{"id":1691,"date":"2017-10-14T16:00:36","date_gmt":"2017-10-14T13:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2017.sofia.wordcamp.org\/?p=1691"},"modified":"2017-10-12T21:39:45","modified_gmt":"2017-10-12T18:39:45","slug":"wcsof17-introducing-emir-kurtovic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sofia.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wcsof17-introducing-emir-kurtovic\/","title":{"rendered":"WordCamp Sofia 2017 speakers: Introducing Emir Kurtovic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Presenting you Emir &#8211; an experienced software developer who is currently exploring the way of rapid\/agile\/lean development. He is also into UI\/UX graphic design, online marketing, SEO, ROI and basic accounting, and putting them all together. He&#8217;s been a Toptal software architect since 2014.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1693\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sofia.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wcsof17-introducing-emir-kurtovic\/emir\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sofia.wordcamp.org\/2017\/files\/2017\/10\/emir.jpg?fit=2048%2C1367&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1367\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"emir\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sofia.wordcamp.org\/2017\/files\/2017\/10\/emir.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sofia.wordcamp.org\/2017\/files\/2017\/10\/emir.jpg?fit=1024%2C684&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1693\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2017.sofia.wordcamp.org\/files\/2017\/10\/emir.jpg?resize=1180%2C788&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1180\" height=\"788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sofia.wordcamp.org\/2017\/files\/2017\/10\/emir.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sofia.wordcamp.org\/2017\/files\/2017\/10\/emir.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sofia.wordcamp.org\/2017\/files\/2017\/10\/emir.jpg?resize=768%2C513&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sofia.wordcamp.org\/2017\/files\/2017\/10\/emir.jpg?resize=1024%2C684&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sofia.wordcamp.org\/2017\/files\/2017\/10\/emir.jpg?resize=449%2C300&amp;ssl=1 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1180px) 100vw, 1180px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Emir will tell us more about Artificial Intelligence and using the user interactions on the site to suggest content from other sites and create cross-references and backlinks in his talk &#8211;\u00a0<a class=\"wcpt-session-title\" href=\"https:\/\/2017.sofia.wordcamp.org\/session\/%d1%81%d0%b5%d1%81%d0%b8%d0%b8-5\/\">Artificial Intelligence for content exchange cross-site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But before getting in the\u00a0latitudes of AI, we all should try Emir&#8217;s delicious-sounding, easy-to-make dish the recipe of which he shares in the interview below:<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<blockquote><p><strong><br \/>\nHey Emir, please introduce yourself.<br \/>\n<\/strong>My name is Emir Kurtovic and I&#8217;m from Bosnia and Herzegovina.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s your specialty?<br \/>\n<\/strong>I am a developer, a software architect. Technology is less important.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How many languages do you speak?<br \/>\n<\/strong>Let&#8217;s see, PHP, NodeJS\/Javascript&#8230; awww.. you ment&#8230; English, Bosnian\/Serbian\/Croatian and a bit of German.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What was your first encounter with WordPress?<br \/>\n<\/strong>Trying to put in work 100+ domains I had at the time (\u00b12005)<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the best WordPress advice you have ever received?<br \/>\n<\/strong>&#8222;Do not install 3rd party plugins.&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is your motivation to speak at WordCamp Sofia 2017?<br \/>\n<\/strong>I like networking, meeting people and exploring countries. Escaping from the office and the ordinary, but also, getting to know the community around the world.<\/p>\n<div><strong>How did you you choose the topic of your talk?<br \/>\n<\/strong>It&#8217;s the system I&#8217;m working on almost for the past 10 years now&#8230; related to AI and machine learning, before those terms were even that popular, like nowdays.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>\u00a0Share with us a recipe to a dish you can prepare.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Cooking &#8230; I can make pretty much everything. From roasted beed to a domestic pie&#8230; \u00a0here is a quick meal you can make from leftovers:<br \/>\n&#8211; get bread slices, pour mixed eggs or spread cheese over.<br \/>\n&#8211; put chopped vegetables and any kind of meat &#8211; salami, sudzuk, chicken<br \/>\n&#8211; put them all together in oven until crispy<br \/>\n&#8211; pour some sauce or just chopped spices over&#8230; and serve.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em><strong>Want to make sure you don&#8217;t miss all these insights? Get <a href=\"https:\/\/2017.sofia.wordcamp.org\/tickets\/\">your ticket<\/a>\u00a0for WordCamp Sofia 2017 today!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Presenting you Emir &#8211; an experienced software developer who is currently exploring the way of rapid\/agile\/lean development. He is also into UI\/UX graphic design, online marketing, SEO, ROI and basic accounting, and putting them all together. 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