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A huge ‘thank you’ and a very sad farewell to Philip Hodgetts from the Cow
Hi All,
Well, as our 10 year anniversary of building media pros communities fast approaches, I look back and there has been one constant over the last decade that reaches all the way back to very beginnings of what would later grow into the Cow — that constant is Philip Hodgetts.
Philip has asked to step aside from the Cow forums leadership team due to the many duties he has to perform everyday in his multi-faceted business at Intelligent Assistance, the ProApp-Hub, his own productions and consulting and all the many other things that make up the life of someone as in-demand as Philip is today.
I have been putting this off as I really have not wanted to say my farewells to Philip as he was the second person to ever join the team of people who would one day give rise to the Cow. Back in June of 1995, it was Reg Harris who first joined me to roll out the first web-based attempt at building some semblance of community in a digital world. Not long after, Reg and I met Philip Hodgetts — whom we referred to as ‘The Affable Aussie” — and in July or August of 1995, Philip penned his first-ever web-based article for us which dealt with picture-in-picture effects using the old Nubus-based Media 100 systems. Little did any of us know what was ahead and what would be the outcome of all this.
Over the years, Philip has become one of the most respected people in this industry and teaches at seminars and conferences, has written books, created the Intelligent Assistants for products like BorisFX, After Effects, Media 100 and others, has built the ProApp-Hub.com site that helps Apple users make sense of the glut of information on the Net and there are many, many other things far too numerous to name here.
But one of the things which Kathlyn and I will always remember with gratitude and affection was that Philip walked away from our old site when he learned that we had been given the boot from it and that we’d no longer be involved. He left before we even had another site going and when we built the Cow, he came here and joined us when all we had was 30 or so empty rooms that were our forums at the time. While some of our friends stayed behind at our old site because it looked like we were whipped and they wanted to keep their positions of leadership — Philip immediately resigned (as did many of our friends) and he never looked back. He was at the front of the line when we announced we’d try again with a site we’d call “Creative Cow.” He laughed at the name when we told him and thought it was cool. Philip has a huge laugh and anyone that knows him knows what a great sense of humour he has.
So, Philip, I hope you know how much we’ve appreciated working with you over the years. Kathlyn and I will always be grateful for your friendship, loyalty and support. You have become one of the most respected people in this industry for good reason and we will miss working with you. We wish you and Gregg the very best always and we want you to know that this has been a decade for which we are indeed most grateful and that you have been a wonderful part of it all and we will miss you in the Cow and hope that as you have time, you will swing by and be a part of the community that you have contributed so much to over the last 10 years.
With love, friendship and respect and the best to you for your future success,
Ron & Kathlyn Lindeboom
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Philip, your excellent advice and sense of humor will be sorely missed by this Cow denizen.
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Mark Spencer
Freelance Editor/Producer
Apple-certified instructor, Final Cut Pro and Motion
Author, Motion Visual Quickstart Guide from Peachpit Press (coming soon)
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Wishing Philip and the good Dr. all the very best in the future, and must add to the laments that Philip will be gone form the COW. It was Philip who helped me get started with FCP, and I’ve never looked back. Thanks for the past, and all the best for the future.
Jerry
Apple Certified Trainer
Author: “Jerry Hofmann on Final Cut Pro 4” Click here
Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Systems Array UL3D
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You just can’t say it much better than our esteemed head bovine, Ron Lindeboom. Philip it’s been a pleasure to “hang my head” alongside yours for the past three years or so and I wish you nothing but the best as you move forward with your business.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Creative Genius, Biscardi Creative Media
https://www.biscardicreative.comNow in Production, “The Rough Cut,” https://www.theroughcutmovie.com
“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters
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It’s sad to learn that someone like Philip, who clearly knows so much more than I do, won’t be around! He probably doesn’t know but I’ve learned from him for years and years.
Adolfo Rozenfeld
Buenos Aires – Argentina
https://www.adolforozenfeld.com
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Thanks Ron and everyone for the kind words. It’s been an honor and a privilege to hang out here and I know the COW will continue to grow and develop as Ron and Kathlyn’s vision comes to fruition.
Cheers guys and gals. I will be around, but not as often and as consistently as I have been.
If I can be of help directly, shoot me an email at philip@intelligentassistance.com.Philip
Philip Hodgetts
https://www.proapps-hub.com
The ProApp-Hub: The convenient way to the best of what’s free and everything else you need to be productive and creative with Apple’s Professional audio and video ApplicationsDownload Now proapps-hub
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Excellent work as always and glad things are busy Philip! Hope to get the same way someday. 🙂
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