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 […]
I’m writing this as I listen to Don’t Call by Desire – it’s on a Spotify playlist made by my dear friend Charlie Ranalli called Retro 80s. There’s a bottle of Glenlivet and a Cuban cigar by my side, and I’m looking [...]
A short line in between words is known as a ‘hyphen’ in English, while in Spanish it’s referred to as a ‘guion’. It comes in varying lengths, including -, –, — and a few more, as I understand it. In the language [...]
Alejandro Egea, CEO on Demand, successful entrepreneur, great friend and energetic young man, invited me to a conversation at Halo Legacy. The talk takes more than an hour. For now I do not extend in presenting it, for longanimity, for creativity, for [...]
I’m 63 years old and alive and kicking. I’m in awe and thrilled to bits, currently trying to carry on with my life in the midst of the new normal. Due to the covid-19 pandemic, I’ve been staying at home most of [...]
At that time, San José was home to a living, breathing example of a dream come true. Two inspired youngsters, Jorge Jiménez and Giselle Zamora, ventured off to Italy 43 years ago where they blazed a trail, had a son named Esteban, [...]
A few years ago, when I first wrote this piece in the Costa Rican newspaper La Nación, Apple had just broken ground in an innovative way that had nothing to do with technology, a new device or a new machine. Rather, they’d [...]
In the month of May, A Fuego Lento reached 246,310 page views from 19,842 different servers, transferring a total of 12,561.3 MBs and 237,523 HTML requests. What does this data mean? A lot of visits. Undoubtedly, the Young Lions and the Nelka [...]
From its beginnings, Clandestina has started with emotion, joy, illusion and a lot of love, which at the end of the day, is the key ingredient to eliminate fear. Indifferent to critics and detractors, focused on her mission, dreaming big and doing [...]
In the public document included in this note, you will find the pieces that will be competing for Costa Rica in Cannes. The agencies betting with their entries are jotabeqú/Grey, Garnier BBDO, JWT and Tribu Saatchi Saatchi. They are just a few [...]
Yesterday I received from Cannes the final report with the entries by country, where I am pleased to see that we went from 13 entries in 2007 to a total of 23 in 2008, almost doubling the number of entries. This percentage [...]
INTRODUCTION: The following note was published in the blog at the time, and remains so in the records of this blog. However, due to the importance of the case, it is necessary to clarify beforehand that JWT presented its version, documents and [...]
