How to finally figure out .NET technologies and start something

Let this be one of the New Year's resolutions: to finally master the Microsoft .NET Framework, which is undoubtedly, and this is true at the beginning of 2011, among the best technologies in the Internet world to create and maintain not only top quality Websites but also applications for devices, including the newest and cool Windows Phone 7, web services and more. I find in this book, Professional ASP.NET 4 in C# and VB, a good antidote to counteract the overwhelming amount of documentation available to learn and study these technologies. This book, of course not for beginners, offers a big-picture view of ASP.NET 4 with an excellent editorial layout covering the essential subjects and concepts with a wealth of examples. This is now one of my favorite reference books.