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 […]
The arrogance of the advertising creative shines through when everyone else is square and we are not. When we think that the account executives fall short, or that the brand manager has no idea what needs to be done. It’s arrogance when [...]
After expanding the blog’s bandwidth, since it burst the day before yesterday due to an unexpected excess of hits, this meeting point on the net is back online, more solid and better prepared to receive your frequent visits, contributions and participation. In [...]
Garnier BBDO has been strengthened for years with the frontal competition of jotabeqú and vice versa. Ogilvy is the product of the merger of Óptima and Modernoble, as well as of its competition with Asesores or Publimark, to name just two. Tribu [...]
Or, should I say, are we going to Cannes? In 2006 I woke up to my life mistake and discovered how late I was going for the first time to the great advertising festival in the world. There I told Pablo del [...]
Billy Collins, former US Poet Laureate and one of America’s best-selling poets, reads his poem “The Best Cigarette” with animation by David Vaio of FAD. Noted for their intelligent humor, accessibility and observations on daily life, Collins’ popular poems come alive further [...]
About 3 months ago today I ran my third marathon, among other things, because I like being a long distance runner. One step at a time, a steady pace, good management of your resources, careful planning, ability to overcome frustration and pain, [...]
At the 6th hour, darkness came over the whole land, until the 9th hour. Don’t miss THE FINAL HOURS, a message in English by Andy Stanley, especially relevant in these days of Semana Sana and even more for the rest of life. [...]
My body takes me from a to b, although the route is in my mind. I love running. And even more so in company.
Tonight we gathered a group of twitters in Tribu, invited by Rogelio Umaña and his fascinating idea: gorileo.tv. Thus, with a live audio and video webcast, hundreds of people entered the address www.gorileo.tv or www.seetheworlddigital.com and enjoyed a pleasant, entertaining and fine [...]
The OpenHouse Project presenta el próximo lunes santo 6 de abril, Dealing with Doubt, 7:15 PM. Artecine Lindora, entrada libre. “Since we all experience doubt at some point in our lives, we need to learn how God wants us to deal with [...]
The process to select the pairs that will participate for a Film and a Print slot in the next great Cannes Lions festival in France has begun. With many difficulties and without enough money yet, from ASCAP we decided to move forward [...]
One of the country’s pioneer twitterers, blogger, pianist, planner, creative, violinist, friend and publicist, among many other qualities, Rogelio Umaña, will be conducting an experiment next Friday at 8 PM. This is his comment in his recent blog post: GorileoTV is a [...]
