> I am starting to suspect that if one wants to be good at web design one needs to start doing lots of web design until one gets better. Reading books may come

> I am starting to suspect that if one wants to be good at web design one needs to start doing lots of web design until one gets better. Reading books may come later to place that practical knowledge in some coherent mental framework. This is true, but it's true for anything. Reading a programming book won't teach you to program unless it presents problems you can build on actively throughout the reading. You need applied reps, otherwise you'll at most get some vague inspiration or enjoy/hate it. This is why I don't read practical books anymore unless I'm prepared to practice what I'm supposed to be learning about during the course of my reading. This is also true for videos.