Update list of talks and articles in the doc

README.md

@@ -34,9 +34,25 @@ For a guide to contributing to Cortex, see the [contributor guidelines](https://
 
 ## Further reading
 
-To learn more about Cortex, consult the following documents & talks:
+To learn more about Cortex, consult the following talks and articles.
+
+### Recent talks and articles
+
+- Oct 2020 blog post "[How to switch Cortex from chunks to blocks storage (and why you won’t look back)](https://grafana.com/blog/2020/10/19/how-to-switch-cortex-from-chunks-to-blocks-storage-and-why-you-wont-look-back/)"
+- Oct 2020 blog post "[Now GA: Cortex blocks storage for running Prometheus at scale with reduced operational complexity](https://grafana.com/blog/2020/10/06/now-ga-cortex-blocks-storage-for-running-prometheus-at-scale-with-reduced-operational-complexity/)"
+- Sep 2020 blog post "[A Tale of Tail Latencies](https://www.weave.works/blog/a-tale-of-tail-latencies)"
+- Sep 2020 KubeCon talk "Scaling Prometheus: How We Got Some Thanos Into Cortex" ([video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5OJzRogAS4), [slides](https://static.sched.com/hosted_files/kccnceu20/ec/2020-08%20-%20KubeCon%20EU%20-%20Cortex%20blocks%20storage.pdf))
+- Aug 2020 blog post "[Scaling Prometheus: How we’re pushing Cortex blocks storage to its limit and beyond](https://grafana.com/blog/2020/08/12/scaling-prometheus-how-were-pushing-cortex-blocks-storage-to-its-limit-and-beyond/)"
+- Jul 2020 blog post "[How blocks storage in Cortex reduces operational complexity for running Prometheus at massive scale](https://grafana.com/blog/2020/07/29/how-blocks-storage-in-cortex-reduces-operational-complexity-for-running-prometheus-at-massive-scale/)"
+- Jul 2020 PromCon talk "Sharing is Caring: Leveraging Open Source to Improve Cortex & Thanos" ([video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oTLouUvsac), [slides](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1OuKYD7-k9Grb7unppYycdmVGWN0Bo0UwdJRySOoPdpg/edit))
+- Mar 2020 blog post "[Cortex: Zone Aware Replication](https://kenhaines.net/cortex-zone-aware-replication/)"
+- Mar 2020 blog post "[How we're using gossip to improve Cortex and Loki availability](https://grafana.com/blog/2020/03/25/how-were-using-gossip-to-improve-cortex-and-loki-availability/)"
+- Jan 2020 blog post "[The Future of Cortex: Into the Next Decade][future-of-cortex-blog]"
+
+[future-of-cortex-blog]: https://grafana.com/blog/2020/01/21/the-future-of-cortex-into-the-next-decade/
+
+### Previous talks and articles
 
-- Jan 2020 Blog Post "[The Future of Cortex: Into the Next Decade][future-of-cortex-blog]"
 - Nov 2019 KubeCon talks "[Cortex 101: Horizontally Scalable Long Term Storage for Prometheus][kubecon-cortex-101]" ([video][kubecon-cortex-101-video], [slides][kubecon-cortex-101-slides]), "[Configuring Cortex for Max
 Performance][kubecon-cortex-201]" ([video][kubecon-cortex-201-video], [slides][kubecon-cortex-201-slides], [write up][kubecon-cortex-201-writeup]) and "[Blazin’ Fast PromQL][kubecon-blazin]" ([slides][kubecon-blazin-slides], [video][kubecon-blazin-video], [write up][kubecon-blazin-writeup])
 - Nov 2019 PromCon talk "[Two Households, Both Alike in Dignity: Cortex and Thanos][promcon-two-households]" ([video][promcon-two-households-video], [slides][promcon-two-households-slides], [write up][promcon-two-households-writeup])
@@ -56,7 +72,6 @@ Performance][kubecon-cortex-201]" ([video][kubecon-cortex-201-video], [slides][k
 - Aug 2016 PromCon talk; "Project Frankenstein: Multitenant, Scale-Out Prometheus": ([video][promcon-2016-video], [slides][promcon-2016-slides])
 - Jun 2016 design document; "[Project Frankenstein: A Multi Tenant, Scale Out Prometheus](http://goo.gl/prdUYV)"
 
-[future-of-cortex-blog]: https://grafana.com/blog/2020/01/21/the-future-of-cortex-into-the-next-decade/
 [kubecon-cortex-101]: https://kccncna19.sched.com/event/UaiH/cortex-101-horizontally-scalable-long-term-storage-for-prometheus-chris-marchbanks-splunk
 [kubecon-cortex-101-video]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8GmbH0U_kI
 [kubecon-cortex-101-slides]: https://static.sched.com/hosted_files/kccncna19/92/cortex_101.pdf

docs/_index.md

@@ -40,8 +40,28 @@ For a guide to contributing to Cortex, see the [contributor guidelines](contribu
 
 ## Further reading
 
-To learn more about Cortex, consult the following documents & talks:
+To learn more about Cortex, consult the following talks and articles.
 
+### Recent talks and articles
+
+- Oct 2020 blog post "[How to switch Cortex from chunks to blocks storage (and why you won’t look back)](https://grafana.com/blog/2020/10/19/how-to-switch-cortex-from-chunks-to-blocks-storage-and-why-you-wont-look-back/)"
+- Oct 2020 blog post "[Now GA: Cortex blocks storage for running Prometheus at scale with reduced operational complexity](https://grafana.com/blog/2020/10/06/now-ga-cortex-blocks-storage-for-running-prometheus-at-scale-with-reduced-operational-complexity/)"
+- Sep 2020 blog post "[A Tale of Tail Latencies](https://www.weave.works/blog/a-tale-of-tail-latencies)"
+- Sep 2020 KubeCon talk "Scaling Prometheus: How We Got Some Thanos Into Cortex" ([video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5OJzRogAS4), [slides](https://static.sched.com/hosted_files/kccnceu20/ec/2020-08%20-%20KubeCon%20EU%20-%20Cortex%20blocks%20storage.pdf))
+- Aug 2020 blog post "[Scaling Prometheus: How we’re pushing Cortex blocks storage to its limit and beyond](https://grafana.com/blog/2020/08/12/scaling-prometheus-how-were-pushing-cortex-blocks-storage-to-its-limit-and-beyond/)"
+- Jul 2020 blog post "[How blocks storage in Cortex reduces operational complexity for running Prometheus at massive scale](https://grafana.com/blog/2020/07/29/how-blocks-storage-in-cortex-reduces-operational-complexity-for-running-prometheus-at-massive-scale/)"
+- Jul 2020 PromCon talk "Sharing is Caring: Leveraging Open Source to Improve Cortex & Thanos" ([video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oTLouUvsac), [slides](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1OuKYD7-k9Grb7unppYycdmVGWN0Bo0UwdJRySOoPdpg/edit))
+- Mar 2020 blog post "[Cortex: Zone Aware Replication](https://kenhaines.net/cortex-zone-aware-replication/)"
+- Mar 2020 blog post "[How we're using gossip to improve Cortex and Loki availability](https://grafana.com/blog/2020/03/25/how-were-using-gossip-to-improve-cortex-and-loki-availability/)"
+- Jan 2020 blog post "[The Future of Cortex: Into the Next Decade][future-of-cortex-blog]"
+
+[future-of-cortex-blog]: https://grafana.com/blog/2020/01/21/the-future-of-cortex-into-the-next-decade/
+
+### Previous talks and articles
+
+- Nov 2019 KubeCon talks "[Cortex 101: Horizontally Scalable Long Term Storage for Prometheus][kubecon-cortex-101]" ([video][kubecon-cortex-101-video], [slides][kubecon-cortex-101-slides]), "[Configuring Cortex for Max
+Performance][kubecon-cortex-201]" ([video][kubecon-cortex-201-video], [slides][kubecon-cortex-201-slides], [write up][kubecon-cortex-201-writeup]) and "[Blazin’ Fast PromQL][kubecon-blazin]" ([slides][kubecon-blazin-slides], [video][kubecon-blazin-video], [write up][kubecon-blazin-writeup])
+- Nov 2019 PromCon talk "[Two Households, Both Alike in Dignity: Cortex and Thanos][promcon-two-households]" ([video][promcon-two-households-video], [slides][promcon-two-households-slides], [write up][promcon-two-households-writeup])
 - May 2019 KubeCon talks; "[Cortex: Intro][kubecon-cortex-intro]" ([video][kubecon-cortex-intro-video], [slides][kubecon-cortex-intro-slides], [blog post][kubecon-cortex-intro-blog]) and "[Cortex: Deep Dive][kubecon-cortex-deepdive]" ([video][kubecon-cortex-deepdive-video], [slides][kubecon-cortex-deepdive-slides])
 - Feb 2019 blog post & podcast; "[Prometheus Scalability with Bryan Boreham][prometheus-scalability]" ([podcast][prometheus-scalability-podcast])
 - Feb 2019 blog post; "[How Aspen Mesh Runs Cortex in Production][aspen-mesh-2019]"
@@ -58,6 +78,21 @@ To learn more about Cortex, consult the following documents & talks:
 - Aug 2016 PromCon talk; "Project Frankenstein: Multitenant, Scale-Out Prometheus": ([video][promcon-2016-video], [slides][promcon-2016-slides])
 - Jun 2016 design document; "[Project Frankenstein: A Multi Tenant, Scale Out Prometheus](http://goo.gl/prdUYV)"
 
+[kubecon-cortex-101]: https://kccncna19.sched.com/event/UaiH/cortex-101-horizontally-scalable-long-term-storage-for-prometheus-chris-marchbanks-splunk
+[kubecon-cortex-101-video]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8GmbH0U_kI
+[kubecon-cortex-101-slides]: https://static.sched.com/hosted_files/kccncna19/92/cortex_101.pdf
+[kubecon-cortex-201]: https://kccncna19.sched.com/event/UagC/performance-tuning-and-day-2-operations-goutham-veeramachaneni-grafana-labs
+[kubecon-cortex-201-slides]: https://static.sched.com/hosted_files/kccncna19/87/Taming%20Cortex_%20Configuring%20for%20maximum%20performance%281%29.pdf
+[kubecon-cortex-201-video]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuE5aDHDexU
+[kubecon-cortex-201-writeup]: https://grafana.com/blog/2019/12/02/kubecon-recap-configuring-cortex-for-maximum-performance-at-scale/
+[kubecon-blazin]: https://kccncna19.sched.com/event/UaWT/blazin-fast-promql-tom-wilkie-grafana-labs
+[kubecon-blazin-slides]: https://static.sched.com/hosted_files/kccncna19/0b/2019-11%20Blazin%27%20Fast%20PromQL.pdf
+[kubecon-blazin-video]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYgdZyeBOck
+[kubecon-blazin-writeup]: https://grafana.com/blog/2019/09/19/how-to-get-blazin-fast-promql/
+[promcon-two-households]: https://promcon.io/2019-munich/talks/two-households-both-alike-in-dignity-cortex-and-thanos/
+[promcon-two-households-video]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmJnmd3K3Ws&feature=youtu.be
+[promcon-two-households-slides]: https://promcon.io/2019-munich/slides/two-households-both-alike-in-dignity-cortex-and-thanos.pdf
+[promcon-two-households-writeup]: https://grafana.com/blog/2019/11/21/promcon-recap-two-households-both-alike-in-dignity-cortex-and-thanos/
 [kubecon-cortex-intro]: https://kccnceu19.sched.com/event/MPhX/intro-cortex-tom-wilkie-grafana-labs-bryan-boreham-weaveworks
 [kubecon-cortex-intro-video]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7Wnta-3-W0
 [kubecon-cortex-intro-slides]: https://static.sched.com/hosted_files/kccnceu19/af/Cortex%20Intro%20KubeCon%20EU%202019.pdf

docs/blocks-storage/learn-more.md

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+---
+title: "Learn more"
+linkTitle: "Learn more"
+weight: 100
+slug: learn-more
+---
+
+In this page we're listing some external resources to learn more about the Cortex blocks storage.
+
+## Talks
+
+### Scaling Prometheus: How We Got Some Thanos Into Cortex
+
+<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Z5OJzRogAS4" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
+
+## Articles
+
+- [How to switch Cortex from chunks to blocks storage (and why you won’t look back)](https://grafana.com/blog/2020/10/19/how-to-switch-cortex-from-chunks-to-blocks-storage-and-why-you-wont-look-back/) (Oct 2020)
+- [Now GA: Cortex blocks storage for running Prometheus at scale with reduced operational complexity](https://grafana.com/blog/2020/10/06/now-ga-cortex-blocks-storage-for-running-prometheus-at-scale-with-reduced-operational-complexity/) (Oct 2020)
+- [Scaling Prometheus: How we’re pushing Cortex blocks storage to its limit and beyond](https://grafana.com/blog/2020/08/12/scaling-prometheus-how-were-pushing-cortex-blocks-storage-to-its-limit-and-beyond/) (Aug 2020)
+- [How blocks storage in Cortex reduces operational complexity for running Prometheus at massive scale](https://grafana.com/blog/2020/07/29/how-blocks-storage-in-cortex-reduces-operational-complexity-for-running-prometheus-at-massive-scale/) (Jul 2020)