I start typing with an overwhelming feeling of defeat. Not because the trip at the end of August to which I am going to refer went badly, but because I think it is almost impossible to translate into text what I experienced. No adjective is sufficient to describe what it really means to experience “Burning […]
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 [...]
I identify with the idea proposed by Jim Eldredge in Wild at Heart, who argues that both God has a wild heart and we are created in his likeness. He bases his proposal on the spectacular reflection we can take of his [...]
As of today, the Young Lions Zone is open on the Cannes Film Festival website. Be sure to visit it and connect with a great opportunity within reach, through ASCAP and La Nación. Click here: YOUNG LIONS ZONE
(By Valentina Vescovi, adlatina.com staff). The global CEO of Saatchi Saatchi, Kevin Roberts, spoke yesterday -at a press conference held at Del Campo Nazca SS- about the plans of his network and the purpose of his visit to Buenos Aires. He told [...]
From ASCAP, the association of advertising agencies in Costa Rica, transforming processes are being developed today. These unify in a creative direction of projection, without a single agency giving up even for a breath in the fierce competition that characterizes us. In [...]
To participate in the Young Lions Cannes 2008, the pairs can be from two different agencies, from one university or another, professional or trainee, active in advertising or not, as long as they are between 18 and 28, at least one of [...]