The Path to Performance Podcast
1) Episode 12 with Marcy Sutton
On today’s episode we sit down with Marcy Sutton—a senior front end engineer at Deque Systems, where she works on accessibility. We talk about the intersection and differentiations in performance and...Show More
2) Episode 11 with Steve Souders and Mark Zeman
Our guests this week are Steve Souders and Mark Zeman, of SpeedCurve. In this episode, we talk about the importance of focusing on the user experience when improving performance, how design and develo...Show More
3) Episode 10 with Tammy Everts
Our guest this week is Tammy Everts. Tammy is a Senior Researcher and Evangelist at SOASTA. In this episode, we discuss getting started with performance budgets, why you should focus on article and pr...Show More
4) Episode 09 with Val Head
Why are Apple's product pages so heavy? When is the right time to choose aesthetic wins over performance wins? We explore these questions in today's preshow. We're also joined this week by web animati...Show More
5) Episode 08 with Sophie Shepherd of Ushahidi
This week, we have a brief discussion about how third party ad networks affect performance on news sites before talking with Sophie Shepherd. Sophie is a Senior Designer at Ushahidi, a non-profit soft...Show More
6) Episode 07 with Brenna Heaps of GitHub
Our guest this week is Brenna Heaps. Brenna currently works at GitHub, but previously was a project manager at Happy Cog. She managed several projects that Katie was a part of, so we asked her to join...Show More
7) Episode 06 with Matt Shull of Aristotle Interactive
Our guest this week is Matt Shull. Matt works at Aristotle Interactive where he manages projects and helps shape performance best practices. He also teaches others about web design/development through...Show More
8) Episode 05 with Brian Greene and John Hoyt of Nationwide Insurance
This week we talk with Brian Greene and John Hoyt, both both members of the user experience team at Nationwide Insurance. We discuss the challenges of working with such a big team, how they promote p...Show More
9) Episode 04 with Jeff Veen
In this episode, we're joined by special guest, Jeff Veen. Jeff shares what he's learned about the importance of design and performance, we talk about why slow page load speeds are a big problem for c...Show More
10) Episode 03 with Jeff Lembeck
This week, Katie and Tim talk to Jeff Lembeck of the Filament Group about how they conduct performance analysis, how they sell performance, why everyone needs a "Jank Tank", and the importance of perc...Show More