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 highly recommend this book published by Lawrence Harrison and Samuel Huntington, as it helps to understand the reasons why there are countries prone to development, while many of us live in others prone to underdevelopment. Unfortunately for us Latin Americans, we [...]
Yesterday, agencies in the region turned to the lists of Finalists published on the Caribbean site, https://www.festivalcaribe.com/home.asp, to find a significant number of entries from Costa Rica on the short list in the different categories. It seemed to me that Ogilvy Costa [...]
For 16 Tribu creatives, today kicks off a Caribbean weekend, with the new edition of the festival organized by the Círculo de Creativos de Panamá. Costa Rica sent more pieces than any other country, and Ogilvy Costa Rica more than any other [...]
