2025 has been a year of contrasts—intense, emotional, transformative. It began with a heartfelt farewell and ends with my soul wide open after the magical, peaceful family moments we usually share in Escondida. In between, there was laughter under a sky full of fireflies outside Kuala Lumpur with my grandson Mauricio; a spiritual retreat in […]
At this rate of visits, October 2007 could be the first month in which this blog passes 100,000 page views. So don’t stop visiting us, we are on our way to a record that implies connection, a sense of community, a meeting [...]
Rogelio Umaña sent me this video that is simply great. You will enjoy it.
One less aggression, just one, and this effort is worth in all its small dimension to prove that the power of one is enough to bring about change. This idea by Carlos Jiménez, Joaquín Brenes and Camilo Adames is a worthy example [...]
In our search for bigger ideas than ads at Saatchi Saatchi, the Battle of the Surfaces, the brainchild of Pablo del Campo, achieved a reach across the globe unprecedented in the history of tennis. These days, and through this channel as well [...]
The lenses we use in life are tinged with subjectivity and perceptions, so there is no quick fix or easy solution in the appreciation of any event, especially those that affect us emotionally. In the theory of knowledge, subjectivity is the property [...]
A Lovemark is irresistible and Apple knows how to do it like no one else. Nothing more to say. This is how Steve Jobs presented it in San Francisco. My first personal computer was an Apple IIc, and with it, my first [...]
I am not as stubborn as I appear to be. I am firm, because I have to be, but I constantly reflect on my actions, on the policies I am promoting and on the attitudes I am adopting. I have had the [...]
Procter Gamble is betting on advertising creativity as never before, and it is the same giant that used to accuseocus of squares, defenders of parity, masters of testimonials and demos. After Unilever, Procter sent more executives to Cannes than any other advertiser. [...]
When talking about emotional connections in the creation of Lovemarks with the support of advertising, commercials like the previous one of the Buenos Aires Zoo by Del Campo, are an example of how to do it masterfully. In a new experience for [...]