I start typing with an overwhelming sense of defeat. Not because the trip I’m about to describe — at the end of August — went badly, but because it feels almost impossible to put into words what I experienced there. No adjective seems big enough to capture what it truly means to live “Burning Man.” […]
“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. [...]
“Any person can be great, because any person can serve”, were the words of Martin Luther King, recalled by Obama in a message that was topical, enveloping and a broad invitation to participate in his inauguration. It is clear: Obama will be [...]
After Costa Rica won the 2008 Caribbean as the most creative country of the festival in Panama, many agencies opted not to participate this year in response to last year’s poor organization and awarding of prizes. More than 15 people from Tribu [...]
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. .
