I was reading Harry Roberts’ post, Identifying, Auditing, and Discussing Third Parties, and realized I hadn’t paid proper attention to the Request Map Generator built by Simon Hearne. It’s fantastic. Request Map for trentwalton.com First off,... read more
On May 25, 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) becomes enforceable across Europe. According to Wikipedia: The General Data Protection Regulation is a regulation in EU law on data protection and privacy for all individuals... read more
I just got back from attending & speaking at Smashing Conf 2018. I had a great time—the speakers were excellent, and the Smashing team is always so helpful and supportive. It was my first time speaking... read more
In another informative talk, Andy Davies looks at how you can measure the cost of a particular third-party script (just after the 4-minute mark). Test a page in WebPageTest Repeat with selected third-parties blocked Compare the... read more
It’s common for sites to ask users to turn off ad blockers. I often happily oblige to support sites I value. I’d likely oblige more often if the differences in experience weren’t so extreme. Here’s one... read more
Now that I’d spent time itemizing third-party scripts and finding the most prevalent ones, I wanted to identify what these scripts/services do, who owns them, etc. I’d already found myself wondering, “what is the Rubicon Project?”... read more
Longtime friend and collaborator, Matt Weinberg from Vector Media Group recently asked if I’d like to chat with coworker Lee Goldberg and himself about Vector’s approach to tag managers (and web marketing in general)—I quickly took... read more
Since beefing up my technique for itemizing third-party requests, I’ve been looking into which third-party domains and services are most prevalent. Starting with a spreadsheet of the top 50 US sites (according to Alexa in late... read more
If I want to see all the third-party requests included with a webpage, I have a few options (that I know of): Look at the code in the <head> and before the </body> tags Use a... read more
Oliver Palmer wrote a post on the Optimizely blog about how page load time impacts engagement. Recognizing the increasing prevalence of third-party javascript… between the homepages of 20 major US and European publishers, some 500 different... read more
Slideshare slides I’m very thankful to Andy Davies for pointing out this excellent talk he gave with Simon Hearne on third-party components. Here are some notes and links that stood out to me: BuiltWith tag management... read more
As a web designer and builder, the list of things I’ve felt responsible for on the execution side of the process (once research, writing, planning, etc. reaches a point) has expanded over the years. Each new... read more
I heard Jake give a fantastic talk similar to this at Smashing Conference in LA, but am thrilled to also see it in this mega-distilled version (losing none of his charm): read more
M Dot or RWD. Which is Faster? outlines some great research conducted by Doug Sillars on whether m-dot or responsive sites are faster. Redirects slow m-dot sites from the very start while those sites might turn... read more
Friends don’t let friends load 300kb PNG images on their websites no matter how cool the transparent photo of a happy customer waving over a gradient background looks. That said, when raster graphics are required, one... read more