A few of the people I listen to

80/20 Internet Marketing has an extensive review of Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, a book about the ways that sales and marketing folks induce us to part with our time and money.

TheZorg lauds the communications skills of WonderingMind42, a "high school science teacher in the process of burning out," who has posted a series of sharp and amusing videos about a not-very-amusing-topic.

Doug Plummer at Dispatches talks about the pros and cons of converting his professional photography set-up from PC to Mac; he's six months in to the process.