I agree with PixelPusher ... start with a font unless you have a killer idea to begin with. I would look at site like brandsoftheworld to get ideas of powerful logos. From those ideas you can decide what you like and what you don't like.
This topic has already been answered and if you would have read che09s post to the last person that brought this topic back up out of the dirt, you would have know.
FOR FUTURE PEOPLE: Don't reply as this topic has been resolved.