I try to tackle most of my project by just jumping in. It's definitely the best way to learn. I don't let any decision take more than a few minutes unless it's

I try to tackle most of my project by just jumping in. It's definitely the best way to learn. I don't let any decision take more than a few minutes unless it's really essential to the project then I would do maybe 10 minutes of cursory research. The goal is to not get bogged down with detail for me because I will if I don't watch myself. As for design, for a tech guy, I think I'm pretty good, but one really nice thing I'm noticing is that web design seems to be getting simpler. Or at the very least, you don't get points taken away for being sparse. (Usability is different tho, I'll definitely take points away for that.) One great example is stackoverflow. It represents a design I would have never made. I would have called it ugly. But I really like it for some reason. :)