I know what you're thinking: "Cesar, thanks for posting information about Zune . Thanks for trying to answer my questions . And hearing about the launch parties was a lot of fun. . . But isn't it about time you made up another pointless fun Zune swag contest and posted it?" Well, my friend, the answer to that question is yes. Resoundingly. What can you win? Zune S.W.A.G.! (Stuff We All Get)! Anything in the hallways I can find for you. You know, things like stickers, posters, refrigerator magnets...

Ever wonder the story behind those videos on http://www.comingzune.com ? Me too actually, so I sat down with the guy behind them: Thomas Markert: (Thomas in my office. Holding a granola bar and a talking rain) He's the creative director on the Zune team and. . . well, here's the interview: So tell the Zune Insiders about yourself. Who are you? Where’d you come from? Hi there, my name is Thomas Markert. I am the new creative director for Zune. I spent the most of my adult life working for MTV, all...

The CSS tourbus stopped by our building today, wanted to drop some photos: (try playing where's Waldo/Cesar here) (me and CSS) Ok, hope everyone has a great weekend. Take care! ( edit: Friday 10/20: fixed broken links. . . (I think)

Ok, it’s not much, but I snapped a few photos around the offices here and share them w/ you, dear blog reader. The first one is a poster on the wall that outlines the goals for the Zune design: we want to be somewhere between Natural/Machine/Human/Synthetic. Because I know you’ll ask: no, I can’t confirm if the images floating around are real, nor do I have a Zune to show you yet. You’ll notice a lot of missing/censored parts on the second image. . . That’s where the hardware designers are actually...