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 […]
After 10 years without winning a Pregonero, Tribu Saatchi Saatchi won two and a sum of cards with Honorable Mentions and Special Honorable Mentions that allowed us to leave the Herradura very satisfied and grateful. Personally, I already felt that the Pregonero [...]
Not at all! The next Pregonero is not just another one, as it comes at a crucial stage of Costa Rica’s advertising creativity. Let’s take a look at some factors. Never before has a Pregonero taken place in a country with four [...]
I heard that Volcán has once again broken records with more agencies and pieces registered for its November edition, including agencies from Costa Rica (the absolute majority), as well as the first participations of agencies from Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama. In the [...]
The creative advertising world is more than served with the existing festivals. With a revitalized Clio, a sustained Ojo and Fiap, a consolidated San Sebastian, the NY Festivals, London, Dubai, the Drum, etc., etc., etc., etc. and countless local or semi-regional festivals, [...]
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 [...]
It was March 2008 when I programmed the rental car’s GPS to find the closest gas station. I was in Paris and had to fill the tank in order to avoid the steep cost of gas at the rental agency. Since I [...]
When I typed this question into Google, a whopping 241 million results came up. “Holy shit!” I thought to myself. Then, I tweaked my query slightly, swapping the word “world” for “life” and two million more search results were generated. Safe to [...]
My blogging debut was back in 2005 when I first wrote a few lines here, on the Slow Burn blog, named A Fuego Lento in Spanish. Since then, it has certainly lived up to its name; I’ve gone through periods of writing [...]
The Value in Respecting Differences The month of February that is ending has been a personally inspiring experience. On the first of the month, my wife and I took flights from Juan Santamaría airport to Delhi, India. From there, we went on [...]
He began the day’s Keynote by reiterating that we can all transform the world, recalling that a child in Africa with a smartphone today has more information in his hands than the President of the United States 15 years ago. Moore’s Law [...]
