All the texts I’ve recently published in The Slow Burn have been born from a desire to share and inspire. I emphasize this because I recognize that it wasn’t always like this. In the past, when I called myself a publicist and entrepreneur, my writing was often driven by a need to build my personal […]
Anybody can make an ad. A brand doesn’t. In Costa Rica, as in the world, there are many people making ads. And of course, people hiring them. Many are those who assume that their brands or products need to advertise to sell, [...]
It’s been a few weeks since Rafael Abreu sent me the link to TED. Today, I am hooked to his TedTalks through iTunes, since all the presentations are available for free on his Podcasts. You can download them to your iPod or [...]
Sir Ken Robinson speaks, from his presentation at TedTalks in Monterey, California, about creativity and the challenge of changing education to value creativity as much as literacy. He identifies the importance of preparing ourselves to be wrong, if we want to be [...]
Photographer Phil Borges estimates that of the 6,000 languages spoken on the planet today, 3,000 are not known by children. In other words, as those who know them die, humanity will lose all the wealth that comes from the legacy of that [...]
USE THE POWER OF TRUST. Forget completely the idea that it is your turn to approve or reject, that this position is a big mistake. If you are going to value ideas, you have to be clear that all have potential, all [...]
There are people who complicate and entangle everything, go back and forth, change their minds constantly, forget what they say, do not allow things to flow, make processes slow and difficult, lower morale and team performance, and use sarcasm to defend their [...]
Today is one of those days when I have nothing to say and nothing to write about. However, one of those where these feelings, I wanted to share. Maybe tomorrow. Good day! PS By the way, yesterday surpassed 10,000 hits on this [...]
With only five days to go before the official period for the publication of the pieces that will participate in ASCAP’s VOLCAN in Costa Rica, we can expect that this will be the official week of the cheaters. I have been reluctantly [...]
Last.FM, a sensational world of resources for enjoying music. It takes a while to understand and some patience. However, the prize is a phenomenal resource for socializing around music, just as it makes the Apple store I normally use pale in comparison. [...]
We can already anticipate, a few steps away from finalizing key details, that for next year 2008 we will have a national contest to choose the duo that will travel to CANNES to the Young Creatives Competition, although we still don’t know [...]
“Come, I need you to give meaning to this heart, that finds no rest if not with you” says the chorus of this song that seems to have been inspired by our thirsty hearts, that to be completely open to you, I [...]
With the ASCAP Volcano just around the corner, and September 30 as the deadline to publish the pieces that will participate this year, I am pleased to tell you that we will have more judges than ever before for the next festival. [...]
