At first look Blender 2.3 can be very intimidating. So many buttons, too many for you to figure out what they all do on your own, trust me, I know... I tried. So I'd like to personally welcome you to the Blender Quickstart page. This page is designed to highlight some of our beginner tutorials to help get you started with modeling and even animating in Blender. We cover just about any topic you can think of in our database of tutorials, and we're constantly adding even more (just to keep you from getting bored, of course). The one thing you should know is that you can never have read ALL the tutorials out there, because just when you think you have the developers add even more features into an already great program. So, what are you waiting for? Read on...
Tutorials
We keep a huge collection of Tutorials here at Blender3d.org, and links to even more tutorials that are not on our server. If you're just getting started with Blender, you might like to check out the User Interface Tutorial, The Blender Windows, and Navigating in 3D Space. However, if you don't want to have to refer to these very often, then a good option is one of our Manuals.
Manuals
The Blender Foundation publishes a book which explains a lot of the features of Blender, all on nice pretty thick paper. This is a good option for people who have dial-up connections and don't want to have to wait for tutorial pages to load over and over again. The most current is the Blender 2.3 Guide. This covers all of the basics, and most of the new features available in the 2.3x series. The Blender E-Shop also has older books available for anyone who is interested.
Bigger than us
There is a whole internet out there! We don't have every Blender tutorial ever made on this site, but we do have a lot of them. If you're thinking you can't find what you want here, check with Google. It's always a good place to start looking for something you have trouble finding.
