Map Of Zunes

Episode 50 dated December 18th, 2009 of the Zune Insider Podcast is now live and is hosted by Matt Akers (skipdeez) and Jessica Zahn (jetherealz).

Show notes:
Matt and Jessica talk about being all groweds up! It's fun to say, this is the last "blah" I'm doing for the rest of the year!( 0:45 - 1:15). The patent process at Microsoft (1:15 - 5:15).Matt explains how to take a dump and teaches you how to take a dump as well (5:15 - 7:15). Cube's of smartness, caption contest review, and caption contest winner announced (I swear to you)! (7:20 - 12:20). Twitter app for Zune HD (12:30 - 13:25). Jessica plans some trips (13:30 - 15:30). New Zune Originals colors and a great deal (15:33 - 16:40) Nicknames are funny, especially Pie (16:35 - 17:40). Hello Kitty toaster blasphemy and the best gifts ever! (17:45 - 20:25). Matt becomes a trance diva like Jessica (20:45 - 25:45). Camera training for the CES video podcast (25:50 - 27:15) What headphones do we use? (27:20 - 29:05). Podcast schedule over the holidays and CES (29:10 - 30:10). Holiday action in the Marketplace and Matt's Hanukkah bush (30:15 - 33:00) Random tweets and inbox limits (33:05 - 34:10). Shout outs and Matt and Jessica's new music (34:15 - 39:15). This was the most random podcast ever, bye! (39:20 to end).

The mp3 file is 74 MB and runs for a 40 minutes. Subscribe to the podcast in Zune 4.0 software here.  Download the audio file directly here - Stream it

Episode 49 dated December 11th, 2009 of the Zune Insider Podcast is now live and is hosted by Matt Akers (skipdeez) and Jessica Zahn (jetherealz).

Show notes:
Matt and Jessica talk about Microsoft buzzwords no one should ever say (0:00-3:27). Interview with Ed Capuano of the Zune Brand team (3:50  - 12:20). We discuss CES (12:21 – 15:03). Ed shares about his music and podcast listens, especially holiday music (15:04 – 21:45).  New video and music (21:46 – 29:41). We forgot to tell users a secret! (29:42 – 33:00)

The mp3 file is 22.6 MB and runs for a 33 minutes. Subscribe to the podcast in Zune 4.0 software here.  Download the audio file directly here - Stream it

Episode 43 dated October 23th, 2009 of the Zune Insider Podcast is now live and is hosted by Matt Akers (skipdeez) and Jessica Zahn (jetherealz).

Show notes:
Matt and Jessica talk about the Windows 7 launch (0:00-4:30). Interview with Wink Thorne, the program manager for Zune video podcasts in the Window 7 Media Center Internet TV section (4:30 - 10:26). We talk about Zune and Windows 7 integration (10:26 – 15:00). Opening of the Microsoft Store (15:00 – 17:54).  Matt and Jessica talk about going to the Consumer Electronics Show (17:54 – 19:20). Answering user questions (17:54 – 27:50. Music users sent (27:50 – 30:45). Video in Marketplace same day as on DVD (30:45 – 34:56).

The mp3 file is 24 MB and runs for a 35 minutes. Subscribe to the podcast in Zune 4.0 software here.  Download the audio file directly here - Stream it

Episode 42 dated October 16th, 2009 of the Zune Insider Podcast is now live and is hosted by Matt Akers (skipdeez) and Jessica Zahn (jetherealz).

Show notes:
Matt and Jessica talk getting dressed up and giving presentations at work with proper grammar. (0:00-5:38). LOLcats and Clippy make a comeback. (5:38 - 6:32). Interview with Caesar Filori from Wideband Network (7:29 - 18:38). We talk Zune.net support forums, how to get support, and address a couple of issues (19:46 - 30:22). Matt gives some shouts out! (30:23 - 33:20). Jessica talks about some new music she recently found (33:21 - 35:02). 

The mp3 file is 25 MB and runs for a 36 minutes. Subscribe to the podcast in Zune 4.0 software here.  Download the audio file directly here - Stream it

Episode 41 dated October 9th, 2009 of the Zune Insider Podcast is now live and is hosted by Matt Akers (skipdeez) and Jessica Zahn (jetherealz).

Show notes:
Matt and Jessica talk about his vacation (:20), Long-range software & services planning meetings happening now (2:30), Matt and usability studies (5:30), Guest Zune software developer Scott Jensen, who helped build the Zune.net media player - built to use Silverlight (8:15), New Windows Phone 6.5 is out (18:30), Movie/Video store dude Paul Davidson deserves a raise (21:00), We just signed a deal for movies with Sony (21:30), Movies in Zune Marketplace (22:00), New music talk (24:00). 

The mp3 file is 23 MB and runs for a 32 minutes. Subscribe to the podcast in Zune 4.0 software here.  Download the audio file directly here - Stream it

Episode 40 of the Zune Insider Podcast is now live and is co-hosted this week by Jessica Zahn (jetherealz) and guest host Paul Chang (pablochang), Zune Social Media Manager. Awesome wild man Matt Akers is out on vacation this week.

Show notes:
Jessica and Paul chat about Matt slacking off on vacation and diving deep into Smart DJ this week (:30), Paul talks about Zune's Social media outreach - youtube.com/zune, facebook.com/zune, twitter.com/zune - (1:30),  Zune HD giveaways via zune social media outreach (4:30), Josh Vincent, Zune Software Product Manager discusses how Smart DJ works (5:40), Sending photos of your Zune Original devices to us on Facebook and Twitter (18:30), Answering user desires and needs in the Zune software development process (21:00), Jessica and Paul talk about some awesome music (23:00), Playing Rock Band (24:15), Sending Playlists (26:45), Paul talks about some music from Zune music marketplace (27:40), Best of Horror movie selection, new movie previews, watch the free episode premiere of Dexter and Californication in the streaming podcast marketplace on our website (29:00) .

The mp3 file is 22.6 MB and runs for a 33 minutes. Subscribe to the podcast in Zune 4.0 software here.  Download the audio file directly here - Stream it

 Hey folks! Welcome to our 39th episode! We're as old as Brian now!

Okay, that's not funny. To Brian, I mean, because it's totally funny to me. This week, Matt and I talk about what's been happening since the launch of Zune 4.0. Brian tries to sneak into "the studio," but we catch him and put him on the spot. We talk about Zune Originals, some of the issues we've been seeing at the zune.net forums, and the playlists you all sent us last week! And as always, we touch on the latest and greatest in music and video.

Go get it here or listen now from the Zune Insider Podcast page at Zune.net.

Welcome to another super-duper episode of the Zune Insider podcast starring your awesome hostz Jessica Zahn and Matt Akers. Zune 4.0 is finally here! This week we talk about the new Zune release and some sweet new software features we implemented based on your feedback. We also take a trip through the Zune 4.0 launch party and ambush some Zune party-goers.

New contest! Send us your best "mix tape" playlist using the new playlist send feature. Winner (randomly chosen) will get a Zune HD frisbee! (exciting!)

Go get it here or listen now from the Zune Insider Podcast page at Zune.net.

Alive sounds better than just live, right? Of course it does! Welcome to the highlight of your week, the newest installment of the Zune Insider Podcast! This week we stimulate your aural senses by talking about software development and deployment, some cool tidbits about the Zune HD, and of course the many somewhat organized pieces of randomness that you have come to expect from this epic audio journey that we take you on every week.

Go get it here or listen now from the Zune Insider Podcast page at Zune.net.

4 more days to Zune 4.0! GET EXCITED!!!

Here it is, the moment you have been waiting all week for... Zune Insider podcast #35 is ready for your comsumption!

This week we chat about software, and of course, the Zune HD. I found some sweet desktop backgrounds and I share those with you (go to www.zunecards.net ). We talk about random airline experiences, we answer lots of tweets from the community, Jessica interviews the kids (literally, and they are awesome!) from Omni Tech News, and then we have the always popular and extremely random chat about music and videos. Yes!

Go get it here or listen now from the Zune Insider Podcast page at Zune.net.