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, [...]
English is not my native language. Yo hablo Español. In fact, when speaking or writing in Inglés, I often make mistakes and simply mess everything up. Hago un desmadre, we would say in many of our countries. I simply speak this foreign [...]
In fact, more than 3,500 hits came in yesterday alone. Interesting!
At Tribu we made the decision to become a PPO, a Peak Performance Organization, and focus on effectiveness, in the consolidation of a team determined to grow in all areas, in an integrated and synergic way. For this reason, we hired Franklin [...]
They don’t play by the rules and have no respect for the status quo. They change things and push the human race forward. Because those people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who actually [...]
(Originally this was just a simple reply to Jorge’s comment on Clandestina, but after finishing it I decided to post it as a topic, see why) With your permission tocayo….. Thank you very much for your comments, good wishes and the time [...]
Today is a holiday in Costa Rica and because of this, we are not working. As a consequence, in this blog… neither am I.
