Get to know Mitko Kockovski, speaker

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This is our first article in a series dedicated to our speakers. Today is all about Mitko. He started working with WordPress in 2010, is a Codeable expert and founder of webpigment.com.

At WordCamp Bucharest, he will talk about “AJAX-ing your ( Woocommerce ) website”. Let’s get to know him a bit more.

  • When and how did you start working with WordPress?

I started working with WordPress almost 10 years ago, I was out of a job and started looking for some freelance gigs. Using the most popular freelancer methodology ( First come, first served ) I got a project ( keep in mind that this was 10 years ago ) about adjusting the search functionality of a website, so it will show the products in the search result page. So because of that gig, I become familiar with WordPress and since then I’m working with it on daily basis.

  • Why did you choose this topic for your presentation?

Because AJAX became a part of standard websites these days. Imagine having a need of reloading the whole page just because your visitor wanted to add a product to cart? Its simply doesn’t make sense to me.

  • What will we learn from your presentation?

This is funny, most people after the presentation look at me as I’m a freak! 🙂 I think its a good start for Woocommerce users to understand how the build in AJAX works with Woocommerce and how they can leverage that.

  • What do you like to do when you’re not WordPress-ing?

In my free time, I like to do a few things. After I got married I stopped playing World of Warcraft (WoW), because at that time I was a freelancer and as we all know freelancers barely have any free time. So it was simple if I play WoW then my wife would make me wash the dishes. It’s a good strategy to save an addict 🙂 These days I try to get as much free time as possible so I can play with my son and two dogs.

  • Few words for the WordPress Bucharest community

It will be a pleasure for me to give a presentation at the WordCamp in Bucharest and I hope you’ll enjoy my talk.

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