I must chime in! I actually enjoyed Meg Heckman's article, though I guess I'm on donnacha's side of things.

I tried running a Drupal site three years ago and couldn't make heads or tails of it as a lay user. I gave up after three or four months of struggle; I even bought some of the few Drupal books that were available for purchase then.

Today I use WordPress without having read hardly anything on it and yet have no trouble understanding how to use it -- simply use it. Not hack it, not customize it, not "push" the technology...simply use it. I am absolutely astounded at the difference.

I actually looked into Drupal again this year, prior to WordPress, and it was the same ol' same ol'...it's just a whole other vibe to it; really tech-y, really I.T.

Not to knock Drupal -- they like to note how Harvard, Sony, and the White House uses Drupal. And that's cool. But I recommend WordPress for ordinary DIYers. In fact, WordPress is so simple to use, I'm now building a site for someone else!