Add this week's blog posts (should have done this earlier)

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+layout: post
+title: Slides from the Jenkins User Conference 2011
+tags:
+- jenkins
+- presentation
+- jenkinsconf
+---
+
+
+
+
+<center><img
+src="http://agentdero.cachefly.net/unethicalblogger.com/images/flow-of-changes.png"
+alt="Flow of changes in Gerrit/Jenkins"/></center>
+
+Ahead of an actual blog post wrap of the event, here are the slides from my
+"Continuous Deployment with Gerrit and Jenkins" talk at the first *ever*
+Jenkins User Conference.
+
+ * [Slides (PDF)](http://strongspace.com/rtyler/public/gerrit-jenkins.pdf)
+ * [Slides with notes (PDF)](http://strongspace.com/rtyler/public/gerrit-jenkins-notes.pdf)
+ * [Full deck (ODP)](http://strongspace.com/rtyler/public/gerrit-jenkins.odp)
+ * [Full deck (PPT)](http://strongspace.com/rtyler/public/gerrit-jenkins.ppt)
+
+All materials can be considered under the [CC BY
+3.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) license.

_posts/2011-10-08-keep-on-trucking-sonic.markdown

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+layout: post
+title: Keep on truckin' Sonic.net
+tags:
+- sonic
+- usenet
+---
+
+I've mentioned in the past how absolutely in love with
+[Sonic.net](http://sonic.net) I am. They're by far the best ISP I've ever
+encountered and treat their users, especially technical ones, very well.
+
+Being a Sonic.net customer, I've always enjoyed the fact that they run a USENET
+server (`news.sonic.net`) which I've used as my news server of choice since
+discovering it. In addition to running a news server, there's actually a number
+of Sonic.net-specific news groups under the `sonic.*` namespace, which is also
+pretty neat.
+
+
+Understandably, Sonic.net CEO [Dane Jasper](http://twitter.com/dane) is
+urging people to switch from these `sonic.*` newsgroups to use Sonic.net's new
+forums because the news servers at Sonic.net are **old** and they are no longer
+going to invest in the infrastructure for less than *400 subscribers* that use
+the USENET service.
+
+
+As can be expected, when any amount of change occurs, gnashing of teeth from
+this very vocal < 400 subscribers ensued. What happened next was what makes me
+respect Dane as a CEO but also continue to love Sonic.net.
+
+
+Dane was **honest** his customers. He explained the history of the
+`news.sonic.net` servers, the investment that Sonic.net has made in them and
+why they can no longer justify the cost. Along with other newsgroup members, he
+also suggested a number of alternative services who specialize in USENET,
+including free ones like [eternal-september.org](http://eternal-september.org).
+
+To expect a company to bear the major cost of a very niche service for its
+users is absurd, but I think many other companies can learn from Dane's example
+and communicate openly and clearly with their customers why certain things are
+happening and suggest alternatives, etc.
+
+
+Kudos Sonic.net.
+