Using a wordpress blog is so much easier than coding html everytime you put up a new post! Html is static and very difficult as you know to change. Blogs are dynamic, meaning they can always change with ease! Once you get the Wordpress platform on your server, you simply install it and its ready to go right out of the box. Everything is WYSIWYG from there. You can begin to write add pluggins whatever you please. Along with it being easy its also free! If you can code html you will find using wordpress is something a baby can do
After you get into using wordpress you can buy or download some free themes to make your site look better. I am currently using
Thesis theme, its one of the best on the market right now and isn't that expensive. Glad to be of some help