Dear AppleVis Community,
At his request, I wanted to provide you an update on AppleVis' Founder and Editor-in-Chief, David Goodwin; as well as the future of AppleVis.
As many of you already know, David Goodwin founded AppleVis in July 2010. Since that first day, David has worked tirelessly, day in and day out, to develop and maintain the AppleVis website. While myself and the rest of the AppleVis Editorial Team have supported David with the daily operations of the site, David has been the driving force behind the website--both in terms of the ideas and, on a more practical level, having sole responsibility for the technical implementation. AppleVis would not be here today were it not for David, and David has undertaken all of this work for the community on an entirely voluntary basis.
Early last week, David was hospitalized in the ICU due to a very serious and life-threatening medical issue. David was unresponsive for 8 days and almost died. We are relieved to share that he is now getting better, though he still has a long road to recovery ahead.
If you have emailed David within the last week and are still in need of assistance, please contact us using our Contact Form and another member of our Editorial Team will reach out to you.
Looking ahead, I want to be up front that right now, there are a lot of unknowns. As I mentioned previously, David took sole responsibility for the technical aspects of operating the AppleVis website. While this approach allowed for a founder's visionary leadership and rapid decision-making, it also now leaves us with a tremendous void and a lot of very important decisions that must be made. During this time, we kindly ask for and appreciate your patience as we do our best to continue day-to-day site operations and figure out what is next for AppleVis. We will update everyone when we have more information to share.
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All the best to david
Please take care and know that your work has become invaluable to so many people. Please be patient and kind with yourself.
Fight the good fight, David, and win.
Everything has been said, but, from the bottom of my heart, I wish you a speedy recovery.
Come back strong, David.
Thank you for everything that you have given us through all this time.
We need you.
My prayers for you and and excellent recovery.
Best wishes
Good to hear you are on the mend David. I joined AV in 2016 I think and can honestly say it has been extremely useful. Hopefully will continue for many more years with you involved.
Best wishes
Best wishes to you and your family at this difficult time David. Really glad you're on the road to recovering and here's to many more years to your good health.
Get well soon, David
Wish you a speedy recovery, hope to see you back in action soon!
All the best
wishes for a speedy recovery David.
Praying for David
Praying for healing and strength for David and all concerned. God speed. Thank you to David and all contributors to applevis as this site has been a valuable resource for assistive technology. Best wishes for the maintenance of this website no matter what the future holds.
i guess
Firstly my thoughts go out to David but then maybe on a secondary thought a backup plan should have been in place should someone, who does a lot of the back--end work fall ill? Just my thoughts.
Latest update?
Hey David. Thanks for your previous update. If your health and abilities allow it, do keep us updated. You have a whole community here wondering how you're doing.
@will
I'm sure/hope the team have a plan in place now, or at least they're looking into it.
Plans in place
I might be a naysayer, when I am I not, if i mention some nationality and their temper it seems I am. :) However, David's health and happiness come first. If there's a reason to worry we will. Until anyone knows better, let's just give David all the positive JuJu we can, not worrying about the future. I'm sure he's got a member or two who can at least keep the site active, should anything unthinkable occur. Here's to a faster recovery so you can keep the site as active and full of life as you are.
Wishing you a speedy recovery and prosperous health!
I hope that you’ll get well soon! You can do this!
your awesome dave
wishing you a speedy recovery as well. I come on here to discover new apps. Its so amazing. I love being able to use a mainstream device an i phone. This site is a great and valuable place, and I sure hope it stays that way
Wishing ya a speedy recovery…
Wishing ya a speedy recovery. I had friends who were in the ICU and almost didn't make it. Should ya need any help, I'm a web dev and do sysadmin stuff on a day to day bassist so don't hesitate to reach out if ya need volunteers to help out here. Again, wishing ya the best! God speed!