I'm back in the Pacific Northwest today, I thought I'd do a quick recap, and tie up a few odds and ends. First, here's what the Zune room looked like at the Fader Fort. Also, remember the QOTSA debut a few days ago , at the breakfast? IGN has a preview of the album - check it out. Tokyo Police Club at the Diesel Party (an awesome show): And finally, some interesting statistics from SXSW: Total number of miles I jogged/ran: approximately 12 Number of sleazy ironic, hipster mustaches I saw: approximately...

NPD Numbers are out again, and in the month of December, Zune garnered a 10.2% market share for our category – 30gb devices. However, Zune is sold in more outlets than NPD reports on, so actual market share might be higher. Steve Ballmer actually estimated it around 20-25%, in a recent conversation with CNBC. Overall, sales are in line with our expectations, and we’re on track to sell 1 million units by the end of our fiscal year (June 30, 2007). Zune also achieved the number 2 spot in the category...

NPD published data again, and in the second week, Zune has dropped to the number five spot, with a 2.1% market share. Sure, it's tough to see a drop after debuting at number 2 , but this the second week of a multi-year plan, and the strategy is still the same. That means we'll have some up weeks, and we'll have some down weeks. Overall though, we're happy with how consumers are reacting to Zune. Via the San Jose Mercury News

Interesting note in this article by Motley Fool (via MSNBC) about yesterday's widely reported Reuter's survey . You know, the one that surveyed 450 potential buyers of music players. The survey found that 35% of folks expressing interest in Zune see it as an upgrade to an existing player - as opposed to 18% for the iPod. And, 80% of respondents chose iPod as their first player (70% without being prompted). That's not that surprising to anybody around here - iPod is a great product with very strong...