Acknowledged

Today I manned G Element's booth at BroadcastAsia 2008 (I'm working at G Element). I honestly did not look forward to it because my experience on the first day of the event (Tuesday) was rather disappointing. We (2 of my bosses and I) presented to so many people who are too high up in management that they don't appreciate our exhibit. This is understandable; but it doesn't change the fact that it's very disappointing to present something I believe in to people who don't appreciate it.

Today, however, was surprisingly good. A lot of people who do technical things (who, I suppose, are relatively low in their respective management hierarchy). My first moment of relief was when I presented to a bunch of NUS (National University of Singapore) students. I don't know if they actually study Computer Science or programming, but it was great to hear "Wow, it's 3D application running on a browser!" It was as great an acknowledgment as I can possibly expect. Indeed, it is not trivial to run 3D application on a web browser (it's true that there are plugins like Unity and Google Earth, but the thing we are developing is our own 3D plugin).
After that, I felt like I was set free somehow. I can't help being excited when presenting for the rest of the day. I didn't even mind when some people obviously didn't fully understand (i.e. what happened in the first day).

Another great moment was when a visitor muttered, "Impressive..." Maybe it was an involuntary word from him, but to me it meant a lot. Someone else acknowledged what I believe in. That felt really good.