Jodie Chan

@jodiechan.bsky.social

Cross-border web perf specialist by day, singer songwriter by night. Look for the one with the pink hair :) Let's chat on #webperf, #music, #extremetrekking

Do we serve social media? Or does it serve us? Personal thoughts from someone who loves being present (IRL), who even in large crowds prefers one or two conversations. I’m often conflicted by how much my life and work revolve around being online, sharing en masse. open.substack.com/pub/sheisjoy...

Do we serve social media? Or does it serve us?

Thoughts on "doing the thing" versus sharing me "doing the thing" and remembering the purpose of what social media should be, for me.

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Still fascinating how many global sites that load fast elsewhere still stall inside China. 40-60% of visitors time out, with pages taking 18sec+ vs 2sec. Sharing the State of China Web Perf Report 2025. Benchmarks, root causes, & what improves after optimization. insights.chinafy.com #china

The State of Global Website Performance in China Report

Read the full report for the results of 614 global websites tested from Beijing (China), Virginia (US), and London (UK). Here's what we discovered about how global websites behave for users in Mainlan...

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A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world

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Almost three years ago, my editor called me early one November morning. A wildfire had sparked near a town called Paradise, he said. Could I go? (1/13)
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I was just laid off by The Washington Post in the middle of a warzone. I have no words. I'm devastated.
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Jan 25
Waking up without power, heat, or running water. (Again.) 

But the work here in Kyiv continues. Warming up in the car, writing in pencil — pen ink freezes — by headlamp.

Who here's moved from ChatGPT over to Claude in the past few months? I've treated the two platforms like two different employees at work, but gosh the @anthropic.com strides are wide. Is it 1) possible and 2) good to have one ring (I mean ai platform) to rule them all? #ai

I paid my therapist a zillion dollars to tell me this, so I’m passing it on to anyone else in MN who needs to hear it: Think of taking time away to recharge not as not doing the work, but as doing quality control for the work. You’re not going to be able to show up to do it well if you’re depleted

Anyone know anything about Google's latest updates affecting spam filters on Gmail workspace emails? This is after checking out all the potential culprits across links/DMARC etc and getting top marks via tools. Happening to our workspace emails and that of our very reputable agency partners too!

NEW post: sparktoro.com/blog/ai-will... When tech execs say "AI will replace 50% of jobs!" that's just marketing. And when press, media, and yes, social media users like us uncritically repeat it, we help make sure that they'll say it again.

"AI will replace all the jobs!" Is Just Tech Execs Doing Marketing - SparkToro

Over the weekend, I went digging for evidence that AI can, will, or has replaced a large percent of jobs. It doesn't exist. Worse than that, actually,

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What tools do you use to attribute #webperf metrics to business ones? Do these tools work in China? An agency partner recently asked - “is there was a way to track potential traffic lost on a website to build a case for improvements in markets with less visibility?” Curious what you lot share.

Last week I gave a talk at the #PerfNow conference titled “Performance Mistakes”. I started off explaining a bit about Etsy’s blameless culture, and how it’s ok to make mistakes. Then I shared 17 common #webperf mistakes using @httparchive.org data, with examples. www.slideshare.net/slideshow/pe...

Performance Now '24- Performance Mistakes - Final.pdf

Performance Now '24- Performance Mistakes - Final.pdf - Download as a PDF or view online for free

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When not working in the web space, I’m an artist and singersongwriter under the name “Joya”. Turns out people who are passionate about one thing tend to also be passionate in general about many, with interests. Who knew. New to @bsky.app but recommended to give these lists a go!