Top 10 Stars of the Week, March 31

Here are my top 10 stars of last week. For those who are new to reading this blog, this is a post I normally do on a weekly basis that I haven’t done in a while so I thought I would bring it back this week. Each week as I go through my rss reader I start several articles for future reading. I try to make this list a quick recap of the previous week’s posts from various sources around the Internet. Not always blog posts, but most of the time they are articles written by other bloggers.

I have approximately 700 feeds that I go through each week, and as always, there were some excellent articles written last week. Below you will find a few that stood out to me.

Top 10 Stars of the week of Mar 24 to Mar 31

New Owner Lays It Out There

via Blogging Experiment by Max Davis on 3/28/08

Hey there, this is Max Davis. I’m sure you’ve heard by now that Ben has sold his amazing website and many of you are interested to see what is going to happen next.

Linking To Differing Opinion

via Andy Beard – Niche Marketing by Andy Beard on 2/18/08

There is nothing wrong with having strong, even biased opinion about a product or service, as long as you provide a basis for that

Designers and Communication Skills: Why and How to Improve

via Vandelay Website Design by Vandelay Design on 3/26/08

Earlier this week I posted a group interview with several established and successful designers. One of the questions that was asked to each participant was “What do you feel are the most important skills

The Right Advertising Revenue for Your Blog

via Blogging Tips by kelbycarr on 3/25/08

If you have a blog, odds are good you’d like to bring in a few bucks. There are actually several options for doing this, but not all will work

A Step By Step Guide To Writing About Stuff You Know Very Little About

via Freelance Folder by Ram Karthik on 3/27/08

There’s absolutely nothing wrong with writing only on a handful of topics, but what if a client asks you to write on a topic you know nothing (or very little) about? Can you afford to turn down work?

10 Things You Need to Know About WordPress 2.5

via Technosailor by Aaron Brazell on 3/18/08

WordPress is about to release version 2.5 into the wild (It just hit Release Candidate yesterday so the release date, though officially

Ten Killer Interviewing Tips

via Freelance Folder by Keith Johnson on 3/30/08

As a Technical Writer, I have had to interview hundreds of computer professionals to better understand the technology that I would be documenting. Programmers, Quality Assurance, Implementation,

Goodbye 800×600?

via Blogging Tips by John Leschinski on 3/29/08

As I was redesigning my own site I debated what resolution to use. More and more sites are optimized for screens at 1024×768, and the WC3 reports 80% of users have monitors that big or bigger. Even my…

Should I Change My Website Into a Blog?

via ProBlogger Blog Tips by Darren Rowse on 3/29/08

“Hi Darren, I’ve got a website at http://www._____.com which I’ve had for a few years and not really done much with. I’ve heard that blogs are a good way of building traffic and making money, should I change it to a blog?”

10 Things You Need to Know About WordPress 2.5

via Technosailor by Aaron Brazell on 3/18/08

WordPress is about to release version 2.5 into the wild (It just hit Release Candidate yesterday so the release date, though officially not known, is coming soon). If you’ve been using WordPress.com or have peeked at the demo site you will know the biggest change coming to WordPress with this release.