The Slow Burn

Blog since 2005

What I Remembered, What I Let Go, and What I’m Carrying Into 2026

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 Maurice; a spiritual retreat […]

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FOUND A FRENCH CHICKEN

SAATCHI WINS PRESS GRAND PRIX

With these ideas Saatchi Saatchi New York won the Grand Prix in Press, and scored even more points in an excellent year for the network at the Festival.

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A DUPLE of reasons to attend La Escuelita.

Here is the first one. The Argentine market has become a successful case of duo work. Let’s take a look: the mythical Fernando Vega Olmos and Hernán Ponce, Ramiro Agulla and Carlos Baccetti; and more recently Chavo D’ Emilio and Papón Ricciarelli [...]

MTV SWITCH: 3,650 DAYS AWAY FROM BEING IRREVERSIBLE

We have only 3,650 days left to reverse the impact of our carbon emissions, balance our lifestyles and become carbon-neutral human beings… before it becomes irreversible. The climate crisis and global warming is the theme with which the Young Creatives are currently [...]

BOB SCARPELLI AND THE YCC

Cannes 2007 Jury President Bob Scarpelli, DDB’s Global Creative Director, discusses the competition of young creatives and the mobile power of the phone screen.

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How do you run?

After my right meniscus surgery three weeks ago, I think I’m going to be all Stiffy when I get back on the streets running. The truth is that everyone runs as they can. That’s not what’s important. The important thing is to [...]

Sunlight is the best disinfectant

I discovered today that the phrase comes from Louis Brandeis, who summed it up as follows: “Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants”. It’s good! I understand he was referring to the contribution of transparency and accountability, as well as [...]

Fascinated by paper airplanes

We’ve been connected to paper airplanes ever since Bosz Digital proposed making and flying them. And as close to the heart as they are, this video story sounded sensational to me. Here it leaves you with the craftsmanship, the Heidelbergs, the quality [...]

Here we say pelón

Last night we celebrated Christmas and the end of a great year. We went to Home in Santa Ana and took over the place. All the people from Grupo Tribu in Costa Rica joined us and we had more than 400 people, [...]

This is your life

This is your life. Do what you love and do it often. If you don’t like something, change it. If you don’t like your job, quit. If you don’t have enough time, stop watching TV (or facebook). If you are looking for [...]

Present as Steve

If you want to present as successfully as Steve Jobs did, you need two things. The first is to present extraordinary products, and the second is to follow the advice that I received in my e-mail. Here I copy them for you. [...]

The Slow Burn

Blog since 2005

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