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# Appreciating the appreciation
- URL: https://www.kenst.com/appreciating-the-appreciation/
- Published: 2017-12-24T21:53:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-06-09T21:35:19.000Z
- Author: Chris Kenst
- Tags: Conference, Community, Testing

This month I’ve gotten several compliments and positive feedback on how [TestingConferences.org](http://testingconferences.org/?ref=kenst.com) has helped them. Some have been speakers, some participants looking for a conference and others have been conference organizers.

It’’s a pretty amazing feeling when (in this case) multiple people say they’ve gotten use or value from something I created. Especially since this is a side project I developed to help me learn. I introduced TC.org in October of 2015 with [this blog post](http://www.kenst.com/2015/10/introducing-testingconferences-org/) and since then it has grown to the top of Google’s organic search results for many software and testing conference related searches. Even though I can see the numbers having specific people confirm they are getting value is quite nice.

In other words I appreciate the appreciation. I appreciate that human touch. This is something I intend to do more often in 2018: Thank people directly when I get value from their work.