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 […]
I don’t think something like this has ever happened before in the history of advertising in our country. Today in La Teja and on the front page, the news of the launching of a new commercial of El Verdugo stores, for its [...]
Some time ago I discovered www.chess.com and from then on A Fuego Lento has been in constant check. The direct competition of my blog has been chess. Only turbo mega super bati reloaded by chess.com, the best thing ever invented after chess [...]
The next Cannes Lions Festival is just around the corner, so the tension is building, suitcases are packed, hotels are crowded with reservations and the brand world is preparing for a particularly important edition. After the depression that can be explained by [...]
Last night I finally put play on the AppleTV and started watching a movie I downloaded a few weeks ago – Art Copy, by Doug Pray. I thought I’d abandon it at minute 5 or 10, only to find that I couldn’t [...]
Today I received an email from Bernal Esquivel, Director of Strategic Planning at Tribu DDB and great friend, with a picture and a mega ultra super super hyper hyper bati meaningful message: George, we did it! I burst out laughing with the [...]
Today we finally received the signal we were waiting for: it’s official. Movistar, our new big client has chosen us to be their creative partner in Costa Rica for an unprecedented launch in the country. Although until just a few weeks ago… [...]
Today is one of those days when I have nothing to say and nothing to write about. However, one of those where these feelings, I wanted to share. Maybe tomorrow. Good day! PS By the way, yesterday surpassed 10,000 hits on this [...]
With only five days to go before the official period for the publication of the pieces that will participate in ASCAP’s VOLCAN in Costa Rica, we can expect that this will be the official week of the cheaters. I have been reluctantly [...]
Last.FM, a sensational world of resources for enjoying music. It takes a while to understand and some patience. However, the prize is a phenomenal resource for socializing around music, just as it makes the Apple store I normally use pale in comparison. [...]
We can already anticipate, a few steps away from finalizing key details, that for next year 2008 we will have a national contest to choose the duo that will travel to CANNES to the Young Creatives Competition, although we still don’t know [...]
“Come, I need you to give meaning to this heart, that finds no rest if not with you” says the chorus of this song that seems to have been inspired by our thirsty hearts, that to be completely open to you, I [...]
With the ASCAP Volcano just around the corner, and September 30 as the deadline to publish the pieces that will participate this year, I am pleased to tell you that we will have more judges than ever before for the next festival. [...]