W200 Emerging Technologies: Communication

In this post I am showcasing an online application used to aid in communication.  These applications are used to share ideas, agendas, flowcharts, just about anything you can think of back and forth with a chosen group of individuals. After researching a few of the sites suggested for this module I decided to share monkeyon.com purely because this application makes me laugh...hard. Thank goodness there was no Internet when I was a teenager! (You'll see what I mean...)
Monkeyon.com allows one to create a to do list online and delegate the items on the list to whomever they choose using only their e-mail address. Each item on the list is a "monkey." You assign a description of the task you want done and a deadline. Once you send the "monkey" to the person you want to do the task, the application continues to send the monkey repeatedly until the task is completed or the deadline passes. In other words, the monkey is on their back until the task is done. When the task is done, the receiver "kills" the monkey which prompts an e-mail message bask to the sender. When the task expires the monkey "dies of old age." Dead monkeys can of course be revived and re-sent. Once signed up for monkeyon, you will be able to manage your monkeys sent, send new monkeys, and view monkeys sent to you all via tabs on your homepage. The free version of this application allows 5 monkeys to be active at a time. To have the ability to send unlimited numbers of monkeys there is a $20 charge.

Example of a monkey:

Since it may be hard to read, the e-mail states that "Heather has sent me, a highly trained and super-intelligent monkey, to remind you to: Finish Your Homework!"
I think this application is a cute non-offensive way to communicate that you're holding someone accountable for something. It could be a fun parenting tool. A teacher could use this application to follow up on tasks assigned to parents or students alike. Follow the link, check it out & tell me what you think!

http://monkeyon.com/