There would be more people testing and supporting this theme if there was an active place to discuss it and get feedback from those who have gone before.
I have what should be a really simple question...
How do I add a widget to my home page. It seems that all of the widget spots in the widget setting section add widgets to all the other pages but the home page.
Hopefully for starters, you are using WicketPixie 1.2, which is available for download at http://www.ohloh.net/p/wicketpixie/download. Right now, you can't add a widget to the homepage sidebar using WordPress' widget editor. Instead, you modify the home page through the WicketPixie Home Editor in the WordPress Admin. You could always rename home.php to something else, and then WordPress will use index.php for the home page. Then dynamic widgets (configurable through the Widget Editor) will be enabled.
The home page is a special page, that is why, by default, dynamic widgets aren't enabled. We have plans for the home page, like incorporating your activity stream and making WicketPixie more of a Social Media theme.