Research and Ideas

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Research and Ideas is a personal Wiki belonging to Hugh Pickens that I use for some experiments in Knowledge Management and to expand some of my own articles from Wikipedia.

Contents 1 Barack Obama's Maternal Family lived in Ponca City, Oklahoma in the late 1940's 1.1 Obama's Mother in Ponca City 1.2 Obama's Grandmother in Ponca City 1.3 Obama's Grandfather in Ponca City 2 The Pioneer Woman Models Come Home 3 Peace Corps 3.1 Aaron Williams 3.2 Richard Holbrooke 3.3 Christopher Hill 3.4 Jon Carson 3.5 Tom Bissell 4 Slashdot and Wikipedia Research 4.1 Writing for Slashdot 4.2 Writing for Wikipedia 4.3 Diff Files for Selected Submissions 4.4 Story Stream 5 Expanded Wikipedia Biographies 6 Experimental Stories 7 Peace Corps Stories 7.1 Peace Corps Afghanistan 7.2 Peace Corps Georgia 7.3 Peace Corps Peru 8 Work in Progress 8.1 Cognitive Computers

Barack Obama's Maternal Family lived in Ponca City, Oklahoma in the late 1940's

Obama's Mother in Ponca City

• Stanley Ann Dunham

Obama's Grandmother in Ponca City

• Grandmother Madelyn Dunham

Obama's Grandfather in Ponca City

• Grandfather Stanley Dunham

The Pioneer Woman Models Come Home

• The Pioneer Woman Models Come Home

Peace Corps

Aaron Williams

• Peace Corps Director Aaron Williams - 18th Director of the Peace Corps

Richard Holbrooke

• Richard Holbrooke Former Morocco Peace Corps Country Director Richard Holbrooke - now Special Envoy for the President

Christopher Hill

• Christopher Hill Cameroon Returned Peace Corps volunteer Christopher Hill - now Ambassador to Iraq

Jon Carson

• Jon Carson Obama Campaign Field Director

Tom Bissell

• Tom Bissell - Writer and Returned Peace Corps Volunteer in Uzbekistan

Slashdot and Wikipedia Research

Writing for Slashdot

• Writing for Slashdot

Writing for Wikipedia

• Writing for Wikipedia

Diff Files for Selected Submissions

• We Rent Movies Single Source Submission

• Planck Telescope Multiple Source Submissions

Story Stream

• Slashdot Story Stream

Expanded Wikipedia Biographies

• Musician Esperanza Spalding
• Narrative Artist Marsha Hunt
• Musician Nkechi Ka Egenamba
• Painter Josué Sánchez
• Action Director Sam Brown

Experimental Stories

• Keep Your Domain Safe
• Can Time Slow Down?
• Does Active SETI Put Earth in Danger?
• Dog Height Censorship
• Domains May Disappear After Search
• Googling Yourself
• Google Street View Raises Privacy Concerns
• The Secret to Raising Smart Kids

Peace Corps Stories

Peace Corps Afghanistan

• Peace Corps Afghanistan: Pre-2001
• Peace Corps Afghanistan: 2001
• Peace Corps Afghanistan: 2002
• Peace Corps Afghanistan: 2003
• Peace Corps Afghanistan: 2004
• Peace Corps Afghanistan: 2005
• Peace Corps Afghanistan: 2006
• Peace Corps Afghanistan: 2007
• Peace Corps Afghanistan: 2008
• Peace Corps Afghanistan: RPCVs
• Morocco RPCV Sarah Chayes works in Afghanistan
• RPCV Thomas Gouttierre is Director of the Center for Afghanistan Studies at the University of Nebraska

Peace Corps Georgia

• Peace Corps Georgia
• Peace Corps Georgia: Evacuation in 2008

Peace Corps Peru

• Peace Corps Peru: Pre-2001
• Peace Corps Peru: 2001
• Peace Corps Peru: 2002
• Peace Corps Peru: 2003
• Peace Corps Peru: 2004
• Peace Corps Peru: 2005
• Peace Corps Peru: 2006
• Peace Corps Peru: 2007
• Peace Corps Peru: 2008

Work in Progress

Cognitive Computers

• Cognitive Computers