Andrew Morton | Activities
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Thanks for updating the Observatory page.
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Thanks for shipping an important enhancement to the community stars algorithm. So glad to see both learner and instructor/contributor receive a star when the learner completes a course or certificate lesson.
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Andrew Morton is always MoTivated to share a pun
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He may or may not have been sharing a joke on 99 second MoTaCon stage.
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In fact bug this this tall
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Is Andrew Morton showing how tall I am?
It's more likely he's dishing out puns on the 99 second stage.
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TestBash Brighton 2025
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99 Second Talks – Day 2 – TestBash Brighton/MoTaCon 2025
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Celebrate the creativity and courage of testers and quality engineers as they share stories, lessons, and ideas in just 99 seconds.
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Post MoTaCon Meetup Chats
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A quality crew of long time friends.
It was good to see you, Beren, Martin, Keith, Andrew, Jokin.
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99 Second Talks – Day 1 – TestBash Brighton/MoTaCon 2025
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Celebrate the quality community’s creativity and courage as folks share lessons, ideas, and stories in just 99 seconds.
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This badge is awarded to members who complete the Coding for non-coders course.
awarded Elizabeth Zagroba for:
Notifications about liked content were erroring if the associated content was deleted.
awarded Paul Reinheimer for:
Found that the team size slider did not show in Firefox
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"Glad this came out alright. I'm no MoTographer."
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"I've deployed a fix for the now too."
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🚀 A Proud Testing Moment
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I recently reported an issue with profile image updates on the MoT site. To my surprise, I received a direct response from Andrew Morton (MoT Dev) acknowledging the bug and confirming it’ll be look...
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Great implementation of a search function for the Glossary and "chefs kiss" on the nothing found message, #404
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Great work putting out a glossary search so quickly.
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I'm very happy to see commenting on all types of content, thank you!
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"I never got the full 99 seconds as there was a mix up with the timer. So I'm planning on re-doing this talk at TestBash Brighton 2025, ten years after my first attempt."
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Found an issue where unliking wasn't updating the button correctly.
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This badge is awarded to members who update their profile with a new photo.
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This badge is awarded to members who visit the Ministry of Testing site 404 times
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This badge is awarded to members who visit the Ministry of Testing site 99 times
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This badge is awarded to members who update their social links on their profile.
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This badge is awarded to members who add their pronouns to their member profile, helping create a more inclusive community.
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This badge is awarded to members who indicate they are open to work, writing, teaching, speaking, mentoring, CV reviewing or internships.
awarded Christine Pinto for:
Discovered that editing an observatory item didn't actually allow them to make updates.
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Sending team members to TestBash
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Are sending people to TestBash
awarded Aiman B T Syed for:
Discovered that their Open To settings had been changed. This was caused by a nightly job that should have been deactivated and hadn't been.
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Nice work on the simplified job board, both the view and the upload process. Let's hope it leads to more opportunities for more community members.
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Thanks for shipping the revamped Job Board!
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Birmingham, Bristol, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Nottingham, Oldham, Swansea
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Rabi'a Brown flagged an accessibility issue with the MoT password not being able to be seen (unmasked) and Andrew fixed it very quickly. Thanks Andrew!
awarded Raimund Due for:
Found an issue with the Continue section of the Learn page if someone is enrolled on a certification where there are no current lessons.
awarded Rodolphe HENRY for:
Notified us of a problem signing up with a private profile
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"99 Episodes and I've still not been to one. Sadly I'm out that day, so still won't have been to one."
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Thanks for shipping the comments for memories feature! 🤩
awarded Simon Tomes for:
For being the test subject of my MoTification changes
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This is a test for a new feature the awards community stars
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Earned through actions that have made the MoT Community a more pleasant and useful place to be.
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Achieving one or more Community Stars in five or more unique months
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Fixed a 'bug' to improve character account in MoT Profiles without me needing to get involved. 😃
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Was a professional member in 2025
Andrew Morton
MoT Developer
He/Him/His
Fell into testing after getting a temporary job doing UAT and discovered he was actually good at it. Moved into development after deciding that the best way to build quality in was to do it.
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Meet at MoTaCon 2026
