Technology doesn't actually move fast - you just haven't been watching this progress over the last 5 or so years. Indeed I've found technology to be slow burning with a large bang. Similar examples are found in start ups, inventions and financial crises. Discontinuities only occur due to inadequate sampling of the information stream.
It seems like there's so many places to watch. Its really a coin flip. You can either choose to look one way, or look the other. That is, focus on what you know, or go on a technological safari. I think having a R&D day will help balance this out.
I'm always using new techniques and technologies, but they are only logical progressions in my current scope of knowledge. What I need to really do is to go from A to Epsilon to Z and then to B. At least for one day a week. I just want to be a bit more well rounded and beef up my "bag O' tricks".
