[NFBSATX] Fwd: iBUG Today Events for January
Wendy Walker
wenintex at gmail.com
Sun Jan 1 23:09:44 UTC 2023
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Michael McCulloch <mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2023 11:19:19 -0600
Subject: [NFBT] Fwd: iBUG Today Events for January
To: Michael McCulloch <mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com>
View this email in your browser
<https://mailchi.mp/986194d3c121/ibug-today-events-for-january?e=9fe0993fee>
[image: iBUG logo]
The upcoming free iBUG training and social events for January are listed
below. Note: all times listed are Central Time (US). The events may be
navigated by headings with your screen reader. All events are available on
the iBUG Zoom conference platform unless otherwise noted.
To join the Zoom conference:
https://zoom.us/j/7428486329?pwd=M003RmZaa3pTbWRlZ00xbSs4YTlmUT09
<https://ibugtoday.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4df096a1d765624b3d7355cf9&id=ad40643d3e&e=9fe0993fee>
One tap mobile from a smartphone: +13462487799,,7428486329#*,,,,*369978#*
US
Dial from a phone: +1 346 248 7799 US
Meeting ID: 742 848 6329, Password: 369978
To receive email notifications of upcoming training session and social
events via email, please subscribe to the iBUG mailing list at the
following link:
https://ibugtoday.com/join-ibug
<https://ibugtoday.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4df096a1d765624b3d7355cf9&id=b2728c4c07&e=9fe0993fee>
*Event:* iBUG Mac Buzz on Clubhouse *Date of Event:* Tuesday, January
3, 2023
*Time*: 5:00 to 6:00 PM
*Details*: Mac Buzz on Clubhouse is a free Q&A help session for anyone
with MacOS and Mac hardware accessibility questions or issues. Mac Buzz is
facilitated by advanced iBUG member, Herbie Allen. You may join us on
Clubhouse using the following link: iBUG Today, Inc.
<https://ibugtoday.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4df096a1d765624b3d7355cf9&id=98b7102476&e=9fe0993fee>
*Contact Name*: Herbie Allen
*Contact Email*: herbie.allen at gmail.com
*Event:* iBUG Trekkie Talk: Star Trek – The Next Generation, S5E20,
S5E21 *Date of Event:* Thursday, January 5, 2023
*Time*: 8:00 to 9:30 PM
*Details*: Join our discussion group to pre-watch and then meet to
discuss the Star Trek episodes. The iBUG Trekkie Talk discussion group is
facilitated by iBUG members Kenny Norton and Jody Ianuzzi. Everyone
(including non-Trekkies) is welcome to participate. For more info about
Trekkie Talk, please visit the iBUG Trekkie Talk website:
https://www.ibugtoday.com/trekkie-talk/
<https://ibugtoday.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4df096a1d765624b3d7355cf9&id=f63af342b4&e=9fe0993fee>
*Contact Name*: Sandhya Rao
*Contact Email*: sraotexas at gmail.com
*Event:* iBUG Unplugged: Be Your Best Self in 2023 *Date of
Event:* Saturday,
January 7, 2023
*Time*: 8:00 to 10:00 PM
*Details*: What one word describes the desire for your life in
2023? What will you change in 2023 from what you did in 2022? Is there
someplace you would like to visit in 2023? What do you think 2023 will
bring? This month, we will explore the answers to these and other
questions to set you on your way to becoming your best self for the new
year. You are invited to join us for the next episode of iBUG Unplugged
for an informal conversation with iBUG members and friends. This iBUG
Unplugged conversation will be facilitated by Michael McCulloch.
*Contact Name*: Michael McCulloch
*Contact Email*: mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com
*Event:* iBUG Café *Date of Event:* Sunday, January 8, 2023
*Time*: 4:00 to 6:00 PM
*Details*: Join us for this free "deep dive" training session on the
Apple Watch accessibility features to gain a hands-on, working
understanding and utilization of the apps. The iBUG Café training
session is facilitated by advanced iBUG member, Sree Roy.
*Contact Name*: Sree Roy
*Contact Email*: sreebroy1 at outlook.com
*Event:* iBUG Mini-Buzz on Clubhouse *Date of Event:* Tuesday, January
10, 2023
*Time*: 5:00 to 6:00 PM
*Details*: This free Q&A help session is for anyone with iOS and iDevice
(iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV) accessibility questions or issues.
The iBUG Mini-Buzz is facilitated by Michael McCulloch and Sandhya Rao. You
may join us on Clubhouse using the following link: iBUG Today, Inc.
<https://ibugtoday.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4df096a1d765624b3d7355cf9&id=70a52d5e89&e=9fe0993fee>
*Contact Name*: Sandhya Rao
*Contact Email*: sraotexas at gmail.com
*Event:* iBUG VILA Book Club *Date of Event:* Thursday, January 12,
2023
*Time*: 6:30 to 7:45 PM
*Details*: Join us to discuss and critique this month’s featured
reading:
Fortunate Son, Walter Mosley,DB62769.
Los Angeles-stepbrothers, Tommy and Eric are separated when their makeshift
family disintegrates. Sickly, African-American Tommy, ends on the streets
dealing drugs while white doctor’s son Eric lives a prosperous but empty
life. Years later, tragedy reunites them. (9 hours, 26 minutes)
Facilitator: Ethel Reid
*Contact Name*: Michael McCulloch
*Contact Email*: mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com
*Event:* iBUG Mac Buzz on Clubhouse *Date of Event:* Tuesday, January
17, 2023
*Time*: 5:00 to 6:00 PM
*Details*: Mac Buzz on Clubhouse is a free Q&A help session for anyone
with MacOS and Mac hardware accessibility questions or issues. Mac Buzz is
facilitated by advanced iBUG member, Herbie Allen. You may join us on
Clubhouse using the following link: iBUG Today, Inc.
<https://ibugtoday.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4df096a1d765624b3d7355cf9&id=30f0657e66&e=9fe0993fee>
*Contact Name*: Herbie Allen
*Contact Email*: herbie.allen at gmail.com
*Event:* iBUG Android Insight *Date of Event:* Wednesday, January
18, 2023
*Time*: 7:00 to 8:30 PM
*Details*: Do you want to know about the accessibility features of
Android devices? Do you want to know how Android devices are different from
Apple devices? Do you want to become more proficient using an Android
device? If you answered “yes” to any of the above questions, then come
join us for our free iBUG Android Insight training session, facilitated by
iBUG advanced members, Ava Carruth and Harshid Trivedi. Android Insight is
open to anyone desiring to become more proficient with the accessibility
features on various Android devices.
*Contact Name*: Ava Carruth
*Contact Email: *avacarruth3 at outlook.com
*Event:* iBUG Trekkie Talk: Star Trek – The Next Generation, S5E22,
S5E23 *Date of Event:* Thursday, January 19, 2023
*Time*: 8:00 to 9:30 PM
*Details*: Join our discussion group to pre-watch and then meet to
discuss the Star Trek episodes. The iBUG Trekkie Talk discussion group is
facilitated by iBUG members Kenny Norton and Jody Ianuzzi. Everyone
(including non-Trekkies) is welcome to participate. For more info about
Trekkie Talk, please visit the iBUG Trekkie Talk website:
https://www.ibugtoday.com/trekkie-talk/
<https://ibugtoday.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4df096a1d765624b3d7355cf9&id=774769905f&e=9fe0993fee>
*Contact Name*: Sandhya Rao
*Contact Email*: sraotexas at gmail.com
*Event:* iBUG Mini-Buzz on Clubhouse *Date of Event:* Tuesday, January
24, 2023
*Time*: 5:00 to 6:00 PM
*Details*: This free Q&A help session is for anyone with iOS and iDevice
(iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV) accessibility questions or issues.
The iBUG Mini-Buzz is facilitated by Michael McCulloch and Sandhya Rao. You
may join us on Clubhouse using the following link: iBUG Today, Inc.
<https://ibugtoday.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4df096a1d765624b3d7355cf9&id=248b789a84&e=9fe0993fee>
*Contact Name*: Sandhya Rao
*Contact Email*: sraotexas at gmail.com
*Event:* iBUG Mac-N-Talk *Date of Event:* Tuesday, January 24, 2023
*Time*: 7:00 to 8:30 PM
*Details*: Are you thinking about getting a Mac? Are you wondering if you
will be able to learn the MacOS on your own? Do you have issues or
questions about the accessibility features of your Mac? If you answered
“Yes” to any of these questions, you should join us for the free iBUG
Mac-N-Talk training session facilitated by advanced iBUG member, Chanelle
Allen.
*Contact Name*: Chanelle Allen
*Contact Email*: chanellem.allen at gmail.com
*Event:* It’s iBUG’s Life: Come on Baby, Light My Fire *Date of Event:*
Wednesday, January 26, 2023
*Time*: 7:00 to 9:00 PM
*Details*: It’s iBUG’s Life is a conversation on independent living and
various life skills issues, adaptations, and tips for the blind. This
month’s interactive and engaging training session will explore how to
safely light a fireplace, hot water heater, furnace, etc. as a blind
person. It’s iBUG’s Life is facilitated by iBUG member, George Battiste.
*Contact Name*: Michael McCulloch
*Contact Email*: mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com
*Event:* iBUG Apple Workshop *Date of Event:* Saturday, January 28,
2023
*Time*: 2:00 to 4:00 PM
*Details*: The iBUG Apple Workshop explores all things from the
Apple-verse. Join us for this free training session to learn more about
the iOS and macOS accessibility features of Apple products. The iBUG Apple
Workshop is facilitated by Michael McCulloch and Sandhya Rao.
*Contact Name*: Michael McCulloch
*Contact Email*: mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com
*Event:* iBUG Buzz *Date of Event:* Weekly – Mondays
*Time*: 7:00 to 9:00 PM
*Details*: This free weekly Q&A help session is for anyone with iOS and
iDevice (iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV) accessibility questions or
issues. The first 45 minutes are dedicated to the beginner or novice
user.
*Contact Name*: Sandhya Rao
*Contact Email*: sraotexas at gmail.com
*Event:* iBUG Buzz Radio Program *Date of Event:* Weekly
*Time*: Wednesday, 1:30 PM, rebroadcast the following Tuesday, 5:30 PM
and Wednesday, 5:30 AM, or On Demand
*Details*: A weekly half-hour condensed highlights version of the Monday
night iBUG Buzz Q&A help session covering common accessibility questions
and issues with iOS and iDevices (iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Apple
TV). Also, apps useful to the blind and visually impaired are
demonstrated. Listen via Sight into Sound Radio, using the special digital
receivers from Sight into Sound, Sero app on your smart phone or via the
internet by going to the Sight into Sound website at the following link and
select the "Tune in Now" button at the times indicated above or on demand
by selecting the “Podcast” button: http://www.sightintosound.org
<https://ibugtoday.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4df096a1d765624b3d7355cf9&id=8d6d4ca36f&e=9fe0993fee>
*Contact Name*: Michael McCulloch
*Contact Email*: mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com
*Event:* iBUG Night at the Virtual Movies *Date of Event:* Weekly –
Fridays
*Time*: 7:30 PM pre-movie social time, movie starts at 8:00 PM
*Details*: To bring old friends together and to meet new ones, we have
created iBUG Night at the Virtual Movies on Friday evenings. We meet prior
to the film for a pre-movie social with song games, jokes and more. The
movies are the audio track (no video) with audio description. Discussion
and movie trivia will follow immediately after the movie. Visit our website
to check out the movie feature of the week:
https://ibugtoday.com/virtual-movies
<https://ibugtoday.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4df096a1d765624b3d7355cf9&id=1f7882283e&e=9fe0993fee>
This
presentation by iBUG Today is for the blind and visually impaired and is
produced and distributed exclusively for use by blind, visually impaired,
or physically disabled individuals under the authority of Section 121 of
Title 17 of the United States Code, or with permission of the copyright
owner(s).
*Contact Name*: Sandhya Rao
*Contact Email*: sraotexas at gmail.com
*Event:* iBUG Buzz, iBUG Apple Workshop, iBUG Café, iBUG Mac-N-Talk and
iBUG Android Insight Podcasts *Date of Event:* On Demand
*Details*: To review a past iBUG training session, check out our podcasts
of the various weekly and monthly sessions. Available on Apple, Spotify,
Google and Alexa by asking your voice assistant to play the latest iBUG
Buzz, iBUG Apple Workshop, iBUG Café, iBUG Mac-N-Talk or iBUG Android
Insight Podcast. Also available on your favorite podcast app by subscribing
to the appropriate iBUG podcast.
*Contact Name*: Michael McCulloch
*Contact Email*: mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com
*Event:* iBUG Buzz, iBUG Apple Workshop, iBUG Café, iBUG Mac-N-Talk and
iBUG Android Insight on YouTube *Date of Event:* On Demand
*Details*: Did you miss the latest iBUG training session? Do you want to
review a past training session? Are you looking for an alternative way to
listen to the iBUG training sessions other than the iBUG Today website
archives?
If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, then you are in luck. iBUG
Today’s training sessions are also available on YouTube. There are separate
playlists on the iBUG Today YouTube channel for the iBUG Buzz, iBUG Apple
Workshop, iBUG Café, iBUG Mac-N-Talk and iBUG Android Insight training
sessions. *You may use the following link to access the* iBUG Today
YouTube channel
<https://ibugtoday.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4df096a1d765624b3d7355cf9&id=07298110dd&e=9fe0993fee>*.
Please select the subscribe button and then select the notification bell to
receive notifications when the latest training session has been uploaded.*
*Contact Name*: Michael McCulloch
*Contact Email*: mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com
Be an Active Part of the iBUG Story If you, a family member, or a
business that you frequent would like to further our mission, please
consider becoming a volunteer or making a tax-deductible donation at the
following link: https://ibugtoday.com/donate
<https://ibugtoday.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4df096a1d765624b3d7355cf9&id=7499098dfd&e=9fe0993fee>
Regards,
The iBUG Today Team
*Empowering the Blind Through Accessible Technology Training*
*Email: ibugtoday at gmail.com <ibugtoday at gmail.com>*
*Website: **www.ibugtoday.org*
<https://ibugtoday.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4df096a1d765624b3d7355cf9&id=6428190fec&e=9fe0993fee>
*Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/ibugtoday/
<https://ibugtoday.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4df096a1d765624b3d7355cf9&id=082a9c5590&e=9fe0993fee>*
*Twitter: @ibugtoday*
[image: Twitter]
<https://ibugtoday.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4df096a1d765624b3d7355cf9&id=903e6dc56d&e=9fe0993fee>
[image: Facebook]
<https://ibugtoday.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4df096a1d765624b3d7355cf9&id=c975ba323f&e=9fe0993fee>
[image: Website]
<https://ibugtoday.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4df096a1d765624b3d7355cf9&id=06ca1ce5a7&e=9fe0993fee>
*Copyright © 2023 iBUG Today, All rights reserved.*
--
National Federation of the Blind of Texas
"Live the life you want."
---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google
Groups "Members" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send
an email to member+unsubscribe at nfbtx.org.
To view this discussion on the web visit
https://groups.google.com/a/nfbtx.org/d/msgid/member/CANPAw5pwSpOAxOm44hJweaY7bbBSkSu6esfDVwEPMW_L2AFmqw%40mail.gmail.com.
More information about the NFBSATX
mailing list