Investing Time Learning Technology - Short Term Pain Long Term Gain

Using new technology requires a lot of learning - learning that comes from reading as well as from experimentation.  It is often tempting, and sometimes necessary, to find the "quick" solution - however, it often pays to take a little longer on the initial task, in order to build up repeatable skills that can be exercised in future tasks. Once the knowledge is gained on how the task should be performed in future, a record of the newly learned techniques should be written at once and regularly reviewed at later dates.