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 [...]
WYSIWYG: What you see is what you get. As you see. As it is. No more, no less. That’s the way it is.
A few days ago I came across this beautiful window. Fruit ice creams in delicious flavors and colors, presented with creativity, joy and a lot of determination, provoking a sensory experience from the first glance. Who doesn’t like ice creams? And how [...]
The first thing I heard about Thomas Keller was that he had decided not to invent. Instead, he had focused on making the classic and traditional into something much better. From his creativity he has recreated and surpassed what we all know, [...]
This must possibly be the one million five hundred and eighty one thousandth entry related to Ka, a number I got from googling Ka + Soleil. In other words, not only is the topic not original, I don’t claim to be. However, [...]
Adlatina magazine has honored us by including us among the highlights of 2010 in Latin America, a tremendous award, an unexpected distinction and simply great recognition of the work, passion, talent and competence at Tribu DDB. Look what a detail of good [...]
This weekend, the new alma magazine, inserted in El Financiero, circulated in certain sectors, as an initiative of Tribu DDB to make known more than what is seen. The publication is primarily the work of Tribu, under the editorial creative direction of [...]