[NFBSATX] FW: [NFBT] iBUG Today Events for February
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Subject: [NFBT] Fwd: iBUG Today Events for February
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The upcoming free iBUG training and social events for February are listed below. Note: all times listed are Central Time (U.S.). The events may be navigated by headings with your screen reader. All events are available on the iBUG Zoom conference platform unless otherwise noted.
Please note the following iBUG Today program changes effective January 1, 2025.
1. Trekkie Talk will take place on the first and third Thursdays at 7:00 to 8:30 PM and will feature discussion on the Star Trek – Voyager TV series.
2. iBUG Mini-Buzz on the second and fourth Tuesdays at 5:00 to 6:00 PM will feature Q&A on hardware and accessories that connect to iOS devices such as smart glasses and other wearables, smart things in the home, external chargers, speakers, etc. iOS Q&A will be held during the iBUG Buzz on Mondays, 7:00 PM.
3. iBUG Mac-N-Talk will take place on the fourth Tuesdays at 7:00 to 9:00 PM (program extended a half hour on a trial basis).
4. iBUG Unplugged will start one hour earlier at 7:00 to 9:00 PM on the first Saturdays of the month.
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Event: iBUG Café
Date of Event: Sunday, February 2, 2025 (note date change for this month only)
Time: 4:00 to 5:30 PM
Details: Join us for this free "deep dive" training session covering an introduction to the Glide, a pioneering AI-powered mobility aid designed to help people who are blind or have low vision navigate. The presentation will cover features and functionality, outdoor and indoor navigation, connectivity, battery and more. The iBUG Café training session is facilitated by advanced iBUG member, Sree Roy.
Contact Name: Sree Roy
Contact Email: <mailto:sreebroy1 at outlook.com> sreebroy1 at outlook.com
Event: iBUG Mac Buzz
Date of Event: Tuesday, February 4, 2025
Time: 5:00 to 6:00 PM
Details: Mac Buzz 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.
Contact Name: Herbie Allen
Contact Email: <mailto:herbie.allen at gmail.com> herbie.allen at gmail.com
Event: iBUG Trekkie Talk: Star Trek – Voyager, S1E5, S1E6
Date of Event: Thursday, February 6, 2025
Time: 7:00 to 8:30 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://ibugtoday.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4df096a1d765624b3d7355cf9&id=11beddde58&e=9fe0993fee> https://ibugtoday.org/social
Contact Name: Sandhya Rao
Contact Email: sraotexas at gmail.com <mailto:sraotexas at gmail.com>
Event: iBUG Unplugged: Journey to Greatness Despite Blindness
Date of Event: Saturday, February 8, 2025 (note date change for this month only)
Time: 7:00 to 9:00 PM
Details: You are invited to join us for another episode of iBUG Unplugged. This month, our discussion centers around the TED Talk, Blind Ambition—Journey to Greatness Despite Blindness, and observes Black History Month. The discussion for this month’s iBUG Unplugged will be hosted by iBUG member, George Battiste. We’d love to hear your thoughts!
Facilitator: Intesar Duncan
Contact Name: Michael McCulloch
Contact Email: mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com <mailto:mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com>
Event: iBUG Mini-Buzz
Date of Event: Tuesday, February 11, 2025
Time: 5:00 to 6:00 PM
Details: This free Q&A help session is for anyone with questions or issues about hardware and accessories that connect to iOS devices such as smart glasses and other wearables, smart things in the home, external chargers, speakers, etc. The iBUG Mini-Buzz is facilitated by Brad Snyder and Michael McCulloch.
Contact Name: Michael McCulloch
Contact Email: <mailto:mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com> mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com
Event: iBUG VILA Book Club
Date of Event: Thursday, February 13, 2025
Time: 6:30 to 8:00 PM
Details: Join us to discuss and critique this month’s featured reading:
The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon, DB117781
Maine, 1789: When the Kennebec River freezes, entombing a man in the ice, Martha Ballard is summoned to examine the body and determine cause of death. As a midwife and healer, she is privy to much of what goes on behind closed doors in Hallowell. Her diary is a record of every birth and death, crime and debacle that unfolds in the close-knit community. Months earlier, Martha documented the details of an alleged rape committed by two of the town's most respected gentlemen-one of whom has now been found dead in the ice. But when a local physician undermines her conclusion, declaring the death to be an accident, Martha is forced to investigate the shocking murder on her own. Over the course of one winter, as the trial nears, and whispers and prejudices mount, Martha doggedly pursues the truth. Her diary soon lands at the center of the scandal, implicating those she loves, and compelling Martha to decide where her own loyalties lie. 15 hours, 8 minutes
Facilitator: Gail Greenberg
Contact Name: Michael McCulloch
Contact Email: mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com <mailto:mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com>
Event: iBUG Mac Buzz
Date of Event: Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Time: 5:00 to 6:00 PM
Details: Mac Buzz 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.
Contact Name: Herbie Allen
Contact Email: herbie.allen at gmail.com <mailto:herbie.allen at gmail.com>
Event: iBUG Android Insight
Date of Event: Wednesday, February 19, 2025
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: <mailto:avacarruth3 at outlook.com> avacarruth3 at outlook.com
Event: iBUG Trekkie Talk: Star Trek – Voyager, S1E7, S1E8
Date of Event: Thursday, February 20, 2025
Time: 7:00 to 8:30 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://ibugtoday.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4df096a1d765624b3d7355cf9&id=6ac5073e88&e=9fe0993fee> https://ibugtoday.org/social
Contact Name: Sandhya Rao
Contact Email: <mailto:sraotexas at gmail.com> sraotexas at gmail.com
Event: iBUG Apple Workshop
Date of Event: Saturday, February 22, 2025
Time: 2:00 to 4:00 PM
Details: You are invited to the upcoming iBUG Apple Workshop which explores all things from the Apple-verse. Join us for this free training session for the latest news/rumors, app demos, and learn more about the accessibility features of Apple products. The iBUG Apple Workshop is facilitated by Michael McCulloch and Sandhya Rao.
Contact Name: Michael McCulloch
Contact Email: <mailto:mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com> mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com
Event: iBUG Mini-Buzz
Date of Event: Tuesday, February 25, 2025
Time: 5:00 to 6:00 PM
Details: This free Q&A help session is for anyone with questions or issues about hardware and accessories that connect to iOS devices such as smart glasses and other wearables, smart things in the home, external chargers, speakers, etc.. The iBUG Mini-Buzz is facilitated by Brad Snyder and Michael McCulloch.
Contact Name: Michael McCulloch
Contact Email: <mailto:mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com> mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com
Event: iBUG Mac-N-Talk
Date of Event: Tuesday, February 25, 2025
Time: 7:00 to 9:00 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 members, Chanelle and Herbie Allen.
Contact Name: Chanelle Allen
Contact Email: <mailto:chanellem.allen at gmail.com> chanellem.allen at gmail.com
Event: It’s iBUG’s Life: TBD
Date of Event: Thursday, February 27, 2025
Time: 7:00 to 9:00 PM
Details: Join iBUG facilitator, George Battiste, as he hosts another conversation on independent living and life skills issues, adaptations, and tips for the blind. This month’s free interactive and engaging discussion will focus on holiday decorating, gift wrapping, holiday music, etc.
Contact Name: Michael McCulloch
Contact Email: mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com <mailto:mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com>
Event: iBUG Mini-Buzz
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: <mailto:sraotexas at gmail.com> sraotexas at gmail.com
Event: iBUG After Buzz
Date of Event: Weekly – Mondays
Time: 9:00 to 11:00 PM
Details: This forum is intended to be a relaxed, casual and safe space to share events in our daily lives. Topics may range from simple ways to accomplish daily tasks to taking exotic or adventurous trips. Topics that are off limits include, but are not limited to those related to politics, religion and technology involving iBUG training. The meeting is open to everyone, however only those who are logged in prior to the start time will be admitted.
Contact Name: Sandhya Rao
Contact Email: <mailto:sraotexas at gmail.com> sraotexas at gmail.com
Event: iBUG Buzz Radio Program
Date of Event: Weekly
Time: Thursdays, 9:30 AM, rebroadcast the following Tuesdays, 5:00 PM, or On Demand (see link below)
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: <https://ibugtoday.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4df096a1d765624b3d7355cf9&id=011463f48c&e=9fe0993fee> http://www.sightintosound.org
Contact Name: Michael McCulloch
Contact Email: mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com <mailto:mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com>
Event: iBUG Night at the Virtual Movies
Date of Event: Weekly – Fridays
Time: 7:15 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 plenty of argle-bargle. The movies are the audio track (no video) with audio description. Discussion and movie trivia will follow immediately after the movie. Visit our website each week to check out the movie feature: <https://ibugtoday.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4df096a1d765624b3d7355cf9&id=34ed0b2eb3&e=9fe0993fee> https://ibugtoday.org/movie-nights. 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: <mailto:sraotexas at gmail.com> 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 <mailto:mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com>
Event: iBUG Buzz, iBUG Apple Workshop, iBUG Café, iBUG Mac-N-Talk, iBUG Android Insight, and It’s iBUG’s Life 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, iBUG Android Insight, and It’s iBUG’s Life sessions. You may use the following link to access the <https://ibugtoday.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4df096a1d765624b3d7355cf9&id=a4b50ba96a&e=9fe0993fee> iBUG Today YouTube channel. 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 <mailto:mdmcculloch1 at gmail.com>
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