Autotelic

Windows Is Free

admin@autotelic.com (Dave Gutteridge) — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 04:00:00 +0900

Most people aren't interested in legally free software because proprietary software, such as Windows, is already free in the mind of almost all users. Software piracy and other factors distort the software marketplace with unexpected results.

No, Really... Windows Is Free

admin@autotelic.com (Dave Gutteridge) — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:00:00 +0900

A follow up to a previous article that made the point that software piracy helps proprietary software by affecting consumer perceptions about the value of software products.

Windows Is Free For Business

admin@autotelic.com (Dave Gutteridge) — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 04:00:00 +0900

The suggestion that businesses use pirated software is often met with derision and dismissiveness. But the reality is that software piracy is alive and well in the workplace.

Facebook Is A Million Years Old

admin@autotelic.com (Dave Gutteridge) — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 04:00:00 +0900

Six months ago I thought Facebook was for losers. But I was wrong. Not merely wrong, but a hypocrite.

Facebook Impressions You Didn't Intend

admin@autotelic.com (Dave Gutteridge) — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 02:00:00 +0900

Five things that people do on Facebook that might give an impression other than the one intended.

SEO is a Scam

admin@autotelic.com (Dave Gutteridge) — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0900

Maybe your web site just sucks

Mystical Bigotry

admin@autotelic.com (Dave Gutteridge) — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0900

Some memes just need to die

Lucid Dreaming

admin@autotelic.com (Dave Gutteridge) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0900

A you you never knew was you

Evidence of the Invisible

admin@autotelic.com (Dave Gutteridge) — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0900

Why believers in invisible things aren't awestruck by your oh-so-rational arguments

Clouds are a Stupid Metaphor

admin@autotelic.com (Dave Gutteridge) — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0900

Why is the cloud the prevailing metaphor for pervasive data storage?

Open Letter to the Parents in Starbucks

admin@autotelic.com (Dave Gutteridge) — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0900

No, I'm not merely annoyed because I haven't yet experienced the joy of parenthood as you have

Don't Read Books

admin@autotelic.com (Dave Gutteridge) — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0900

... at least, not ones recommended by people who hope the book will tell you what they can't

Mind If I Stink?

admin@autotelic.com (Dave Gutteridge) — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0900

How did smoking ever become accepted in the first place?

Adam Smith Wasn't A Capitalist

admin@autotelic.com (Dave Gutteridge) — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0900

Why Adam Smith is thought to be the original "greed is good" guy

Avatar - The Metacontextual Edition

admin@autotelic.com (Dave Gutteridge) — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0900

Rudyard Kipling would be proud

At Night When Death Whispers

admin@autotelic.com (Dave Gutteridge) — Mon, 02 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0900

You're Supposed to be Afraid of Death, Dumbass

The Vampires Have Won

admin@autotelic.com (Dave Gutteridge) — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0900

Why Edward Cullen is a much bigger threat than Dracula

Plus Marketing

admin@autotelic.com (Dave Gutteridge) — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0900

How to get really rich

The Hack Of A Thousand Faces

admin@autotelic.com (Dave Gutteridge) — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0900

Stop using Joseph Campbell to excuse shitty storytelling

Why Facebook Wants To Sell You Out

admin@autotelic.com (Dave Gutteridge) — Thu, 20 May 2010 00:00:00 +0900

The connection between your privacy on Facebook and how Facebook needs to make some cheddar

Anti-virus Software is a Scam

admin@autotelic.com (Dave Gutteridge) — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0900

You're The Biggest Security Threat To Your Computer

Wikirelationships

admin@autotelic.com (Dave Gutteridge) — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0900

Cheating girlfriends and Wikileaks. (What would a blog be without at least some mention of Wikileaks?)

March 11th And After

admin@autotelic.com (Dave Gutteridge) — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0900

The Great Tohoku Earthquake... and stuff. This is pretty much a brain dump of my thoughts about the Tohoku earthquake of March 11, 2011, and topics related to it.

The Slow Death Of Club Facebook

admin@autotelic.com (Dave Gutteridge) — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0900

By the time Goldman Sachs shows up at a party, it's not cool anymore.

The Circle Of Social Networking Life

admin@autotelic.com (Dave Gutteridge) — Wed, 13 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0900

Why I want to make the jump from one massive, faceless, profit driven corporation to another

The Walking Dead - The Metacontextual Edition

admin@autotelic.com (Dave Gutteridge) — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0900

Not as inspired as the thing about Avatar, but fuck it. Just for fun.