Turn on ye ole Javascript to add ratings in this low-budg app.

Title:

Kill the Fail Whale: Scale Your Site

Your vote:
Yes No
Organizer:
Glen Campbell, Yahoo! Inc.
Description:
Slow pages can kill a website; high-performance involves more than big servers. Scalability ensures that your site can grow to meet demand, while performance ensures the best possible user experience. Glen Campbell & Brian Rountree have a wealth of experience with some of the highest-trafficked sites on the web: Yahoo! News and Finance, along with many others.
Questions
Answered:
  1. Why is performance important for keeping and retaining users?
  2. What's the difference between server-side and client-side performance?
  3. Which is more important? Server performance or client performance?
  4. Why are rounded corners bad?
  5. What can I do to eliminate unnecessary HTTP requests?
  6. Why is my database the bottleneck?
  7. What are the best ways to crash my site? and how can I avoid them?
  8. What is scalability?
  9. What is sudden success perilous for a small website?
  10. What is the easiest thing I can do to improve my site's performance?
Level:
Advanced
Category:
Web / Interface Design
Type:
Dual
Event:
SXSW Interactive 2009
on 15/8/08
This will be a good panel. Everyone is interested in speed.
on 16/8/08
These guys know how to scale. Looking forward to it. And the beer. And the BBQ (I'm buying).
on 19/8/08
A little more information at my blog: http://blog.broadpool.com/2008/08/18/vote-for-me/
on 18/5/09
Can't wait!
on 20/10/09
Good idea for a panel. Case studies ARE good. :)
on 22/10/09
Love this man. Great stuff, great prices, free shipping. Email him if you cant find what you are looking for and he will look for you. Good customer service.louis vuittonSomeone who is knowledgeable in louis vuitton.Another guy from hong Kong (Largest louis vuitton second hand city, I believe) he has great stuff at fair prices but his shipping is insane
on 3/11/09
Good luck!
on 13/11/09
I'd be super into learning from Kris. Dig it!
on 22/11/09
interesting panel topic
This will be a good panel. Everyone is interested in speed.
Developed for SXSW by Lindsey Simon