Disqus - Latest Comments for Shawna Coronado

Re: The Search for Automotive Independence and Sustainable Transport

Shawna Coronado — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 09:09:17 -0000

Loved this article - great job! You are right - there is no easy solution to the oil crisis - but we must invest in change. Perhaps the election last night was a beginning. Thanks for the great blog!

Re: Change A Thought

Shawna Coronado — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:45:34 -0000

Love your thoughts - keep writing - you're good at what you do.

Best wishes,

Shawna

Re: How to build a following on Twitter

Shawna Coronado — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 06:38:36 -0000

Nice post with positive advice. I have over 5,500 followers and got them all within six months.

I stopped "working" to get followers after about 1,000 people and instead concentrated on content and connecting with other people as genuinely as I can. Building friendships, replying to everyone possible, and showing people that one person can truly make a difference in the world by doing simple every day things all helped this along.

If I see someone out there I'm interested in, I might follow them, but really I wait for people to find me now and do not aggressively "recruit" - - for me, Twitter has become a relationship building experience and not a numbers game.

When I adopted that attitude, my presence on Twitter changed and became more rewarding. It makes it easy to gain followers, but more importantly, easy to connect with some wonderful people.

Take care,

Shawna Coronado says Get Healthy! Get Green! Get Community! www.thecasualgardener.com, The Green Blog - www.gardeningnude.com, or The Garden Blog - http://thecasualgardener.blogspot.com

Re: Beating Dunbars Number

Shawna Coronado — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 07:40:17 -0000

I do not believe Dunbar's number. Several years ago it was theorized that our brains are not capable of producing new brain cells after a certain age - that essentially we went downhill after that age because of depleted brain cells. However, recent evidence has proven that anything we do which is new and different builds new pathways. For example, we take the same route home from work every day, but when we change the route and go home a new way our brain has to rebuild a pathway to allow that to happen.

With that in mind - by stating Dunbars limiting number we are saying as human beings, our brains only have the capability to know and relate to 150 different people. In light of the recent discoveries about the capability of the brain - the fact that it is always growing and receptive to new situations, my feeling is Dubar's theory is a myth.

In my own local community I know and relate to hundreds of people. The question becomes at what intimate of a level do we relate? For instance, it is impossible to have 150 spouses. We'd all die of exhaustion from trying to take out the trash, drive kids around, and maintain intimacy, right? Knowing and building friendships of all levels, however, is quite possible.

I know because I am living it.

Re: My Advice to Publishers at the OReilly Conference

Shawna Coronado — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 08:17:48 -0000

Interesting and in depth discussion on social media and publishing - all done by a very fun guy - making it a fascinating and entertaining view. Thanks! I liked it and felt it was educational - an awesome way to spend some quality time.

As always, you reconfirmed that any experience we participate in is not so much about the experience as it is touching another human being - this is your special gift to the world.

Re: Dust of 100 Dogs and More - Video Review

Shawna Coronado — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 12:15:24 -0000

Thanks for the nice video review of my book Chris! Glad you liked it. I'm still currently hangin' in Mexico for the eco-blogging adventure - - what an awesome trip. Woot!

Thanks again and all my best,

Shawna

Re: GM Gets Out of Neutral and Gets Confident

Shawna Coronado — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 07:12:43 -0000

My first car was a charcoal gray '79 Camaro. I thought I was the coolest teenager on earth. It was fast and I was a country girl so I spent a lot of time driving fast on the back roads with my 8 track tape player up full blast listening to Hotel California.

Ah yes.... those were the days....