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A friend recently asked me why I'm so adamant that a #callforpapers must have a #diversity #inclusion section. Wouldn't a blind, merit-based selection process lead to better content? They were convinced by my answer, which I share here. Thread:
#webdev #tech #drupal #drupaleurope

Consider three sessions covering the same broad subject area. Speaker A's proposal is short and only covers the basics. Speaker B's proposal contains spelling and grammatical errors and unconventional English. Speaker C's proposal is well-written, comprehensive, and in-depth. 1/

Speaker A is a woman who has #impostorsyndrome and is harassed by anonymous men on Twitter who belittle her decade-long expertise. She writes a short and basic proposal because she is no longer confident in her skill. Speaker C is a man whose expertise is seldom questioned. 2/

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John-Daniel Trask

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Let's have a quick (long?) chat about web performance.

I have the unique situation of seeing data from billions of performance profiles as we help customers with @raygunio's Real User Monitoring look to improve user experience. #webdev #PerformanceMatters #webperf

1. Many folks still think a synthetic test is a Good Thing. That is, pinging a website from a fixed set of servers. It's better than naught, but it's a pretty poor proxy for real customer experience.

You're measuring data center to data center performance (even if nerfing perf)

2. Even with nerfing perf, you're talking high quality interconnects between DCs. This compares poorly, to say, what an actual user experiences on a 3G phone while roaming around somewhere.

You're not getting realistic numbers.