Social Networking Is Your Friend.... Really It Is!

Social Networking seems to be all "the rage" of the current Web 2.0 revolution.  How can I have my stuff and let other people know about what I like? or something like that.  This is obvious in sites like Digg, del.icio.us, MySpace, PodShow, and a host of other Web 2.0 sites.  So this got me thinking when I see reviews and feature lists for the Zune, its all about WiFi.

Lets face it we're completely reliant on the web for one thing or another, so why can't our media player exist in the same way.  Creation of "Zune Meshes" for lack of a better expression will add Social Networking to your life but in more of a real way with real people.... honestly, and it has no requirement of a password or special user name, you can just use your real name, but if you care to still be referred to as the DarkLooord93, or PwrGrrrrl74 be my guest, but your mesh may only consist of you and the rest of your WoW guild.

Although there are restrictions on the WiFi to protect copyrighted material in the form of 3 day 3 play, it is still a far better alternative than one proposed by Steve Jobs (one word... ewww).

So be sterile, be safe, and just be kind to those around you and share, who knows maybe the next time you sync with someone to share some "Can't Get Enough" by Barry White, you'll find a soul mate, or someone else lonely enough to be sharing Barry White.  As for me I'll be sharing the Groove Armada.

NOTE: MySpace reminds me of a dead deer carcass on the side of the road, bloated, messy, and unorganized.  So be kind, let it decompose in peace.

Zune.Net is Live

I was checking out www.zuneinsider.com this morning and came across the post made on November 2nd and lo and behold Zune.Net and Zune-Arts.net have gone live, happy viewing.

Hilarious PC vs. Mac

I was perusing the Zunescene forums and came across this gem posted from VooDoo X87 on the PC or Mac thread.  Its has some crude language but if your fine with that laugh away, i know i did :)

http://tv.truenuff.com/mac/

Zune Photos

Came across a plethora of Zune pics on Paul Thurrott's Super Site for Windows, they're a little bit fuzzy but you get some great close-ups of the Zune doing Video, FM, Pics, and Music, Enjoy!

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Is brown the new black?

With the launch of the Zune looming ever so closer, Zuniacs, myself included, are all picking out the color of our future portable mediatopia, as well as all the tasty accessories we're going to snag. Will you buy black, white, or um.... well... brown?

When I first read the color scheme a month or so ago, the usual suspects were on it, black and white, that was just a given knowing the general populous like those colors, otherwise the iPod wouldn't have had an entire AC/DC add campaign centered around a black iPod, but then my eyes came across what iPod enthusiasts might call the ugliest color in the rainbow, next to maybe chartreuse or flaming hot pink......Brown.

I started to ponder on the idea and a single question came to my mind. What the hell is Microsoft thinking? Honestly, its as if they picked the absolute last color anyone on earth would pick, but that flicked that idea switch in my head, brown = unique. To the best of my knowledge you can get a portable media player in most common colors with the exception of brown. Honestly if you can find a pic of another player in brown (not photoshop'd) let me know on the Zune Forums, I'll post it up.

Going down this tangent of using brown as one of the Zune's launch colors, could this be the secret to the upcoming Microsoft marketing campaign? Brown being the new black. I have to admit, wether you like brown or not, you will at least remember that a Zune comes in brown, no matter if your buying or not.

Its common enough that people can remember the color and odd enough that it'll stick with you, almost like Apple's fascination with the color white on anything and everything. You see some electronic in white with maybe a little silver trim you think Apple, almost a reflex even though it might be a toaster or a toilet bowl cleaner. Its that lasting mental link that has the potential to catapult a product from the mundane to the "gotta have it". That quirky autoresponse we have to the odd and out there that makes us want to have it over another product. You could call it the "furby effect" for lack of a better phrase.

What does this all mean, we'll want a Zune because its brown? No, you'll want a Zune because its better (Large Screen, WIFI, tight integration with the Zune Marketplace, great menu system, etc see Zunescene.com for more) than the competition, but you'll want brown to set yourself apart.

Up and Running...

Hey just got the blog up and running, check back later for some product reviews, and the going ons on the scene. Till then checkout www.zunescene.com for all the product info on the Microsoft Zune and accessories.