Well, I finally did it. The decision was tough. Textpattern or Wordpress? After what I admit to be a small amount of research but some good conversation about the pros and cons of both, I made the decision to go Wordpress. I reserve the right to change my mind later, although I rarely do that.

It’s now time to learn. That is precisely what this is about for me. Here are some of the things that I hope to learn about:

• How and what to blog about.
• Either where to find the best theme for this site or how to create it.
• Wordpress in general…what’s a post slug? Looks like an opportunity to RTFM who’s cleaner cousin is RTM, which I never do.
• How to create good validated XHTML and CSS.
• How to best integrate with flickr, del.icio.us, and other cool stuff I might find and want to integrate into the site.
• How to use this site as a collaboration tool with friends and coworkers.
• How to properly categorize posts, etc. I need to come up with the categories that I think will work best.
• How to blog from the Cingular 8125, which seems like it’s as easy as going to the site and typing away.

I’m sure that there will be other things that I failed to mention above. I welcome those of you that wish to add something that you feel might be worthwhile for me to learn about to leave a comment to that affect.

Thanks in advance for reading, being patient, and helping an admitted newbie in this new world of his.