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This blog started as a Wordpress install. Between us, we have a few other blogs, most Typo and a few others (Textpattern, Blogger). Wordpress seemed like a good choice and it’s always fun to try new software. I set it up, sent out the passwords and identified a few things I liked: fonts, posting UI, comment management and anti-spam techniques. But I missed Typo. Within 24 hours, I couldn’t take it anymore, wiped the install and switched.

There’s nothing wrong with Wordpress, it just wasn’t for me. It felt busy. I think it’s a great piece of software for people who quickly want to setup a blog and never look under the hood. But that’s not us.

The lack of development on the Typo front turned me off for a while, but the team has rebounded nicely with a superb 4.0 release and great install package. Much easier from the initial 2.x version I installed and highly recommended. Mongrel support built in!