"thinking clearly about performance"

Today, user RobB left a comment on my recent blog post, asking this:

I’ve just updated the “Thinking Clearly” paper to include an absolutely vital section that was, regrettably, missing from the first revision. It’s a section on the subject of skew.

I hope you enjoy.

I’ve posted a new paper at method-r.com called “Thinking Clearly About Performance.” It’s a topic I’ll be presenting this year at:

• RMOUG (Denver) this month
• Miracle OpenWorld (Billund DK) in April
• UTOUG (Salt Lake City) in May
• Kaleidoscope (Washington DC) in June
  
• MOTS (Ann Arbor) in September

The paper is only 13 pages long, and I think you’ll be pleased with its information density. Here is the table of contents: