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 […]
“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 [...]
First I admired and bought his design, and then I discovered the character behind it: Philippe Starck, the most prolific and world famous designer alive today. Then I learned about the hotels he has designed, bought his books and read his ideas. [...]
Last weekend I got the YouTube link with the new case prepared by JWT Costa Rica, under the direction of Christian Caldwell and his team. Clearly, they are once again betting on a case to compete and win in Cannes, now [...]
A Tim Berners-Lee se le atribuye la creación de la internet, o la www, world wide web. Acá su visión de lo que sigue, donde los números y los datos podrán encontrar el marco de vida para una nueva forma de convivencia, [...]
A everyone at Clandestina, best wishes for a successful weekend. Costa Rica needs more weekends like this one. like this one. See you tomorrow!
With the recently published cases of Imperial Silver and the Harricks Eater, reported in Christian Cambronero’s excellent blog, Fusil de Chispas, some pepper returns to our Costa Rican advertising micro patio, especially seasoned by the naivety of many comments from those who [...]
Today I received an email from a blog reader who did me the favor of directing me to the Modernista site, as he thought it was an excellent idea for this site, in combination with those of Tribu and its affiliates. Thank [...]
This is a sense of timing, and understanding that if we are going to say something out there, we better do it by adding a direct, effective, inspiring and refreshing contribution. This is what Itziar Elizalde adds in expansion.com: Coca-Cola Spain has [...]
