If you're curious what Mixview looks like, but haven't yet installed the Zune Software, check this out: you can now preview mixview while you're connected to the web, via zune.net . Now when you click on the page for an album, artist, or Zune Card, you can click the link "mixview" to check it out. If you're already running the Zune software, this is a great way to give your friends a chance to check Zune out! I took a quick screengrab off of my social page - check it:

Welcome, dear blog reader, to Episode 7 of the Zuneinsider podcast! In this episode, we talk to Dave Jones, a lead program manager on the zune software team, about our Mixview. We also speak again with Jessica , or as our friends at the 'boards call her, “the zune queen.” Jessica is a program manager on the Zune social team, and will answer questions about what we do with any issues in the software, and talks specifically about playcounts . Download the podcast the podcast directly...

When you log into Zune Marketplace after the Fall Update Tomorrow, one of the new area you’ll see is Picks. Picks takes note of the music that you’re playing on your Zune and will suggest artists, albums and songs to you that you might like. Built on powerful algorithms that pay attention not only to your listening habits, but to those of the Zune online music community. Whereas Mixview will pivot based on a specific song, album, or Zunecard, Picks is a collection of recommendations that...