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 […]
Any professional working with a consumer brand should go to Cannes Lions. The reasons are more than a hundred, but here I copy and paste 10 excellent arguments for an advertiser client to decide to go. Tue 5 Apr 2011 10 reasons [...]
If it were not for La Nación, the past Volcán Festival would have gone completely unnoticed in the mass media. Neither Teletica Canal 7, nor Repretel, I never see it, nor Summa or Monumental, nor La República or La Extra have even [...]
Last night we repeated Agency of the Year for the third consecutive Volcano, after the closest game played on these courts for as long as I can remember. And here, let the twitters tell it! So skip to the last line and [...]
Here for the blog, all the finalists of Tribu en el Volcán 2011. Without much more introduction, listen, watch, enjoy and share them.
I long for a cave or a monastery, without wifi or 3G. I am provoked by the mountains in the Himalayas without signal and the villages outside the cyber cafe. Few places in the world are left like the shower, without screens, [...]
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 [...]
The 10th month of the year is October. In Costa Rica it is a rainy month, although this year through HBO it will arrive with the sun. On the 5th and 6th of this month a documentary on the life of George [...]
It has been an event for the country, a publicity moment and a social phenomenon. The launch in the media for Movistar and Claro has generated countless comments and opinions. For, against or the opposite, Ticos are suddenly at the gates of [...]
With presentations two Sundays a month, tomorrow at the Openhouse: “Bulevar de los Sueños Rotos”, at 10:55 AM in Escazú, at the Meridiano Auditorium in the HSBC Building, next to Plaza Roble / Multiplaza. It’s simple. Some of our dreams come to [...]
Today I woke up with the Ode to the Brave, by Juan Carlos Ortiz, a friend worth three. Here I leave it for you to enjoy. Ode to the Brave The sages of India said that in life there are always three [...]
One of the brands that we have served in Tribu DDB for more years is Credomatic. For more than 15 years we have shared life, just as Movistar is now proposing. We have done a thousand projects, initiatives and achievements. From the [...]
Welcome Movistar! Last week the billboards came out and today television. Movistar has come to applaud the country they come to with a sincere and affectionate message to all Ticos and Ticas. It is very true: while many other countries elected an [...]