Mining isn't rocket science, so I don't really agree.  In fact, the point of mining is that anyone can and everyone should do it to split the load around.  I would, however, advise against mining bitcoin without significant investment (and therefore knowledge).  Start with mining a crypto that uses your GPU.  

Ethpool has an FAQ (http://ethpool.org/faq) to help you get started.  That and a quick google search will net you plenty of people telling you how to do it.  PS.  If you want to discuss altcoin mining further, start a thread here https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=67.0.