Everyone needs a "Hello World" post, so why should I be any different?

Actually, this is my first post after migrating to a Jekyll hosted site. After only a few minutes getting my initial site published, I am already enjoying the freedom I have unattached from a service like WordPress. Don't get me wrong, WordPress is a great tool for publishing a blog, but a Jekyll powered site just seems to fit my workflow better.

Why Jekyll?

I currently have a number of sites that I manage which are powered by WordPress, Expression Engine or similar content management systems. On each one of them, when managing content, I would find myself back in my text editor "finessing" the markup. So I decided to make the change to just go with a system where I start in my text editor, and with Jekyll, I never leave my text editor (except to commit my changes to my Github repo).