Andrews has worked as an IT consultant since 2000. He specialises in “cloud” services, such as Salesforce.com, Google Apps and WordPress.com.
At WordCamp Gold Coast, he presented this introductory presentation for new-comers to WordPress.
Will not coverNot relevant to WordPress.com:Installing/hostingWordPressPluginsDNS ChangesEditing HTML and CSS
Why do you want a site?
WordPress.comBasic service is freeIt’s much easier to setupEverything is taken care of: setup, upgrades, spam, backups, security, etcLimited in what you can doWordPress.orgFree, open source softwareYou can do much more with it (flexibility)You have much more control (and, hence, responsibility)Harder to setup and manage – but there are options (e.g. one-click installs)