Upcoming Events
The upcoming free iBUG training and social events for April 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.
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Event: iBUG $500 Tech Shopping Spree
Date of Event: April 1 to May 24, 2024
Details: How would you like to go on a $500 shopping spree to get that new smart speaker, headphones, charger, keyboard, or other tech device? For a donation of only $10, you will be entered into iBUG Today’s drawing for a $500 Gift Card to your choice of the Apple, Google, or Amazon Store to use any way you like. Increase your chances by purchasing 6 tickets for $50!
iBUG will be holding the drawing at our 13th Anniversary iBUG Apple Workshop on May 25, 2024, 2:00 to 4:00 PM Central Time. Winner need not be present.
Purchase tickets via the following methods. Be sure to include your phone number, email, and the words "iBUG Shopping Spree" in the notes section of your payment.
1. Credit card, debit card or PayPal® account
2. Square Cash App on your smartphone ($iBUGToday)
3. Send check or money order to: iBUG Today, 4719 Caroline St, Houston, TX 77004.
Contact Name: Michael McCulloch
Contact Email: mdmcculloch1@gmail.com
Event: iBUG Mac Buzz
Date of Event: Tuesday, April 2, 2024
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. Note: iBUG Mac Buzz has moved from the Clubhouse app to the iBUG Zoom platform.
Contact Name: Herbie Allen
Contact Email: herbie.allen@gmail.com
Event: iBUG Trekkie Talk: Star Trek – Deep Space 9, S1E3, S1E4
Date of Event: Thursday, April 4, 2024
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/
Contact Name: Sandhya Rao
Contact Email: sraotexas@gmail.com
Event: iBUG Unplugged: Melodies and Memories – The 50s to the Present
Date of Event: April 6, 2024
Time: 8:00 to 10:00 PM
Details: What’s your favorite song? Your favorite artist or group? Come join us for this month’s episode of iBUG Unplugged to test your memory of music from the 50’s to the present, while bringing back warm recollections of family, friendship, and love. It will be a time for fun, camaraderie and relaxation as we play music trivia and Name That Tune games. This iBUG Unplugged conversation will be facilitated by guest host, Pete Lane.
Contact Name: Michael McCulloch
Contact Email: mdmcculloch1@gmail.com
Event: iBUG Mini-Buzz
Date of Event: Tuesday, April 9, 2024
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. Note: iBUG Mini-Buzz has moved from the Clubhouse app to the iBUG Zoom platform.
Contact Name: Sandhya Rao
Contact Email: sraotexas@gmail.com
Event: iBUG VILA Book Club
Date of Event: Thursday, April 11, 2024
Time: 6:30 to 8:00 PM
Details: Join us to discuss and critique this month’s featured reading:
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine: A Novel by Gail Honeyman, DB87829
Socially awkward and perpetually cranky, Eleanor works a boring office job and avoids dealing with other people whenever possible. She begins to open up after she develops a crush on a local musician and also becomes friendly with Raymond, the new IT guy. 11 hours, 3 minutes
Facilitator: Sarah Potek
Contact Name: Michael McCulloch
Contact Email: mdmcculloch1@gmail.com
Event: iBUG Café
Date of Event: Sunday, April 14, 2024
Time: 4:00 to 5:30 PM
Details: Join us for this free "deep dive" training session on the iOS Facebook app. The iBUG Café training session is facilitated by advanced iBUG member, Sree Roy.
Contact Name: Sree Roy
Contact Email: sreebroy1@outlook.com
Event: iBUG Mac Buzz
Date of Event: Tuesday, April 16, 2024
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. Note: iBUG Mac Buzz has moved from the Clubhouse app to the iBUG Zoom platform.
Contact Name: Herbie Allen
Contact Email: herbie.allen@gmail.com
Event: iBUG Android Insight
Date of Event: Wednesday, April 17, 2024
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@outlook.com
Event: iBUG Trekkie Talk: Star Trek – Deep Space 9, S1E5, S1E6
Date of Event: Thursday, April 18, 2024
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/
Contact Name: Sandhya Rao
Contact Email: sraotexas@gmail.com
Event: iBUG Mini-Buzz
Date of Event: Tuesday, April 23, 2024
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. Note: iBUG Mini-Buzz has moved from the Clubhouse app to the iBUG Zoom platform.
Contact Name: Sandhya Rao
Contact Email: sraotexas@gmail.com
Event: iBUG Mac-N-Talk
Date of Event: Tuesday, April 23, 2024
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@gmail.com
Event: It’s iBUG’s Life
Date of Event: Thursday, April 25, 2024
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. It’s iBUG’s Life is facilitated by iBUG members, George Battiste.
Contact Name: Michael McCulloch
Contact Email: mdmcculloch1@gmail.com
Event: iBUG Apple Workshop and iDinner
Date of Event: Saturday, April 27, 2024
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. In addition, for those in the Houston area, you are invited to join us at our monthly iDinner following the iBUG Apple Workshop, 5:30 to 7:30 PM, location TBD. RSVP required to Sandhya Rao, sraotexas@gmail.com by Noon, April 15. Dinner is self-pay.
Contact Name: Michael McCulloch
Contact Email: mdmcculloch1@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@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
Contact Name: Michael McCulloch
Contact Email: mdmcculloch1@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.com/virtual-movies 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@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@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. 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@gmail.com
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