philmoldavski's comments

Great advice. If I decide to go down a rabbit hole, I typically set a time limit up front (usually 30-60 min) and try to stick to it.

Very solid approach. As an incoming Fall '12 DBC student, I've found Ruby Koans (http://rubykoans.com/) and Ruby Cookbook (http://www.amazon.com/Cookbook-Cookbooks-OReilly-Lucas-Carls...) to be incredibly helpful in grounding and adding more context to my Rails Tutorial experience.