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 […]
When Godin speaks, you have to listen to him. His ideas and publications, among which Purple Cow stands out, always contribute and trigger others. It seems to me that investing 17 minutes in his presentation at Ted is a good idea. Go [...]
Download the doc included here, get many signatures and send it to the fax 213-3808 of Alejandro Trejos, father of one of the most recent victims of drunk driving in Costa Rica. This is what the text to sign says: We, the [...]
THE FOLLOWING IS THE MESSAGE WRITTEN BY JAIME QUINTANA, FROM DHL. Today Saturday morning, Rodrigo Quiros called me to tell me that our co-worker at DHL, Jorge Centeno, courier, and brother of Pate Centeno of Saprissa, died last night victim of a [...]
In his Brazilian world and beyond, Fabio Fernandes and his agency make a legendary and award-winning combination, with a DNA marked by success and a new recognition in Brazil, as Fabio has been named advertising man of the year. Let’s take a [...]
As a result of the article “WHAT DO I DO WITH THE BLOG? comments, suggestions and doubts, so we decided to make an immediate change immediate change: if you are going to leave your comment you will not have to register anymore [...]
“Optimizing, the art of finding the best choice among all the options, is a luxury we often can’t afford. Instead, we take the first appropriate solution we find, even if it means deciding where to eat lunch, who to hire or what [...]
Artículo publicado en BusinessWeek: Saatchi Saatchi CEO Kevin Roberts toiled to make his firm a force among creative agencies. Now–in today’s splintered advertising universe–he’s scrambling to keep it relevant Kevin Roberts may well be the most successful adman of his generation. Over [...]
On April 5, 2005 I published the first article on this blog. Today, almost 700 articles later, I ask myself: what should I do with the blog? And for this, I would love to have your opinion. Let’s see the options I [...]
A week ago a DDB TV commercial for Automercados won the Grand Volcano, the country’s dean advertising agency won Agency of the Year, a supermarket chain, precisely Automercados, won the Volcano for Advertiser of the Year and the surprise of the night [...]
