I have to say that WordPress has been easier to use than the myriad other CMS’s I’ve tried. I have tried a lot of them, and not only .NET based, but also PHP based. The biggest boon with WordPress is simply the unbelievable plethora of community created plugins and themes, so many of which are freely available. It’s really a game changer.
I always like to do things myself, as I am a technologist and like to get my hands dirty on all levels of technology. But WordPress is just too easy to pass up. There… I said it.