[NFBCS] Bragging on Curtis and a General Thank You

Thu Oct 17 16:40:49 UTC 2024

Hi Maurice,

I will chime in on this question. VPNS are helpful, but I also have found in the past that they can interfere with things such as Zoom conversations. They do help protect, but I haven’t totally figured out how to deal with the downside of them disconnecting Zoom meetings.

Best Regards,

Michael Hingson

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Subject: Re: [NFBCS] Bragging on Curtis and a General Thank You

Good morning to my good friend Curtis Chong, I was about to add to all of the thank you Post thinking something scary might've happened to our friend and colleague. So it was good to see him explain the reasons why everyone was posting thank you emails.

Now a question for the list and I'm sure Curtis will chime in on this potentially is it a good practice to run a virtual private network either software or hardware or my case both. I found that by running one I ain't get fewer commercials commercials on the web, and or via spam and or fishing laden emails. So I think using a virtual private network set up has been very helpful. But is this real or is it just because it's made it tougher for the bad guys to actually do anything to mess with my set up somehow. Any thoughts? By the way for sake of clarity and faithfulness. Many on this list or Microsoft Windows users, I am a mac user for about 80% of my computer usage time. I do use Windows when I need to dictate things that are serious in terms of writing, some on this list no I have a written expression disorder. I can read fine I just cannot spell to save my life says a very strange testing many years ago.

Be well everyone and enjoy the rest of your Thursday. Catching up on things after spending quality time in San Francisco at the rideshare Raleigh.

Maurice A. Mines.
President National Federation of the blind deaf blind division.
Amateur radio call sign kd0iko.

PS please be aware that the text above has been dictated to the computer using Apple dictation system. There may in fact mistakes in the text above, yet there's something you truly don't understand please reach out to me and ask me what my original intent may have been. Thank you all very much for reading this email.

On Oct 17, 2024, at 15:34, Curtis Chong via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org<mailto:nfbcs at nfbnet.org>> wrote:

Good morning everyone:

I very much appreciate the positive comments posted on this list from Joe, Michael, and others. Although I do feel quite flattered, may I say that Harry Staley, my co-participant on the panel, as a working I.T. professional himself who has been (as it were) in the trenches contributed a lot more in terms of practical suggestions and real-world experience to this presentation. I am glad that the people who are coming up are like Harry. May I also point out that Harry Staley is, himself, an NFB scholarship winner, having been awarded the big scholarship at our 2018 national convention.

Warm regards,

Curtis Chong

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Subject: [NFBCS] Bragging on Curtis and a General Thank You

I want to take a moment to brag on one of our fellow subscribers. Curtis Chong generously gave up his evening today to talk to my high school and college mentoring students about technology options, how to advocate for them, and the essentials of using them. His responses were thorough, thoughtful, and absolutely relevant to their experiences. I mean, the guy still sounds like he did 25 years ago and is clearly every bit as sharp as he was back then. I don’t know if Harry Staley is subscribed here or not, but he was the younger representative and was just as potent at his wiser co-panelist.

I share this with the list, because last summer I requested people who would be willing to provide informational interviews to some of my students. I had more than a handful of volunteers. We had logistical issues crop up, but I still have those messages and will be following up again in the near future.

It’s a beautiful thing when working professionals give of their time to give advice to the younger generation, particularly in a field as critical as computer science and information technology. I am very grateful for the offline support like what our mentoring program experienced this evening and for the excellent support exchanged here on the list on a daily basis.

Very grateful,

Joe

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