At work I'm always "learning" things so that I can build something. I too was learning Ruby at one point, and it started off as an exercise in learning a new p

At work I'm always "learning" things so that I can build something. I too was learning Ruby at one point, and it started off as an exercise in learning a new programming language. Trying new things little by little, by the time I got around to working on something real I found out I had a pretty good grasp on the language. This is a different experience than what I'm going through right now. There is more of a rush to learn something new so I can accomplish a task, to complete a project not to gain understanding.