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 […]
Today I had to call Carlos Fonseca, General Manager and partner of Publimark, to offer him that if he wishes, he can send me a mupi and I will place it in the bathroom of Tribu, in the cafeteria or in the [...]
Obviously, I have no idea what book or magazine you are reading. However, aside from what it may be, I am absolutely certain that you are currently reading my blog. And yet, I almost guess, this makes me feel guilty, for there [...]
I have nothing to add to what we all already know about the year that started 12 days ago. In Costa Rica it even came with an earthquake, death and destruction, so it entered with force, forcing us to take it seriously. [...]
Wide Awake is a presentation by Erwin McManus and his organization Awaken. His book, Wide Awake, has been on sale since mid-2008. It makes a lot of sense. .
The OpenHouse Project presented at ArteCine Lindora its first series of videotalks by Andy Stanley called Simple. On January 19 the project will continue with the Text series, on Mondays at 7:15 PM at the same movie theater located at the back [...]
After judging some 400 advertising pieces of the Ojo de Iberoamérica, and having seen some 1,500 more, I have some anxiety and concern, because we have a long way to go. Not only are we far from Argentine creativity, but we are [...]
There is no one who is unaware of the fierce and predatory competition among advertising agencies in the country and around the world. It would seem that the time of ladies and gentlemen has passed and it has become, as they say [...]
Live creatively.
Today is Friday the 13th and I’m in Montevideo. I’ve been watching commercials for hours and enjoying this opportunity to judge at the Ojo de Iberoamérica, with the DVD they sent me on my laptop and a Diet Coke without ice, while [...]
The upcoming Volcán, an advertising contest organized by ASCAP, the Costa Rican association of advertising agencies, could be a turning point, a milestone in our creative history, a point to trigger a breakthrough, leaving behind the past and defining together the future. [...]
This wonderful story told in an innocent Iranian production, became a worldwide success with nominations and awards all over the world. It is easy to recognize that big budgets are not needed when an idea is so wonderfully powerful. This film should [...]
