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 [...]
“I don’t want to be a product of my environment. I want my environment to be a product of me”, is the phrase with which Jack Nicholson begins “The Departed”, Oscar for best film in 2006. What do you think? Here are [...]
With an open heart and with all our emotions connected to the inspiring example of Andrea Leñero, I celebrate the opportunity to share with you this message from the BAC and the life of this wonderful girl. For all of us at [...]
Thanks to Edgar Mora for sending me the link!
We have started a national campaign to save the species that become extinct every day in the Osa, for the trees that we do not want to cut down, for the 2.5% of the biodiversity that is concentrated in our most important [...]
El Financiero published this interview, conducted by Daniela Correa, in June of last year. It was published for the second time in the 2006 compilation that circulated a few weeks ago. The complete interview here: https://www.elfinancierocr.com/negocios/jorge-oller/HOWKVPN5QVAEHL3SL7XJJQFNGY/story/
The creative workshop or the free-lance, as we want to call him, has certain risk conditions for the advertiser who hires him, which I will mention below. The creative freelancer, on the other hand, in all his legitimacy and talent, must be [...]