Literate Monkeys

The monkeys have been cruelly caged against their wills as they slave away on cursory work for their human monarchs.

Although the monkeys do not have clear directive as of now what their time frame for these updates will be, they will get done as soon as the monkeys are released.

The monkeys have said that they would like to:

- Update the collaboration tool (simitu) so that it is more user friendly

- Diversify the content on the main site to include a “random fact of the day.”

- Update the forum to be more integrated with the wiki — making communication between users collaborating on a document easier.

- Please let the monkeys know if you have any other suggestions!

It’s official. Literate Monkeys has taken a turn to amend our current motives.  Look at our about page for specific info.  

In summary:  Our primary goal is to make education a more prominent feature of the site.  We do still have the “illiterate” sections of the forums, however Literate Monkeys is now, you guessed it, for Literate discussion.

View our new “Collaborate” tab to see for yourself.

Aha!  
We’ve finally caught him!  Curious George’s intellectual cousin has been found and is now representing our  humble site.  We’re very glad to have the Literate Monkey back!  You will see him at the top of the homepage and the forum.  You will notice he has a slick new hairdo and a grin of utter astuteness.  And that book he’s reading?  How rude of us to keep you uninformed!   That’s his nifty book of infinite wisdom!  Its the latest copy of Literate Monkeys Collaborate.  Contained in this sacred book is knowledge and useful resources that he’s been generous enough to make available to everyone… For free!

So give a nice welcome to our new pal Literate Monkey…

The new Literate Monkey!

Considering the colossal amount of development that Africa needs to endure in order to catch up with Eastern countries, is it really time to start investing money in 2nd-rate computers?

 For about $200, you can donate the OLPC (One Laptop per Child) to children in developing countries such as Afghanistan, Cambodia, Haiti, Mongolia and Rwanda.

However, how do we ensure that these donations aren’t just going to be sold/stolen on the street?

Is it really a better idea to start implementing massive amounts of technology before basic necessities such as water and electricity lines are laid? The argument of with technology, boosts development of such necessities stands valid, however there must be a natural system of evolution in which economic development takes place? The United States did not have computers handed to them by a divine figure during the great depression before WWII; such improvements naturally came through “evolution” of the economy.

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