Slightly WordPress centric, but great introduction and tutorial on one page about page speed.
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Perf.Rocks
Great resource site with articles, tools and more on web performance matters. Much like this site, but probably better ;)
URL: http://perf.rocks
Web Performance Optimization Stats
Case studies and experiments demonstrating the impact of web performance optimization (WPO) on user experience and business metrics.
URL: http://wpostats.com/
Reducing HTTP requests for boilerplate images
Multiple images being loaded in a CSS file can be mitigated (for modern browsers) using Data URIs. This is one of the better articles explaining the process and links to an online converting tool.
URL: http://www.7cynics.com/webdesign/css/css-inline-images-data-uri.html
Pingdom goes 2.0 on web page testing
Joining other tools like webpagetest.org, Pingdom beefs up its load test offering.
Web Developer’s Guide to Pre-rendering in Chrome
Chrome, along with FireFox, are looking for was to speed up website experiences in the browser by adding cues to the HTML.
URL: http://code.google.com/chrome/whitepapers/prerender.html
15 Tools to Help Speed Up Your Website
Using some of the tools and methods already linked to here at sitespeed.com.au, ReadWriteWeb outlines some great tips.
URL: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/15_tools_to_help_speed_up_your_website.php
Complete Guide to Caching
Comprehensive tutorial on web caching with tips that help optimizing for speed.
Web Performance Best Practices
Google’s comprehensive documentation on best practices for site speed. Covering many of the steps involved in page load time, including resolving DNS names, setting up TCP connections, transmitting HTTP requests, downloading resources, fetching resources from cache, parsing and executing scripts, and rendering objects on the page.
URL: http://code.google.com/speed/page-speed/docs/rules_intro.html
Book of Speed
Stoyan Stefanov’s [in progress] book on “The business, psychology and technology of high-performance web apps”