Monkey Methods

We are testing out new digital tendencies, interactive media and how technology is influencing daily life. On the social platforms to novel expressions of the self online, Monkey Methods takes the future by storm with inquisitiveness, imagination and some form of mischief, the fun kind.

Where Curiosity Meets Technology

About Monkey Methods

Monkey Methods is a little, light-hearted research team that is fixated on the way people use technology and the way technology disrupts us. We refer to it as futuristic play: trying out concepts, equipment, platforms, and cultural changes that are created by the digital world.

We have a diverse background, design, code, media, sociology, gaming and we are all united by our interest in the behavioral aspects of the Internet, interactive experiences and the future strangeness of the Internet. We cover the podcasting, social bookmarking, online communities, memes, micro-trends and user-created content.

When it is defining digital culture, then we are probing it, challenging it and making things out of it.

What We Do

Experimental Research Projects

We explore emerging types of interactive media, digital communities and internet behavior - all in the context of practical experiments, prototypes and play.

Digital Trend Exploration

In the case of social networks, changing web habits, and more, we explore the impact of technology on the connection, sharing, and creating of individuals.

Creative Tools & Concepts

We make little, strange, useful (and not always useful) tools based on online culture, online communities, and on-the-ground behaviour.

How Monkey Methods Started

It started off just like most great ideas do, late at night, with friends, pizza and geeky debates. We debated everything:

Will social networking ever go mainstream?
Why do people spend hours writing Wiki pages?
Will BitTorrent ever stop being “too nerdy”?
And which gadget deserves the Coolest Internet Item of the Year award?
We disagreed on almost everything — and that was the fun part.

In an environment where no one has the right answer to new technological inquiries, we chose to experiment, make, and offer our concepts to the globe. Monkey Methods came to existence due to curiosity, dissent and the pleasure of creating something and then watching what will occur.

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Why Monkey Methods Exists

01. We Embrace Playful Curiosity

Technology changes fast. We play with it, not read it.

02. We Explore Digital Culture

The Internet behaviour, memes, habits, platforms, all of this narrates about people.

03. We Experiment Fearlessly

Minuscule prototypes, enormous ideas, bizarre notions, nothing is taboo.

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Our Highlights

Online Trends

How Online Trends Shape the Way We Think and Interact

Internet trends have turned into very strong forces which shape not only our actions but also our thoughts and attitude towards people. With the fast changing nature of social media, digital platforms and internet culture, they continually change our perception, ...

Addictive

Why Some Apps Become Addictive — and Others Disappear Overnight

There are apps that gain instant addictive popularity in the saturated market of apps, and there are the ones that just disappear. Decoding the mechanics of the reasons why some mobile applications addict users to others and why others do ...

The Psychology of Posting, Liking, Sharing, and Ghosting

Posting, liking, sharing, and ghosting are social media habits that expose underlying psychological motivations that determine online communication. These behaviors satisfy human instinctual needs to validation, connectedness, and self-expression as well as reveal some vulnerabilities such as avoidance or addiction ...

Technologies

The Role of Play in Understanding Emerging Technologies

Play is an essential mediator to understanding the new technology, such as AI, VR, and blockchain, due to hands-on discovery and lessening fear. By a humorous interaction, people, both children and professionals, are demystified about complicated innovations, creating intuition and ...

Why Social Networks Keep Evolving — and Why We Follow Them

Social networks are constantly changing to keep up with technological changes, user patterns and market needs whereas humans are chasing them because of the instinctive need to connect, be validated and find something new. Since the first applications (such as ...

How Online Identity Shapes Real-World Behavior

The identity that is created through online identities, which include created profiles, posts, and personas on social media, has significant effects on the real-life behaviors due to the blurring of the digital and physical boundaries. The idealized or alternative selves ...

Micro-Communities

The Rise of Micro-Communities: Smaller, Safer, Smarter Spaces

Alternatives to big, generic, online groups have created micro-communities, which provide smaller, safer, smarter places to connect. These targeted groups are based on individual interests, needs or identities within larger ecosystems, and they provide environments in which individuals can interact ...

Online Tools

What We Learned From Testing Weird Online Tools

The internet is a huge playground of inventive, hilarious and even more bizarre online tools created to explore the new mediums of communication, imaginative and even usefulness. The experiment with such strange Internet tools helps to understand how technology progresses ...

Experiments

The Fun Side of Research: Turning Ideas Into Experiments

Studies need not be limited to the sterile laboratory environment or to endless data analysis; adding fun makes raw concepts into exciting experiments that elicit pleasure and discovery. The perspective on hypotheses as games allows researchers to develop curiosity, relieve ...

Debates Technologies

How Debates, Chaos, and Curiosity Spark Innovation

The triad of debates, chaos and curiosity develops a dynamic triad that drives innovation by questioning the assumptions, creating resilience and sparking exploration. These factors are more than disruptions; they provide fertile soil where innovation can occur, as we have ...