If you are interested in the Jekyll / Github approach, you ought to check out Octopress (https://github.com/imathis/octopress) by Brandon Mathis.
It includes all the benefits of this approach, but with a nice out-of-the-box theme as well as useful helpers to make the blogging experience much better.
It includes all the benefits of this approach, but with a nice out-of-the-box theme as well as useful helpers to make the blogging experience much better.