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, [...]
This year’s Volcano is expected to be a great success as it is the contest that has seen more pieces registered, from more agencies, production houses and other commercial communication companies, as well as the largest pre-sale of tickets to the awards [...]
A Fuego Lento had in November 7,346 page views from 1,147 different servers, as well as bytes transferred that reached 1,018 MBs. Three record figures for this interesting experiment of communication and connection between us. It never ceases to amaze me.
