My foreword for Image Performance. — ethanmarcotte.com (ethanmarcotte.com) I was asked to write an introduction for Mat Marquis’ new book on images and performance, which I loved. (I think you’ll love it, too.)

Google Suppresses Memo Revealing Plans to Closely Track Search Users in China by https://www.facebook.com/lhfang (The Intercept) The company forced employees to delete the document, which stated that a Chinese partner would have “unilateral access” to user data.

See the ghostly remains of a failed techno-utopia by Jesus Diaz (Fast Company) These secret cities of the former Soviet Union point to a “perfect technocratic future that never happened.”

A framework for web performance | Clearleft by Clearleft Ltd (Clearleft) Here at Clearleft, we’ve recently been doing some front-end consultancy. That prompted me to jot down thoughts on design principles and performance:

Whatever Happened to the Semantic Web? (twobithistory.org) In 2001, Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, published an article in Scientific American.

Google is giving up some control of the AMP format by Dieter Bohn (The Verge) Sending the project to committee

RevAMP. — ethanmarcotte.com (ethanmarcotte.com) Google’s Accelerated Mobile Project (AMP) has announced it’s moving to a more open governance model, which is great. I still have some questions.