To be fair iceman, it was a pretty big broad question. Doubt you'll get a whole lot out of one thread or a few posts. Rocky had good advice, and Chris has put a lot of work into that section, providing lots of reference stuff, great timeless posts, books, articles. You'll get a ton more out of going to those links in that section I'd think.

When it comes to specifics then this is the place for opinion, and even then Chris still hooks people up with specifics from there.