For a lot of people, I think overcoming inertial energy is among the hardest parts of starting to blog. For that reason, I think there's a strong temptation to

For a lot of people, I think overcoming inertial energy is among the hardest parts of starting to blog. For that reason, I think there's a strong temptation to start with wordpress.com, because it's a standard 30-second sign-up process. That's what I did many years ago, and I'm still there. Wordpress.com is easy and that's why it's big. (Note: this is not an argument against rolling your own. Do it if you want to!)