Resources from the slides
- Collection of Google, Amazon, etc. page load time results
- Gomez: Why Web Performance Matters
- DoubleClick mobile ad study
- JupiterResearch study on online shopping
- Cutting page load time in half: case study
- Web performance best practice benchmarking
- CSS Sprites: What They Are, Why They’re Cool, and How To Use Them
- CSS3 Gradient Generator
- 3PO: YSlow extension to grade 3rd party scripts
- Taming the Mobile Beast Presentation by Matt Welsh and Patrick Meenan
Additional information I couldn’t cram in
- Profilers, tools, and tips on UI Performance (perfplanet.com)
- Designing for performance (nathanleighdavis.com)
- Why the performance of your site is a life or death thing (boagworld.com)
- Speed Is A Killer – Why Decreasing Page Load Time Can Drastically Increase Conversions (kissmetrics.com)