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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.0.0 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:09:17 GMT--><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" href="/universal/styles/feed.css"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Merely Human Blog - Comments</title><link>http://www.merelyhuman.com/blog/</link><description>This is the MerelyHuman.com News Frequency. Log Broadcasted Daily.</description><copyright>Knowlege is Public Domain. Distribute. Attribute. Contribute.</copyright><language>en-US</language><generator>Squarespace Site Server v5.0.0 (http://www.squarespace.com/)</generator><item><title>Flatcat comments on Magento Ecommerce Literally Giving Away the Store</title><author>Flatcat</author><pubDate>Sat, 24 May 2008 06:36:46 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.merelyhuman.com/blog/2007/12/23/magento-ecommerce-literally-giving-away-the-store.html#comments</link><guid isPermaLink="false">843:5518:comment/1519466</guid><description><![CDATA[Additionally, MediaTemple now offers this as a one-click install on their GridServer hosting packages and has for a while. I can only see it growing exponentially over the coming years, and yes, it's about high time someone finally open-sourced e-commerce. I was definitely expecting it sooner than now.]]></description></item><item><title>sterling comments on Magento Ecommerce Literally Giving Away the Store</title><author>sterling</author><pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:53:28 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.merelyhuman.com/blog/2007/12/23/magento-ecommerce-literally-giving-away-the-store.html#comments</link><guid isPermaLink="false">843:5518:comment/1452928</guid><description><![CDATA[Well said.  Now that production 1.0 version is out, Magento appears to be living up to the hype.]]></description></item><item><title>Sally, designer comments on Magento Ecommerce Literally Giving Away the Store</title><author>Sally, designer</author><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:04:18 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.merelyhuman.com/blog/2007/12/23/magento-ecommerce-literally-giving-away-the-store.html#comments</link><guid isPermaLink="false">843:5518:comment/1257363</guid><description><![CDATA[So, and how is it? Is it good enough? ]]></description></item><item><title>Ty comments on What's the Point?</title><author>Ty</author><pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2005 11:26:16 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.merelyhuman.com/blog/2005/9/22/whats-the-point.html#comments</link><guid isPermaLink="false">843:5518:comment/164155</guid><description><![CDATA[Yeah, the guys at 37signals discovered this a long time ago: That you have to approach these kinds of endeavors in an ultimately iterative fashion. I admit I tend to get ahead of myself, underestimating and then foregoing the leg-work for more planning. And then nothing gets done, when seeming-insignificant, incremental improvement would have at least meant marginal progress. Ok, rant over.]]></description></item><item><title>A. Casalena comments on What's the Point?</title><author>A. Casalena</author><pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2005 11:07:32 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.merelyhuman.com/blog/2005/9/22/whats-the-point.html#comments</link><guid isPermaLink="false">843:5518:comment/164147</guid><description><![CDATA[Blogging is _really_ hard.]]></description></item><item><title>Anne Arkham comments on Breaking News: Will This Man Bring Legitimacy to the Blogosphere?</title><author>Anne Arkham</author><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2005 05:02:30 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.merelyhuman.com/blog/2005/6/8/breaking-news-will-this-man-bring-legitimacy-to-the-blogosphere.html#comments</link><guid isPermaLink="false">843:5518:comment/132522</guid><description><![CDATA[Hey, Ty, thanks for stopping by my site and leaving such kind words.  I like yours, too.  ]]></description></item><item><title>John (SYNTAGMA) comments on Making Sense of the Blogging Phenomenon One Blogger At a Time</title><author>John (SYNTAGMA)</author><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2005 13:07:07 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.merelyhuman.com/blog/2005/6/4/making-sense-of-the-blogging-phenomenon-one-blogger-at-a-time.html#comments</link><guid isPermaLink="false">843:5518:comment/118322</guid><description><![CDATA[Blogging is one of the most interesting topics around right now. The great unspoken fact about it is that it’s proactive. That may seem obvious, but everything else we do on a hooked-up screen : TV, standard internet etc. is basically passive. We’re fed what others want us to receive. Only blogging makes us use our own minds and experience, and forces us to create something personal out of our own heads. I reckon that will have an enormous effect on the people of the future, especially if blogging takes off even more among the young. They will be smarter, better organized and able to express themselves like no other generation before them.<br/>]]></description></item><item><title>Ty comments on Making Sense of the Blogging Phenomenon One Blogger At a Time</title><author>Ty</author><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2005 07:36:41 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.merelyhuman.com/blog/2005/6/4/making-sense-of-the-blogging-phenomenon-one-blogger-at-a-time.html#comments</link><guid isPermaLink="false">843:5518:comment/114943</guid><description><![CDATA[Beautiful site John. Thanks for chiming in. I've got a pretty concrete idea of where this whole "blogging thing" and related trends like RSS and Tags are leading us and I will be posting my observations as soon as I can get them down on paper.<br/><br/>The internet is definately still a work-in-progress. CMS's are enabling humans to communicate and organize themselves in ways that they always have. Only now, you don't need a budget in order to participate--blogs are allowing everyone down to the most isolated invididuals to become co-creators in the ultimate vision of the web. I have referred to this before as the "<a href=http://merelyhuman.squarespace.com/blog/2004/5/3/the-unintended-consequences-of-simple.html>mass enfranchisement of humankind.</a>"<br><br>We've all heard that "links subvert structures", but many people don't realize that the organic web isn't fully actualized yet. We are seeing that process unfold every single day.]]></description></item><item><title>John comments on Making Sense of the Blogging Phenomenon One Blogger At a Time</title><author>John</author><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2005 07:03:21 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.merelyhuman.com/blog/2005/6/4/making-sense-of-the-blogging-phenomenon-one-blogger-at-a-time.html#comments</link><guid isPermaLink="false">843:5518:comment/114937</guid><description><![CDATA[Thanks for the thoughts...<br><br>I'm having a hard time convincing my work colleagues that the blogging phenomenon is about to hit really hard. I can't quite put my finger on what is that is so big about it, but it definitely has momentum and that element of mystery that you've mentioned. Who knows what it will become, but it is definitely something.<br><br>The process of "blogging" alone has taught me more about the Internet, and about a new form of communication that seems to have power well beyond our current perceptions.]]></description></item><item><title>Ty comments on Don't Pay For Philosophy</title><author>Ty</author><pubDate>Sun, 29 May 2005 13:26:40 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.merelyhuman.com/blog/2005/5/18/dont-pay-for-philosophy.html#comments</link><guid isPermaLink="false">843:5518:comment/111040</guid><description><![CDATA[I like the idea of the "originative intellectual worker." It feels like me, and feels like you too. I've been grappling with a way to characterize the difference between "some blogs" and "all the others", and you have helped me. Ultimately, that's what blogging is all about: pinning down our collective interpretations of the universe and helping each other become more aware people. Whether your contribution is to originate the ideas or to report on them, we are all to some degree participating in the larger purpose of the web.]]></description></item><item><title>John Evans comments on Don't Pay For Philosophy</title><author>John Evans</author><pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2005 08:40:05 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.merelyhuman.com/blog/2005/5/18/dont-pay-for-philosophy.html#comments</link><guid isPermaLink="false">843:5518:comment/107774</guid><description><![CDATA[Keeping up to speed can kill the efforts of an "originative intellectual worker". Those who succeed will develop the ability to stand back from it all. Delineating between what is surface texture and what's really new is something we're going to have to get a grip on. You can either be a reporter of the "news" or you can make the news. You can't be both.]]></description></item><item><title>Ty comments on Back to Square One</title><author>Ty</author><pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2005 09:41:46 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.merelyhuman.com/blog/2005/4/21/back-to-square-one.html#comments</link><guid isPermaLink="false">843:5518:comment/104385</guid><description><![CDATA[Thank you John. As per your request I have decided not to write off 2005 =) I promise to make this the most interesting publication you read. Nice to see Syntagma is back online as well.]]></description></item><item><title>John Evans comments on Back to Square One</title><author>John Evans</author><pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2005 10:53:25 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.merelyhuman.com/blog/2005/4/21/back-to-square-one.html#comments</link><guid isPermaLink="false">843:5518:comment/103954</guid><description><![CDATA[Welcome back, Ty. I must admit I've taken Merely Human off my list of "Blogs I read". Now it's back on. :-) ]]></description></item><item><title>John Evans comments on The Unintended Consequences of Simple</title><author>John Evans</author><pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2005 15:47:57 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.merelyhuman.com/blog/2004/5/3/the-unintended-consequences-of-simple.html#comments</link><guid isPermaLink="false">843:5518:comment/85668</guid><description><![CDATA[Of the 35m blogs out there, most are of the "Hi, this is me and my incoherent ramblings" type. 0.03% are business blogs. Of the rest many introduce some philosophical content which justifies the entire blogosphere. This site is one of them.<br/><br/>I'm enjoying your thoughts and looking forward to your periodical. In the meantime I'll make do with your RSS feed. However, please don't write off 2005 ~ it's a great year and deserves a post or two ;-)<br/><br/>Warmest regards,<br/>John M Evans<br/>SYNTAGMA<br/><a href="http://synastry.blogspot.com">http://synastry.blogspot.com</a>]]></description></item></channel></rss>