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 […]
In a little less than 4 minutes, Richard St.John presents his proposal to be a resounding success in life, where among other variables, he includes passion, perseverance… and having a mom who pushes! Don’t miss it.
I feel safe flying. As I write I listen to “Mr. Tough”, from a playlist I bought on iTunes called Outdoor Freedom. The headphones I’m wearing isolate the ambient noise and generate a sense of isolation that fascinates me, as everything continues [...]
Every month I have published the number of hits reached on the blog, as a curious and revealing data of the virality possible on the Internet. In May, the number of hits doubled that of the previous month, coming from 5,112 different [...]
Today is a particularly significant and exciting day, because we have set out to promote an idea: to change the name of Guatemala to Guatemaya, and for this reason, today, June 1, 2007, we are in Antigua promoting this idea. As I [...]
Be sure to take a look at the future at Apple. Exciting, triggering, inspiring, fascinating, engaging. No wonder this spectacular emotional connection with Apple, Mac, iPod… Thanks Fabio Obando for the link!
All advertising agencies compete in the market, although only a few compete in local, regional or global creative festivals. And although it is not a rule, those that are confirmed as winners through creative competitions are generally more successful. Just as no [...]
Sometime in late 2008, Diego Garcia and I joked at Tribu thinking about the spectacular combination that would be achieved if it were possible to add Tribu to DDB. We entertained the idea for a moment and put it in the basket [...]
We started talking since April and finally today we are officially DDB. As a Christmas present and precisely on vacations, now DDB in Costa Rica will have five letters in front of us: Tribu. Encouraged by this new stage in our lives, [...]
“We’re about celebrating the good, not about denigrating the bad,” said Terry Savage at the last meeting of Cannes representatives in London. At the same time, he returned to the subject of scams to review Cannes’ new policy on this much-debated issue. [...]
Among all the possible explanations that connect color to our lives, however, experts seem to agree that at an early age the variety of preferences is greater. In a class of 5-year-olds, when asked what their favorite color is, the answers will [...]
For the third year in a row, ASCAP will be at the Cannes World Representative Meeting in London. When I attended the first one in 2007, it was my turn to make a brief presentation. On that occasion we discussed our arrival [...]
