I start typing with an overwhelming feeling of defeat. Not because the trip at the end of August to which I am going to refer went badly, but because I think it is almost impossible to translate into text what I experienced. No adjective is sufficient to describe what it really means to experience “Burning […]
In the month of June, A Fuego Lento reached 261,514 page views.
The largest advertiser in the world, Procter Gamble, decided to bet on creativity in advertising for their brands and became one of the most awarded companies in major advertising festivals. They decided to emotionally connect their brands with the people who prefer [...]
With all the 2008 winners on the CANNES LIONS website, and with all the activities concluded, today is the first day of the advertising year in the world, as the road to Cannes 2009 has begun. In Costa Rica, the recent festival [...]
The Cadbury’s gorilla that has given so much to talk about, even snuck into the Grand Prix de Film at Cannes 2008. Little to add to these wonderful images, as he feels the air and prepares to explode with force on [...]
I long for a cave or a monastery, without wifi or 3G. I am provoked by the mountains in the Himalayas without signal and the villages outside the cyber cafe. Few places in the world are left like the shower, without screens, [...]
After several years of Cannes, Ojos, Fiaps, Clios and so much more in the world of advertising awards, SXSW Interactive has turned out to be a surprise of unimaginable proportions. More than 30,000 people attend Austin, and among them in 2011: Paula [...]
Some time ago I read that the key to life is happiness, and that the key to happiness is simplicity, or something similar. Although incomplete and questionable, the phrase points to a refreshing, clear and powerful word: simple. For this reason, the [...]
With the SXSW Interactive festival just a few days away, I’m packing my bags for a new and intense experience. Check out what we’re going for: five days of compelling presentations from the brightest minds in emerging technology, scores of exciting networking [...]
Already in March and almost 2.2 million views later I came across a wonderful summary of 2010 that I wanted to leave on my blog. Enjoy it first and then allow me to add a paragraph of commentary. Searches continue in 2011. [...]
What we lived through was not a crisis, but a “button-down”. The world went through a reset of economies and finances that completely affected consumption. We were living in the upgrade era and we halfway returned to the replacement era. Everything changed. [...]
