Victor Loux → Bookmarks → speed

Tech doesn’t make our lives easier. It makes them faster

brettscott.substack.com/p/tech-doesnt-make-our-lives-easier

Breaking through the illusion of convenience that's used to sell us automation

• culture, tag
• progress, tag
• economics, tag
• technology, tag
• speed, tag
• ·5 months ago

A Nuclear Bomb Shot a Manhole Into Space Before Sputnik

businessinsider.com/fastest-object-robert-brownlee-2016-2

Robert Brownlee told us how he shot an object into space before Sputnik.

• speed, tag
• bomb, tag
• ·2 years ago

The Need for Speed, 23 Years Later

nngroup.com/articles/the-need-for-speed/

In spite of an increase in Internet speed, webpage speeds have not improved over time.

• download, tag
• UX, tag
• speed, tag
• history, tag
• optimisation, tag
• performance, tag
• ·3 years ago

computers-are-fast.github.io

computers-are-fast.github.io/

• speed, tag
• code, tag
• experiments, tag
• understanding, tag
• teaching, tag
• ·7 years ago

Most of the web really sucks if you have a slow connection

danluu.com/web-bloat/

• performance, tag
• web, tag
• bandwidth, tag
• scale, tag
• bloat, tag
• internet, tag
• speed, tag
• ·7 years ago