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 […]
Mobile adoption is happening in a thousand ways, but there doesn’t seem to be a clear path, so there is a global obsession to take advantage of it. The context and location of mobile makes people use it more than a computer. [...]
Live from Day Two at Cannes Lions 2010 Read this email online <https://list.canneslions.com/t/293993/15521106/3208/0/> Six shortlist exhibitions opened at Cannes Lions this morning and tension is already mounting ahead of the first awards ceremony tonight. BEFORE THAT, BE IN THE PALAIS TODAY TO [...]
Today we have celebrated in Cannes a new Lion for Costa Rica for jotabeqú and its extraordinary case “Virtual Pilgrimage” for the Catholic Church, although I am still dying to see which was the case that could have taken away the gold [...]
Where does Inspiration come from? By David Harris After decades of searching for sources of inspiration, David looked to history to find his sources. Inspiration actually comes from inner breathing. He mentioned Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung with their contributions of inspiration, [...]
And it happened! At Tribu, we had not known for weeks how many fingers to cross for our only bet in Cannes: Six Thousand Colors by Protecto. When I arrived at my room a few minutes ago, after a scenic 12 and [...]
Direct from the Cannes Lions Festival, we include the complete lists of the entries that have entered the short-list, where JWT stands out with 3 “The soundtrack of a movie you will never see” and jotabeqú with 1 shortlist precisely for its [...]
The jails are full of people who thought they had found a shortcut. The courts keep seeing cases of every type, flavor, color and size related to those who thought they could cut a corner, jump a roadblock or circumvent a process. [...]
Today is Publicist’s Day and this is a very good thing. On my side, I do not even know at what time I have already added more than 35 years of being an advertiser. Advertising is the occupation, activity, profession, art and [...]
It seems that the end of the usual menu is near, as well as the typical way of ordering food or drinks in a restaurant. Unfortunately, the bill will keep coming and therefore, we will have to keep ringing the American Express. [...]
A few days ago I heard an opinion that left me cold: Intel’s exit was completely inevitable. Really? And why Israel, being outside the Asian production zone and despite being a country with high costs in general, is the chosen destination for [...]
At the end of this Holy Week, we arrive once again to Easter Sunday. We go through Lent, Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday and Good Friday, the stories, recreations, processions, celebrations, masses, traditions, cults and everything that happens with more intensity during Holy [...]
A few years ago when we were preparing the Osa Campaign, the one that brought thousands of tattoos to our skin, what I said in that environment could have been adverse and aggressive to the idea. I was simply wrong, as the [...]
