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 […]
THE OPENHOUSE PROJECT PRESENTS “He Still Got the Whole World in His Hands How do we remain hopeful in a world that seems hopelessly broken? How do we continue to trust a God that seems conspicuously absent? How do we find peace [...]
Seth Godin points out that the Internet has killed mass advertising and resurrected a social unit of the past: tribes. These are based on common ideas and values, tribes empower ordinary people to lead and make big changes. He invokes us to [...]
I loved this video, which in a few minutes gives you the reality of the revolution that social networks imply today, right here on our computer screens. The message has many data already surpassed, as Facebook users would already form not the [...]
Social media requires delicate approach 4 March 2010 Print Email Share Save David Edwards, planning director, Digitas London A shift away from campaign sites to community networks by major FMCG brands such as Coca-Cola and Unilever(nma 14 January 2010) is no surprise [...]
“What do you have in your hands?” he asks us at the end of the message Rick Warren, and immediately adds, “talent, background, education, freedom, connections, opportunities, wealth, ideas, creativity.” And yes, it sure hasn’t been for us. In an adaptation of [...]
Volcán Awards to the region’s advertising Tribu DDB was awarded as the best advertising agency of the year. It also won awards for best radio campaign and best illustration. Virtual Pilgrimage’, by Jotabequ Grey agency, was the best interactive work. Rating: 2 [...]
A few years ago, when I first wrote this piece in the Costa Rican newspaper La Nación, Apple had just broken ground in an innovative way that had nothing to do with technology, a new device or a new machine. Rather, they’d [...]
It was March 2008 when I programmed the rental car’s GPS to find the closest gas station. I was in Paris and had to fill the tank in order to avoid the steep cost of gas at the rental agency. Since I [...]
When I typed this question into Google, a whopping 241 million results came up. “Holy shit!” I thought to myself. Then, I tweaked my query slightly, swapping the word “world” for “life” and two million more search results were generated. Safe to [...]
My blogging debut was back in 2005 when I first wrote a few lines here, on the Slow Burn blog, named A Fuego Lento in Spanish. Since then, it has certainly lived up to its name; I’ve gone through periods of writing [...]
The Value in Respecting Differences The month of February that is ending has been a personally inspiring experience. On the first of the month, my wife and I took flights from Juan Santamaría airport to Delhi, India. From there, we went on [...]
He began the day’s Keynote by reiterating that we can all transform the world, recalling that a child in Africa with a smartphone today has more information in his hands than the President of the United States 15 years ago. Moore’s Law [...]
