Name: "Web performance is not a technical problem" from BBC News
Start: 2015-12-08T19:00:00Z
End: 2015-12-08T22:30:00Z
Location: The Financial Times - 6th Floor Conference Suite

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Skill Level:

Beginner / Intermediate

Abstract:

Building the BBC's Responsive News website has been a long journey, but we made it. Along the way we found web performance was not as simple as just doing the right things technically. We often didn't fully control the factors we needed to change, so getting results meant working in new ways. In this talk we hope will share some of our experiences building Responsive News, improving its performance, and will explore some of the ways that we have worked within the organisation to get where we are today.

Bios:

Peter Chamberlin @pgchamberlin
Principal Developer at BBC News @ResponsiveNews

Peter is a Principal Developer for the BBC News Portland team, working on the Responsive News site. He is a pragmatic developer who embraces new ideas and technologies. He loves the open web, accessibility, performance, and actually making the right thing where possible.

Joseph Wynn

Joseph is a Senior Developer on the BBC News Portland team. Having previously worked with the BBC News World Service team, Joseph has played a leading part working with performance on Responsive News.

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