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 […]
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 have no idea! (…not yet.) However, those who know how to do it have shared their ideas and secrets in videos posted by the Cannes Lions festival on Youtube. Watch the video of Fernando Vega from JWT. Interesting? Undoubtedly. Over here [...]
We will move from words to deeds. Life commitment. A few days ago I was in the Central American city with the questionable distinction of being the most dangerous city in the world: San Pedro Sula. I understand that in this category [...]
Tribu in Honduras and El Salvador. Last week I was for the first time at Tribu DDB San Pedro Sula, where we made a high voltage personal connection, got stuck on several ideas and managed to initiate a close relationship. I loved [...]
More candidates than ideas. Today Costa Rica is the scene of a spectacular 3D caricature drawn by the politicians of the moment. Between handshakes and hugs, they join in alliances of all kinds and colors to achieve power, without prioritizing proposals or [...]
Cannes Chimera is possibly one of the most unknown great ideas of the moment. It has just been re-presented at the annual Cannes Representatives meeting in London, so I can’t help but share it with you right away. Here is a video [...]
Jesse Dee has once again produced his classic collection of the best slides from the last Cannes International Film Festival 2102. Here they are: 100+ Beautiful Slides From Cannes Lions 2012 from Jesse Desjardins – @jessedee
Referendum for governance. In a letter by José María Figueres to the country, sent first to President Laura Chinchilla, the most influential figure of the Costa Rican Way proposes a referendum for reforms that would initiate the recovery of a good dose [...]
