{"id":4137,"date":"2018-10-19T11:00:06","date_gmt":"2018-10-19T08:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2018.bucharest.wordcamp.org\/?p=4137"},"modified":"2018-10-19T11:04:34","modified_gmt":"2018-10-19T08:04:34","slug":"get-to-know-emanuel-blagonic-speaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bucharest.wordcamp.org\/2018\/get-to-know-emanuel-blagonic-speaker\/","title":{"rendered":"Get to know Emanuel Blagonic, speaker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello lovely people! This is our new article in a <a href=\"https:\/\/2018.bucharest.wordcamp.org\/category\/get-to-know-the-speakers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series dedicated to our speakers<\/a>. Today is all about <strong>Emanuel, <\/strong>who will talk about <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/2018.bucharest.wordcamp.org\/schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to find peace and change the world<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong>. Let&#8217;s get to know him a bit more.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When and how did you start working with WordPress?<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I think it was around 2005. Back then I had a company which developed its own CMS and I was searching for another solution I could use for my personal projects and for blogging. I tried several of them but I fell in love with WordPress on the first sight. What really \u201cbought\u201d me was the Codex which \u2014 back then \u2014 was just starting up but nevertheless it was light years more advanced than anything else that I\u2019ve seen. As a designer, I finally found a CMS that I could easily integrate and that wasn\u2019t frightening.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4139\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2018.bucharest.wordcamp.org\/files\/2018\/10\/emanuel-interview.jpg?resize=640%2C335&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bucharest.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/10\/emanuel-interview.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bucharest.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/10\/emanuel-interview.jpg?resize=300%2C157&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bucharest.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/10\/emanuel-interview.jpg?resize=768%2C402&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bucharest.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/10\/emanuel-interview.jpg?resize=1024%2C536&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bucharest.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/10\/emanuel-interview.jpg?resize=500%2C262&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bucharest.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/10\/emanuel-interview.jpg?resize=1000%2C523&amp;ssl=1 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Why did you choose this topic for your presentation?<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For years I talked about design and technical topics \u2014 from user-centric design to accessibility \u2014 and to be honest I am a little tired of those topics. In the past few years, I was heavily invested in finding my own peace or better yet \u2013 a perfect work-life balance. And although I\u2019m not there just yet I learned a lot in the process. Personally, this is the topic that gained momentum in the past year or so, as we are all struggling and juggling between work and family while trying not to burn out in the process.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What will we learn from your presentation?<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I will talk about my mistakes and what I learned out of them. I will talk about my low points in life and how I managed to come out of it stronger than before. This is a talk that will give you challenges and that will (hopefully) teach you how to leave your comfort zones and truly enjoy life.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What do you like to do when you\u2019re not WordPress-ing?<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">My biggest challenge is being a father to Luka, who will soon celebrate his 6th birthday. He is my true inspiration and I like to spend as much quality time with him as possible. We travel, we explore new things, we go through life together. When I\u2019m not with him I like to spend time with family and friends \u2013 and a lot of them come from the WordPress community. They sometimes visit me in Croatia and sometimes I visit them and more often we see each other in WordCamps around the world. I\u2019m really looking forward seeing some of them in Bucharest too!<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Few words for the WordPress Bucharest community<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As with every other community, WordPress community means hard work. But being part of it can be beneficial in so many ways. WordPress community is in most of its parts as open and welcoming as it gets. People help each other and giving something to others no matter how insignificant this is to us \u2014 that motion of unconditional giving \u2014 is what keeps us going. I can\u2019t wait to meet people from the Bucharest and Romanian WordPress community I haven\u2019t met before, to talk about our cultural differences but more importantly \u2013 about things that keep us together. I heard so many nice things about Romania and am looking forward to learning and explore even more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Want to get to meet Emanuel and all the other speakers? <a href=\"https:\/\/2018.bucharest.wordcamp.org\/tickets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Get your ticket now<\/a>\u00a0and join us for WordCamp Bucharest.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello lovely people! This is our new article in a series dedicated to our speakers. Today is all about Emanuel, who will talk about &#8220;How to find peace and change the world&#8220;. 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