testing to the AI, you lose the ability to understand your system
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The Second Signal Leaders Ignore: Explaining Away What Feels Off
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Don’t automate everything, review everything
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Software Testing Live: Episode 06
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When i first pondered goal setting, following a link that Nataliia Burmei posted on LinkedIn about using AI as a quality engineer, that pulled me into the Motaverse, where i was greeted by a messa...
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My direction of travel 2026
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My direction of travel 2026
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My direction of travel 2026
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My direction of travel 2026
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One of the goals I highlighted in my recent memory post was to share a little bit more about myself and so I thought the best way to do this would be to (re)introduce myself in a memory post!
I ...
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Re-introducing myself. Past and Present.
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Re-introducing myself. Past and Present.
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