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What's up, everypeoples -

After three years and a bunch of awesome releases, I'm going to be leaving the Zune team. This will be my last post on ZuneInsider.

I want to take a minute and thank folks who have helped make working at Zune so thrilling - you, the community. Thanks to everybody who attended or organized a Zune meet-up. Thanks to everybody who blogged or wrote about Zune - whether you do it for a living or for a hobby, whether you did it in print, on a site, a forum, or even in an email to me. Besides my old co-workers, I'll miss folks in the Zune community the most. It's the strength of the community that makes me the most confident about Zune and the future. Sure, I know I know first-hand that the Zune team has cool things in store. But it’s the community that makes Zune what it is, the human energy.

We've got a great group of people who will still write for ZuneInsider, so you're in good hands. The mission of this site will stay the same - all the latest on Zune from folks who work there.  

As for what I'll be doing, I'm going to take some time off and then weighing a few different options. In the meantime, I'll be blogging - find me here cesarisok.blogspot.com. Naturally it won' be a Zune blog, but I'll write about things that interest me *other* than zune: music, technology, sneakers, faith, beer and more. And I'm also on the twitter - twitter.com/cesarmenendez  And you can email me anytime – cesarisok@hotmail.com.  

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Welcome to episode 19 of the Zune Insider audio podcast hosted by Cesar Menendez. Topics covered this week include: I sit down with Paul from the Zune team, and talk about the great new music in Zune Marketplace and get a sneak-peak at what's coming out soon (1:44). There's a recap of the new partnerships coming out of CES, with guests Drew, Dave, and Holly from the Zune team (10:36). I also cover 3 email comments and questions (19:16-end). Enjoy!

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Welcome to episode 18 (audio) of the Zune Insider Podcast co-hosted by Cesar Menendez and Rob Greenlee. Most of this episode was recorded using VOIP software Gizmo Project because of a snow storm in Seattle and has less then ideal audio quality.

Topics covered this week include: Zune Insider over the holidays, New podcasts added to the Zune Marketplace (The Green Room, Xbox 360 Only Game Trailers, ManiaTV's The Chuck Norris Show podcast), Winners announced for The Great Zune T-Shirt and Laptop Sticker Giveaway (Winners: Jock01, WJohn, Sraf, Inflamed Kevola - send Cesar your addresses to askzune at microsoft.com).

Joining us for our guest segment is Zune Insider blogger Paul Davidson, Lead Video and Original Content Producer for Zune and he talks about coming Holiday TV Show/Video Store .99 cent sale deals (MTV's The Hills, G4 X-Play, LOGO's Rick and Steve) in the Zune Marketplace (7:40-15:00). We also discuss 4 email comments and questions (16:30-end). Visit the ZuneInsider.com blog. (22:25 min - December 18th, 2008). Visit Zune.net

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Welcome to episode 17 (audio) of the Zune Insider Podcast co-hosted by Cesar Menendez and Rob Greenlee. This audio episode was recorded the Zune building on the Microsoft campus in Redmond, WA.

Topics covered this week include: Top 25 Podcasts on Zune for December '08, The Great Zune T-Shirt and Zune white laptop decal giveaway contest and we speak with the ever-popular Zune Product Manager Jessica Zahn, she discusses our new 3.1 feature “Like Minded Listeners”. We also discuss 4 email comments and questions. Visit the ZuneInsider.com blog.

Visit Zune.net (26:19 min).

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Welcome to episode 16 (audio) of the Zune Insider Podcast co-hosted by Cesar Menendez and Rob Greenlee. This audio episode was recorded the Zune building on the Microsoft campus in Redmond, WA.

Topics covered this week include: G4 TV's new Human Wrecking Ball video podcast (full episodes in video store) and we are joined by Steve Levy, Program Manager for ZuneOriginals.net. He talks about creating the ZuneOriginals store and adding many new Zune Originals engraved artwork to the website for customers to add to the back of Zunes for holiday gift giving season. (4:10-11:00). Visit Zune.net (16:17 min).

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Welcome to episode 15 (audio) of the Zune Insider Podcast co-hosted by Cesar Menendez and Rob Greenlee. This audio episode was recorded the Zune building on the Microsoft campus in Redmond, WA.

Topics covered this week include: Happy Thanksgiving, Sorry for the delay in getting last week episode out, New Zune device prices and lookin good at retail this holiday season, President-Elect Weekly Video hits podcast marketplace, Christmas podcasts start hitting the marketplace next week, Top 20 TV series in Marketplace, The Guild is FREE in Zune Video Store, MTV classics added and New TV Networks added to the video store. We also discuss your emails and  blog comments. Visit Zune.net (19:39 min).

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Welcome to episode 14 (video) of the Zune Insider Podcast co-hosted by Cesar Menendez and Rob Greenlee. This video episode was recorded the Zune building on the Microsoft campus in Redmond, WA.

Topics covered this week include: The launch of the New Zune music subscription pass that includes 10 keeper tracks every month, New 3.1 Zune software and device firmware update, we play the new national ad spot with "Common" featuring MixView (2:37), New TV Networks launch in Marketplace Video store, we also play episode 1 out of 3 from The Green Room that features the Lead singer from the music group "Fratellies" (7:30).

We also discuss your emails and  blog comments. Visit Zune.net (18:31 min).

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Welcome to episode 13 (audio) of the Zune Insider Podcast co-hosted by Cesar Menendez and Rob Greenlee. This audio episode was recorded the Zune building on the Microsoft campus in Redmond, WA.

Topics covered this week include: Holiday Advertising kicks off next week, Upgrade Your Zune Software podcast subscribers switch your podcast subscription to the Zune Insider podcast feed, Discuss Latin Grammys in Houston earlier this week, CBSi release a new webisode series “Novel Adventures” as a Video Podcast, New TV Networks like G4 "Attack of the Show" and others added to the video store.

We also discuss 5 of your emails and  blog comments. Visit Zune.net (19:02 min).

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Welcome to an extra special episode 8 of the Zune Insider Podcast!

Here's what we talk about in this episode: the recent Zune Outage discussed, recent trends in Zune podcasting. Paul Colligan, professional podcasting consultant/speaker, blogger/podcaster at ZuneLuv.com also joins us to discuss Zune podcast support and what the podcast community thinks of Zune's podcast support (15:50-41:40). And as always, we answer your questions.

And as promised in the episode. Here is the link to the zune deep-link tool: http://social.zune.net/links/ZuneLinks.aspx

 Welcome, dear blog reader to the eigth edition of: So HOT Right Now: what the Zuneinsider Editors are Listening to (right now). Check it:

• Jessica:  "Okay, this week I’m listening to my usual favorites – Paul van Dyk, Matt Darey – but in addition, Rock Band 2 is out so I’m singing along in the car to prepare for upcoming Rock Band house parties with my friends! I’m especially liking “Eye of the Tiger,” “You Oughtta Know,” “Alive,” “Livin’ on a Prayer,” and “Man in the Box.” If you didn’t think I was a dork before, now you know."
• Justin: "Heading to Vegas at the end of this week, and T.I. got the perfect song to get me going: Whatever You Like. As long as you got me you don't need nobody."
• Matt: "I just started listening to Kardinal Offishall’s new album Not 4 Sale. I’m feeling it so far. “Set it off” Featuring The Clipse, and “Go home with you” Featuring T-Pain are a couple of standout tracks that are a must listen. Check it!
• Cesar: I'm gonna take it back to the 90s on this one. You know, retro style. Check out Destination Failure by The Smoking Popes. Picture a Vegas-inspired crooner singer over melodic pop-punk rhythms.
• Rob: - I am listening to gadget talk on “GDGT Weekly” podcast with former Engadget guys Peter Rojas and Ryan Block.  I am also watching HBO’s Entourage video podcast.

Ok, enjoy the music recommendations and have a great weekend, everypeoples!