The art of interactive design

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…hoices. Look at how sites do things. Look at how they handle images and typography and white space. -As you do that, read things like Smashing Magazine and A List Apart. The most important thing is for you to learn to disagree with stuff you read if you think it's wrong. Sometimes you'll disagree with good advice, and in learning why they're giving that advice you'll learn even more. Sometimes you'll agree with something but other people will disagree, and you'll learn from them. It takes a long time to integrate what you've learned rather than to make impulsive decisions based on the last things you've seen. That said, there's nothing to stop you from submitting ideas here or to IRC or emailing people for advice, and iterating. Going based on the terms that you specified yourself: Clean you get by removing the stuff that doesn't matter. …