{"id":1269,"date":"2015-03-11T01:07:42","date_gmt":"2015-03-11T06:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2015.stlouis.wordcamp.org\/?p=1269"},"modified":"2015-03-09T20:29:09","modified_gmt":"2015-03-10T01:29:09","slug":"speaker-interview-lucas-lima","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stlouis.wordcamp.org\/2015\/speaker-interview-lucas-lima\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker Interview: Lucas Lima"},"content":{"rendered":"

As part of our Speaker Interview series<\/a>, Lucas Lima lives in St. Louis, but is from Brazil, and participates in both the St. Louis WordPress community<\/a>, and WP-Brazil<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Lucas is extremely enthusiastic about being involved in all that is WordPress, and especially the philopsophy of Free Software. You can read more about Lucas in his bio<\/a>. He’ll be presenting – Managing WordPress Projects<\/a>.<\/p>\n

At the event, Lucas will be helping with Kids Camp<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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NILE FLORES:<\/strong> What got you interested in WordPress?<\/p>\n

LUCAS LIMA:<\/strong> I’m advocate of the Free Software philosophy and democratization of the internet. WordPress was my first and only choice when looking for free software tools that could empower people that need a space in the web but don’t have the necessary knowledge or money to get a website. In addition to that, the strong community and sense of fellowship made me really think that WordPress is the right tool to democratize the web publishing possible.<\/em><\/p>\n

NILE FLORES:<\/strong> What is the most interesting WordPress-related project you\u2019ve worked on?<\/p>\n

LUCAS LIMA:<\/strong> \u200bI work with many interesting projects with my colleagues at Brasa<\/a> and each of them has challenges and something cool to learn.<\/em><\/p>\n

NILE FLORES:<\/strong> Name 3 WordPress plugins that have always been on your MUST install list, and why.<\/p>\n

LUCAS LIMA:<\/strong> Contact Form 7\u200b: Amazing plugin, really flexible and with wonderful support documentation.<\/em><\/p>\n

Jetpack: Wonderful set of tools that can accomplish many of the basic requirements.<\/em><\/p>\n

Hello Dolly: Which symbolizes the enthusiasm of the ones behind WordPress.<\/em><\/p>\n

NILE FLORES:<\/strong> What is something interesting about you that the WordPress community doesn\u2019t know?<\/p>\n

LUCAS LIMA:<\/strong> \u200bI practice Capoeira, an Afro-Brazilian martial art created by African Slaves in Brazil as a means to protect themselves from their oppressors over 400 year ago. Capoeira creates a strong sense of community and develops self discipline, the difference from other martial arts that I know is the mix of agile movements and music which is played when players are in the game called “Roda”. In 2014, Capoeira became Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanit<\/a>y by UNESCO.<\/em><\/p>\n

NILE FLORES:<\/strong> In regards to new WordPress users, what one or two pieces of advice would you give them that could be very helpful?<\/p>\n

LUCAS LIMA:<\/strong> \u200bI would say to take advantage of this great community of supporters behind the tool to understand better all the possibilities to leverage WordPress for you objectives. There are a lot of people out there willing to help, you just need to find them and ask.<\/em> :)\u200b<\/p>\n

If you’ve got questions for Lucas, feel free to ask here on the website, or wait until the event. He’ll be happy to answer. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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