2025 has been a year of contrasts—intense, emotional, transformative. It began with a heartfelt farewell and ends with my soul wide open after the magical, peaceful family moments we usually share in Escondida. In between, there was laughter under a sky full of fireflies outside Kuala Lumpur with my grandson Mauricio; a spiritual retreat in […]
At Jazz Café Escazú at 6:00 PM on Friday, February 11, we have a date with the second Ignite Costa Rica, as part of Global Ignite Week. Quick presentations of 5 minutes, supported by 1 slide changing automatically every 15 seconds. Do [...]
It has been a wonderful experience to revisit the Sistine Chapel, now at a distance from the keyboard, also in an exquisite 360º virtual composition of impeccable quality. The distant visit has been reinvented and the first button is the proof. In [...]
Today I got an email from Alberto Quiros, partner and DGC of jotabequ that says: “Hire an agency that wins awards in Costa Rica and the world”. Obviously I was interested, I clicked and stayed a long time with the new website [...]
WYSIWYG: What you see is what you get. As you see. As it is. No more, no less. That’s the way it is.
A few days ago I came across this beautiful window. Fruit ice creams in delicious flavors and colors, presented with creativity, joy and a lot of determination, provoking a sensory experience from the first glance. Who doesn’t like ice creams? And how [...]
The first thing I heard about Thomas Keller was that he had decided not to invent. Instead, he had focused on making the classic and traditional into something much better. From his creativity he has recreated and surpassed what we all know, [...]
The remarkable and competent government authorities have reported that the new country brand, Esencial Costa Rica, was achieved with a process that began in 2008 and whose cost amounted to $650,000 dollars. Therefore, the first thing I must say is that by [...]
The creative advertising world applauded “ The Most Popular Song” at Cannes 2012, awarding it Lions and a Grand Prix. Because a simple idea can be powerful enough to influence a country, make a difference and contribute to making it a better [...]
A few days ago I published a note that claims that creativity that wins at festivals is 7 times more effective, according to the Gunn Report. That is to say, advertising creative awards, such as Cannes, Ojo, Volcán or Pregonero, nowadays have [...]
First of all, I remind you of Zanders’ rule #6: don’t take yourself too seriously. Then, the question always jumps to a simple “and what are the first 5 rules?”. The answer then is to be expected: they don’t exist and it [...]
Every day, advertising influences the world intensely, profusely and repeatedly with creative ideas to change the world. The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity and the Bill Melinda Gates Foundation know this, and have teamed up to promote the use of creativity [...]
If you are not, let’s assume that you are among the general public, and not a puclicist, advertiser or any media or digital media. So, with everyone leveled up as busy people going about their happy lives, is there anyone out there [...]
