I would argue, both. Pick up a project you find interesting to drive the directions of your learning, and supplement it with book-learning as you go. For insta

I would argue, both. Pick up a project you find interesting to drive the directions of your learning, and supplement it with book-learning as you go. For instance, if you wanted to do some game programming for iOS/Android, pick up books that focus on algorithms appropriate to that context, not just a general book of algorithms.