With the launch of WordPress 3 I figured it was time I tried out wordpress again. It’s not that I don’t use WordPress, I just didn’t personally use WordPress. I setup and host a number of blogs for our Pastors and a few friends, but I once tried WordPress and it got spammed. And I mean spammed bad.

Now there are some Drupal users out there that are going to think I’ve lost my marbles. Why in the world would I want to give up the power and flexibility of Drupal to use WordPress? But it was a Drupal loving friend that once said “Using WordPress is like calling up your favorite truck dealer and ordering one in blue. Using Drupal is like calling the manufacturing plant and asking them to send you all the parts.” And for a blog that often gets neglect for months on end, I just need a blue truck.

One of the other added bonuses to this move (and yes I do see this downgrade of sorts to be a bonus), is that I can update my blog (hopefully more regularly) from my blackberry while on the go. The gang over at Automattic have released a blackberry app designed specifically for WordPress. What could be better.

So my next post will be a little more nuts and bolts of how I migrated my old Drupal data to my new WordPress Blog. Check it out and if you have any questions, don’t hesitate to ask.