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 already plan to turn up the volume on all the dreams in me. …you have to grow up and you can’t be a baby anymore. …I want to be like this. Surrendering my life… …for You what is dark, is not [...]
Message sent by Antonio Ramirez. ___________________________________________ Jorge, How do you do. We don’t know each other but I’m an advertising and marketing fever. I signed up for your blog because a creative friend of mine, known as Yorsh, passed it on to [...]
glumbert.com – The Great Descent Do you know the worst thing that could happen to a client? And I want to insist, do you know the worst of the worst of the worst of all the worst things that could happen to [...]
We moved to the Dent when I was about 11 years old, and since then, I had new neighbors: an Automercado, Giacomín and the bowling alley. For years they meant a part of my life that I always remembered with great affection [...]
This is really stupid. However, that’s how we started and today, Sony’s PlayStation and Nintendo’s Wii, to name just two brands, are global empires. Could it be then that stupidity does indeed exist? The little game is literally stupid, and proves that [...]
“In this business you have to make a scoop of shit taste like vanilla ice cream… and when you’re done, count on your stomach to voluntarily order a second helping!”, Bob James told me in 1988 when he was CEO of McCann-Erickson [...]
