The Friday Fix (11/24/2010)

Yeah, I know it’s Wednesday, but who’s gonna be paying attention to this little blog on Friday )

Quite simply I just wanted to thank everyone who’s been there for me throughout the year. It’s always been a pleasure to help others find out the best way to get the most out of Zune, Music, Gaming and Community (my four pillars if you will).

Everyone has been supportive of Inside the Circle and, while Zune isn’t exactly a barn burner with news, I’m honored to have such wonderful co-writers who keep things interesting with geeky information that we all can share and take part in.

I’m glad to have a circle of family and friends that support me and always want to keep me on the straight and narrow and looking out for my best interests. It can only mean that 2011 is going to be a great year, a big year and a wonderful year in my life.

Thanks to all of you who quickly took to this second blog that I started. I went into this one thinking that I needed to kinda mouth off about things and Inside the Circle wasn’t the medium for that. I know ITC has those Conversation Piece articles, but I wanted to have a place where I could go more in-depth about other topics that most times aren’t for the Inside the Circle audience. I’m glad that the feedback has been positive and that’s what motivates me to keep putting out things that, I hope are, insightful and spur some conversation (and maybe even debate).

Here’s to a happy Holiday season and to a relaxing and enjoyable 4-day weekend (5-days for those who took the day off today!)

Keep the beat, everyone!

The Friday Fix (11/19/2010)

Congrats to Microsoft on the opening of their latest MS Store right there in their own backyard. It looks like so far it’s working out really well with these stores. People enjoy the atmosphere, hands-on with the products and getting the chance to see celebs like Major Nelson, Steve Ballmer, Dave Matthews and Miley Cyrus. Looking forward to seeing where other stores pop up.

Once again, I have to commend Ubisoft. The more I used Your Shape: Fitness Evolved, the more I realize that it’s effectively made sure that I’m doing exercises correctly and at the proper pace. I even like that during workouts it gives you a couple of minutes to rehydrate and all of that good stuff. Yeah, I’m fanboying over this game.

A special shoutout to Trixie 360 who performed her final duties with the XBOX 360 team. She’s moving on to a new job and I wish her the best. I still remember when her and Dana were getting married and I picked out an oh-so-awesome wedding gift for those guys. If you know where I work then you can only imagine how cool it was )

Zune released some new applications this week. To be perfectly honest, though, as much as I like when new apps are released I don’t see where there was a dire need for an alarm clock or a chord finder. I’m sure someone finds those useful but given that a few apps are released every so often, I would hope that it becomes heavier on games. I want to see more stuff like Project Gotham to be honest with you.

Speaking of Zune, they modified their front page of the website a bit. Nice.

Well guys, I hope that you all have a wonderful weekend. Stay safe and rock on!