All the texts I’ve recently published in The Slow Burn have been born from a desire to share and inspire. I emphasize this because I recognize that it wasn’t always like this. In the past, when I called myself a publicist and entrepreneur, my writing was often driven by a need to build my personal […]
Last Friday Al Gore spoke to the world’s advertisers, creatives, clients and production companies at the Grand Audi of the Palais des Festivals in Cannes. The climate crisis is a huge, urgent, important issue, and we can all make a contribution. Al [...]
Leo Burnett Australia ignited everyone’s imagination with an idea that makes us smile, excites us and makes us contagious. The presentation of Leo and its Contagious division has just finished, an extraordinary seminar, superior to any other seen during the week. And [...]
In turn, Saatchi Saatchi’s global network managed to sneak in as the third most awarded network at Cannes 2007. Undoubtedly, another great year for the creative organization headed by Bob Isherwood, as well as for Tony Granger in New York, which in [...]
This is an award at Cannes that we all applaud, because it presents the false advertising evolution of feminine beauty and the reason why it is totally misrepresented. A thunderous applause for Dove and Ogilvy Canada. Standing ovation, with millions of hits [...]
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. [...]
Or at least, that is my aspiration. From dust we came and to dust we shall return, although perhaps a little improved in fertilizer quality. Personally, I prefer to be cremated rather than buried, and rather than live confined to a cup [...]
