I was going to start a new blog (personal / technical) and was wondering what platforms / tools people use here.
I tried hosting my own thing writing PHP scripts etc to control everything but that turned out to be a little more work than I thought it would be.
Suggestions / comments / good-bad experiences ?
2. It is easy to download the WordPress software from WordPress.org and install it on your own site.
A good strategy might be to start on WordPress.com at first, and then migrate to your own server if/when you think the benefit is worth the added effort.
Squarespace looks a nice hosted alternative, though.
provided, of course, this is all you're looking to do, just host yourself a blog. there are other good options out there that have different strengths and weaknesses. wordpress is just the overall, general usage leader in its field.