I'm a big fan of Typepad (used to create this site). I find it the best combination of ease of use while still allowing a good level of control and customization. As it's a hosted service their is zero hassle installing and maintaining, and it's well worth the reasonable prices.
Here's a snippet from their latest newsletter & blog entry giving us a taste of some of the exciting new features to come in 2008:
Looking ahead, you’ll see more improvements this year than in any other year of TypePad’s history, reflecting our commitment to keep TypePad as the world’s most powerful hosted blogging service. Six Apart has been the pioneer in blogging for more than six years, and this year we’re focusing that expertise into TypePad, where the community will benefit from the innovations in Movable Type 4 and Vox and new resources from the sale of LiveJournal. We’ll deliver the most professional and extensive theme gallery available anywhere, as well as better stats and an improved dashboard, community features to engage your readers, and premium services and support to help you build, design, grow, and profit from your site. We won’t spoil all of the surprises here, but you will hear from us regularly about what to expect throughout the year.
Looking forward to the new themes (and maybe some of my readers are too ;-)
