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 […]
Some studies have shown that products found by people on Pinterest are more likely to be purchased than on other social networks. Why is that? I find Pinterest fascinating, it invites me to explore much more than Facebook and has brought me [...]
Last year we had 61 entries in Cannes from 9 different agencies. In 2012, will we reach 100? The deadline has been extended and there is still some time left to enter the top creative competition on the planet. In Costa Rica [...]
Eiza has released her new solo with a tremendous video that I am fascinated to share with you, I love it! and I have no doubt that you too will be hooked by her music, her talent and her energy. When we [...]
It’s worth taking some time on YouTube to enjoy the best in Latin American Film. Here I upload “Padres en slip” by Del Campo. Of all the winners, although some pieces have already played, most of them have their GPS pointed towards [...]
In the midst of an impeccable organization, typical of the most correct hosts, the Wave Festival has left me with a positive balance. This year there were about 1,800 entries, an amount that is not surprising if you compare it to Antigua. [...]
Freedom is blogging in your underwear. Or in your pajamas, from your bed, rocking chair or toilet. In the end and in the beginning it’s a matter of doing what you’re passionate about. It’s been a while since I met Hugh MacLeod. [...]
At the time when we won our first Pregonero Bronce, around 1991, some 20 years ago, as an agency we took home an invaluable statuette.When we won our first Pregonero de Bronce, around 1991, some 20 years ago, as an agency we [...]
El Pregonero de Bronce is the creative contest with the longest trajectory in Costa Rica. It is the classic of national creativity with 29 editions full of excitement and competition, as well as a thousand stories, anecdotes, triumphs and defeats. In the [...]
For decades I have lived in an environment of creativity, innovation and idea generation. Chilling daily challenge, if I can put it in three words. However, nothing is more exciting than finding a new idea, a new way of looking at the [...]
El Tome Chichí from El Verdugo has today in this second commercial one more piece for the Tribu DDB collection. More than commercials, we are focused on creating social phenomena. The Paganini series is the first great fruit of a change of [...]
To the memory of John Lennon and his wonderful legacy.
Sebastián Castro is a young Costa Rican who is taking his first steps at CNN, after graduating from Emory University with a degree in Political Science. He is a great friend of my son Santiago, so we have seen him grow and [...]