improving your design skills?
chasingsparks: I recommend picking up CSS Mastery: http://www.cssmastery.com/In my case, I never took the 10-12 hours required to learn how to employ CSS properly. It seemed like a very boring low-return investment of my time.My designs were lack-luster -- and I claimed I preferred an austere approach -- because I didn't know a headache-free way of implementing certain looks. This book helped. My designs are much better now, even though I have not changed my aesthetics.