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, [...]
A few days ago I was asked several questions about the future of advertising. I suppose that after more than 30 years in it, the journalist had a reasonably good basis for assuming that I would respond with arguments and insight from [...]
When it comes to musical talent, Costa Rica is an exciting scene of revelations. Its geography of just a few square kilometers, just a little over 51,000 square kilometers of land, bears no relation whatsoever to the quality and quantity of music [...]
The message in the colored spheres. In the registration of his candidacy for the National Liberation Party, Johnny Araya discreetly presented a message of inclusion, openness and renewal through a multicolored sphere, as a symbol of his determination to make a difference [...]
Tribu DDB is about to reach 17,000 fans, likes, adherents or whatever you want to call them. This figure seems high to me and the references in advertising agencies are all just a few clicks away. Whatever it implies or means, it [...]
Today began the pilgrimage of Bosz Digital to its new building, Tributo. With the support of a great team in red passion t-shirts, the people of Forum 1 packed up and started the move, full of emotion, illusions and commitment. For this [...]
I have little time to write in“A Fuego Lento“, for the simple reason of having spent months very distracted by one and a thousand topics, moments and life events that have captured my attention. For this reason, I will have to return [...]
