Last Thursday, the Zune team threw a party at Baltic Room, with Clipse . I got invited (last minute, so I didn't invite you, dear blog reader). Anyways, I've been meaning to post some photos and link to The Stranger's recap , but haven't gotten around to it till now. You know, busy, what with all the playing Gears of War Zune work. Anyways, check some pictures: Image from The Stranger (image from a cameraphone) On a mostly un-related note: in college I made up this expression "I'm so indie, I look...

Came across an interesting article today which highlights a few things that the Zune team got right, and that "Apple should take note of and consider emulating." Among them, a larger screen, fingerprint-resistant plastic, and two-dimensional browsing. The article reminds me of Scott McNulty's commentary on TUAW , where he says about Zune: "I hope that it succeeds. Apple could use a strong rival in the MP3 player space, because competition fosters innovation." Again, interesting. Thoughts?

Pull up a chair, dear blog reader: it's time for another exciting edition of MP3 Friday! High-five! Click-through the links to get free music for your Zune, First up, for those folks who liked The Band (the band) back in the day, Music for Robots has an mp3 of Vietnam's "Welcome to My Room" Find more info on Vietnam (the band) at their website . Zuneinsider reader/ commenter Zenek emails me this week, saying, "Here's a lovely suggestion for the next MP3 friday that covers both the Metal-Heads AND...

Let me first say: you are all winners in my book. And as it happens, I was able to dig up two DLO Leather Cases . Hence, two winners. So without further ado, the winners: Winning the Zune High Five Contest Best In Show Award , and receiving a DLO Case: Kyle A! Very cool, Kyle, very cool. Congratulations! And winning the Zune High Five Contest: Persistence Pays Award , also receiving a DLO leather case: Adam H! Nice work Adam, for going out and creating a whopping 27 Entries ! High-five! My personal...