Totally second this comment. The best advice for this sort of thing: hop in. I started by trying to read a few books. I don't think I learned nearly as fast

Totally second this comment. The best advice for this sort of thing: hop in. I started by trying to read a few books. I don't think I learned nearly as fast as when I just tried to think of something I wanted to make, and devoted a few hours/days to building it.