Brandon Kraft
Brandon Kraft
@kraft@kraft.blog

My life is an open-source book.

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Austin, TX

Education

B.A., Sociology with a minor in Science, Technology, and Society, 2010, The University of Texas at Austin

M.B.A., Business Analytics, 2024, Midwestern State University (TX)

  • a quick stop for a hot dog

    I was in Oklahoma last week checking out the Blanchard Relay for Life. While there, they had hotdogs and remembering this grand quest of mine, I asked someone connected to the event to try to sneak me one. She couldn’t and so I didn’t get a hotdog there. But, there was a Sonic’s down the…

  • saveplayers.com is online

    Well, the cat is out of the bag now. In Today’s Austin American-Statesman’s Metro section, an article discusses Player’s fight against UT’s efforts to claim their land. UT is intending on using Player’s for a parking garage. Michael and I have started working on a student movement aspect of Player’s efforts. We had talked to…

  • online privacy

    [Originally published related to INF312/STS311] Do you intend to change any of your current behaviors regarding your personal information as the result of what you have learned? Why or why not? For the most part, no. I already use a spam-friendly e-mail address for public postings and do what I can to restrict information being…

  • job hunting and blogs

    [Originally published related to INF312/STS311] According to Professor Elizabeth Lawley, it is almost standard practice for employers to do a Web search on job applicants. Assuming she is correct, what would a potential employer find out about you? Is your online presence an accurate reflection of the person you are? (and is that the person…

  • just playing around

    This is just a sandbox post to play with some new plugins I’m trying out on the site. I added a location plugin that adds the “from [location]” as part of the “posted” information after each post. If you click on the location, geourl will return with various websites that are located near me. I…

  • the classroom of tomorrow

    [Originally published related to INF312/STS311] A couple of nights ago, I attended my first “virtual class” for INF 312. The professor spoke to the students through a live video feed (either Real or Quicktime). The students interacted with each other and the professor by using a chat client. In this case, we used Blackboard‘s built-in…