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 […]
At the celebration of 100 years of his birth, David Ogilvy was remembered as saying that advertising is a force for good. He assured that it was about much more than sales and proposed to make a better world with it. In [...]
In these days of intense global creative competition on the Cannes Lions stage, it is impressive to know the level that is achieved in the world. For this reason, when we see the Lions winners in press, it is revealing to know [...]
Cannes, 23 June 2011 – The winners of the Press, Design and Cyber Lions categories have been announced and awarded at the third Awards Ceremony of the Cannes Lions Festival week which took place last night. This year the Design Lions attracted [...]
With the enormous and deep satisfaction you feel when you achieve a dream in life, today I share with you an incredible joy experienced by all the people at Tribu DDB, our friends, family, clients and business partners: we won our first [...]
Media, Outdoor and Radio Winners Cannes, 22 June 2011 – Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity held the second of four awards ceremonies last night to honour the Media, Outdoor and Radio Lions winners. The Media Lions category, which saw a 34% [...]
Yesterday we were told that we had won a gold. From Costa Rica they say it was a silver, because of a publication in Adlatina. Today I was told that it was not so, but that the bronze is what is confirmed. [...]
After several years of Cannes, Ojos, Fiaps, Clios and so much more in the world of advertising awards, SXSW Interactive has turned out to be a surprise of unimaginable proportions. More than 30,000 people attend Austin, and among them in 2011: Paula [...]
Some time ago I read that the key to life is happiness, and that the key to happiness is simplicity, or something similar. Although incomplete and questionable, the phrase points to a refreshing, clear and powerful word: simple. For this reason, the [...]
With the SXSW Interactive festival just a few days away, I’m packing my bags for a new and intense experience. Check out what we’re going for: five days of compelling presentations from the brightest minds in emerging technology, scores of exciting networking [...]
Already in March and almost 2.2 million views later I came across a wonderful summary of 2010 that I wanted to leave on my blog. Enjoy it first and then allow me to add a paragraph of commentary. Searches continue in 2011. [...]
What we lived through was not a crisis, but a “button-down”. The world went through a reset of economies and finances that completely affected consumption. We were living in the upgrade era and we halfway returned to the replacement era. Everything changed. [...]
Or at least, that is my aspiration. From dust we came and to dust we shall return, although perhaps a little improved in fertilizer quality. Personally, I prefer to be cremated rather than buried, and rather than live confined to a cup [...]