Music, culture, and the inside scoop from Cesar Menendez,
a Microsoft employee working on Zune - Microsoft's new music project.

February 22, 2007

Zune Photo Contest: Vote for Winners Here

Vote for winners to the Zune Outdoor Photo Contest here. (off topic posts will be deleted).

 |  Thursday, February 22, 2007 9:55 PM  |  90 Comments

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Zune Insider

As I had said before, I have a few of these Zune party attendee booklets left. They come w/ a collection

Absolutezune

Since we are able to vote for ourselves once, here's my vote to my own picture.

mephane

I vote for Absolutezune !!

I Heart Absolute ZUNE!!!!

AZ is the best zune site by far on the net. it has the best backgrounds and makes all the other sites look like turd. i love AZ.com because the creater is sexy...and the backgrounds are sexy too

Sing The Sorrow

i vote for absolute zune!!!!!

absolutezune.com

they get so many new backgrounds everyday, it's great!!

bands, abstract, games, you name it

the site is put together well and really shoves it down zunescene.com's throat

go absolute zune ;-)

sel

i vote absolutezune.com

dan the greatness

absolutezune all the way

Teh Spax

I vote for absolutezune's pic!! wewt

joe

I vote for absolutezune's pic

: )

karl s

I Vote for Apathymusic.com 's entry!  Syncing in the Snow...

akhill

mos def apathymusic.com!  funny guy!

Big Don

I vote for apathymusic.com  Sinking in sinc! wow!

Dr. Teapot Yo

duplicate vote removed by Cesar

Kyle

I vote for apathymusic.com

avir

without a doubt, apathymusic's pic is rad!  who is this guy?  i vote for apathymusic

skeeter

I vote for apathymusic. thats some good pun use.

Dan Maher

woo

Dan Maher

I vote for apathymusic.com

FAMINE

I vote for absolutezune's pic

pwnzer

Mine is for absolutezune's pic

Joe Mack

I like AbsoluteZune's pic, it's pretty sweet.  Looks like Pennsylvania in the winter; I love it! :D

Adam Clymer

I vote for apathymusic.com

Timmm

Absolutezune's pic for sure.

RickE

I vote for apathymusic.com!  It's a very creative and exciting picture.

wendy

i love apathymusic!!!

jeffF

My vote is for apathymusic.com...who doesn't love syncing in the snow?

shiv

i vote for apathymusic, dude.

Corey

I vote for apathymusic.com! Using electronics in the snow RULES!!!

Suzanne

I vote for Syncing in the snow by apathymusic.com!!!!!

JohnWoo4545

My vote = apathymusic.com - "syncing in the snow".  Save your cooling fans!

Jaciel

I vote for apathymusic.com

Eve

I vote for apathymusic.com!!!

Tim Dogg

For some reason my vote didn't show up, but i am voting for apathymusic. It's an awesome pic.

tommyhwebops

I'm voting for apathymusic's pic.

http://www.apathymusic.com/zune_pic.jpg

Leigh

I vote for apathymusic.com.  Great picture!!

admin

ok, the same person keeps voting for apathy music. . . knock it off ;)

JimF

I vote for Apathymusic.com, also.

How can you not vote for the guy who goes out in the snow to load MP3's onto his digital music player?

STEPH

NICE PICTURE! YOU GET MY VOTE FOR THE DEDICATION :)

April

I vote for apathymusic.com, I love it! It's a fun picture that that shows a crazy person in the snow loading MP3's! He deserves to win!

Natalie

I vote for apathymusic.com

JOEL!

APATHYMUSIC.COM!

Tim C

i vote for apathymusic definately!  

Bob Croesus

Please secure my vote for apathymusic !!!!!!!  

Ranger_000

Yay I vote for myself!!!

DarBear!

absolutezune is where it's at!

by faaaarrrr the best.

Stefan

Can I vote for myself?

Albert

Here's my vote.

Barbara

hell0!

im ALBERTS c0usin and my VOTE g0es t0 him! duh.

n ppl VOTE for him! his pictures is s000 c00l. i think its the best picture ever! l0l

well V0TE f0r albert!

bye!

[I L0VE Y0U ALBERT!]

Gil

I would like to vote for the Pink Zune guy.  Pretty much he told me to.  

Jessica

Yeah I vote for Albert...enjoying nature indeed lol =D

Justine

I vote for Albert because his picture really displays his love for his zune, and not just his zune, but the creation of zunes in general. :o)

Nick

so basically. Albert is the man, like seriously. Talk about <B>THE</B> greatest picture of all time.

Z-Man

I completley vote for myself and whoever hasn't voted should vote for me, i know i am kinda late, but hey, i got a chance, don't i?

http://uploader.polorix.net//files/178/Camera%20Zune.jpg

yeah, that's pretty cool.

VeloriumSatire

I like AZ.com's =)

cynthia

my vote is on ALBERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bopha

i loveee mario's picture!  he's dopeskieezzz

Clarissa

I'm voting for Albert. :]

Nathan

i vote for stefan and his all mighty pink zune. lol

Steffffffff

Don't know much, but someone I really like told me to vote so I did!  

Carle Robbins

I vote for Apathy Music!!!!!!! Brilliant snow photo!!!!!

nancy heist

I vote for apathymusic.com

Sean

I Vote for Syncing in the snow.

Kevyn

Syncing in the snow! Awesome!

Scotty P.

I vote for iwantapinkzune.com

JREAL

I vote for my self

Zunelover

I vote for jreal

Chiliana

i vote for Albert....the COOlest pic ever

JREAL

Admin check for time when post were made . make sure it is not from the same guy or girl is not posting more than allowed. also look to see if made on same computer with different profile name. I know there is a way to check for fine details. I am a late entry but understand I used no modification of pictures just one pic of nature. In the greatest landmark My BAck yard. This is not a vote. for myself

Z-Man

I agree with JREAL, there are to many votes flying around this blog to be all real. I think something is fishy. Someone is definetly voting for themsleves under different names. I just want it to be fair. If i could vote twice, i would vote for mine and JREAL's, i think his is pretty cool.

XStaticBrute

apathymusic.com

Amy

I vote for Zune Brothers!

HoboJoe

+1 for Zune Brothers.

Albert

Well, this isn't a vote just a comment. I know I read that we could ask our friends to vote for us, and that is exactly what I did. And on the comment on the whole "nature" aspect, I tried really hard on getting a "natural" picture, but where I live, we don't really have that luxury, unless we drive like 40 minutes. And I tried to do the optical allusion with making the Zune bigger while taking the picture over the grass (because I'm really on grass and so is the Zune, what is extra is the enlarging, menu, and background) but it just didn't work out, so I had to work with what I had. I'm still happy that I got my friends to vote and give them a laugh...lol. So yeah, I agree that we should verify the validity of the voting because it's the only way to keep this contest honest.

Paul Colligan

Zune Brothers!

Shane

Definitely zunebrothers!  

JREAL

Are votes after the 28th legal? Well if they are thats cheep due to the contest ended yesturday. Well I  believe That votes after the contest are void not of value zune brothers I think yours may win if The votes made after 12AM or MArch first count. I dont have many people to vote for me so good luck.

Wait a sec how many booklets does Cesar Have?

I say all who posted before 12AM Feb 28 could get one. Right? let me guesss 9 or 10 posts. I was a last minute guy so luck was not on my side.but I did post a possible vita theme.

Hey admin look at my photo and think of a new vista theme. I had glare in mine but I thought mine looked like the zune type look. in the way it was set up.

JREAL

If I get a booklet I will show to the Ipod lovers what they are missing. A truly social community. or just frame it.

Ranger_000

I think that images that were edited with Photoshop should be disqualified.  Sure they look nice, but that was not the idea of the contest.  The contest was to go outside and take a cool/funny/cute/bland photo of yourself, not see who can make the coolest photo with Photoshop.

Z-Man

The rules didn't say anything about no Photoshoping. I don't want to argue with you, but I don't see why they should be disqualified. If someone has their hands on a copy of Photoshop, I don't see why they can't use it to their advantage. Anyways, that is my point of view.

JREAL

Only 9 or ten people posted a pic so we should win in a way. all votes after FEB 28 2007 should be no good. Well I say with the best version of windows xp or vista there is a good pic viewer to custimise photos so its ok to use photo shop i have kodak easy software it could enhance photos and it is software i bot with the computer. Z-Man is in the clear. Besides when will the winner be chosen I have school so it should be decied at 6-7 pm plus i have work from 3 to 5 pm. do the votes really matter or are the admin the judge.

JREAL

It is 10:24 Central Standard Time

8:24p 11:24E right now

Microsoft is in california so the contest may end at 9:00 pm Pacific

John Schwary

The zunebrothers.com rare photo of zune in the wild gets my vote!!  Love it!!!

Ranger_000

Not everyone has "the best version of windows xp or vista" though.  Also, it only looks like there will be 2 winners, one Cesar picks, and the readers favorite.  Oh and JREAL, Microsoft is in Redmond, Washington.

Albert

Thanks Z-Man for commenting, I completely agree. Although I didn't use Photoshop, I did use Microsoft Digital Image Suite Editor (I had to look that up, see I'm not that into picture editing) and I only used it for the reason I explained earlier. I'm not trying to argue with anybody but it was said that you should do whatever it takes to get noticed, and while some people have nature within their area, the rest of us have to adapt, and if adding a background and moving some stuff around sends a message, then it should be ok. Would I have liked to done something more "natural"? Yes. But I couldn't and I hope that is understood. That's all that I care when they see my picture, because that's exactly what I'm trying to convey. Good luck to everyone!

JREAL

Ok I saw a vid where there was a microsoft hq close to google corporations whatever i think i ave been obviously wrong before

JREAL

now that i think about it includeing animals was a great touch because that is the closest way to nature. my pic is not that great now that i think of it. i have glare and i didnot fully see that until i already posted I also noticed that the person had to be in the pic with the zune or is zune by itself legal. my dad says don't quit even if you don't win put 110% so thats why i bring up my opinions. I know that judges at functions at my school ussually have an a ward for the one with confidence. even if that picture or whatever they did is not good but shouws a persons will and determination to win that leaves the judges awstruck

admin

ok, the votes are closed!

Swingergirl

I vote for ZuneBrothers!!

Zunebrothers

Nunebrothers' is HILARIOUS and should TOTALLY win!!!

LTCMD

I vote for absolutezune's pic !! HAHA!!!

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I'm Cesar Menendez. I left the Xbox marketing world for Microsoft's new foray into music - Zune. Community, cool videos, music, discovering new music - these are things I love. In the past I wrote music reviews for RealNetworks, and before that I volunteered at KCMU (now KEXP). Get in touch w/ me using this email: AskZune (then type the at symbol) microsoft.com (please no solicitors)
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