Thinking of starting a blog. Where to go?

I'm looking to start a personal blog. Short-term it's because I'm going to be taking a trip up to the Seattle area with my Dad and sister and figured that would be a way to keep acquaintances up to date on how we're doing. After that, I just want an outlet to write about stuff and keep myself sharp in that area, since all I do at work is editing and page layout. I don't have a particular topic or emphasis in mind -- I figured that might emerge if I kept it up.

Things is, there's a lot of sites out there for this sort of thing (like blogs.com or wordpress, for example). I was wondering which sites some others out there may have used and which one work the best.

 

Blogspot works for me.

 

Isn't that being phased out?

 

Is it? Crap.

 

Can't beat WordPress. For a free host, it's pretty flexible and has a very intuitive interface. Some nice free themes, too.

 

your mom's basement?

 

See if YGBFKM is taking on partners.

 

I don't think so, I'm hearing that it's just being rebranded as Google Blogs. But I may not be completely in the know

 

Do not steal my fu**ing blog name!

 

Blogs are dead. or at least dying.

For the use you describe, the travel updates, I'd go with Twitter and a foto site to post your pictures.

 

Wordpress +1

 

tumblr for easy stuff like this