Hey, I totally agree with you, and if I sound unappreciative, then I totally apologize. I do very much appreciate.
Each one of us learns within the confines of our own abilities, learning by maximizing those things that play to our strengths and minimizing those things that emphasize our weaknesses.
I've got ADHD (attention regulation challenges), and I go into dysfunction when I'm overstimulated by sensory overload and/or cognitive overload.
My safe place is immersing myself in the details of a complex and very focused problem/project. I'm at my happiest when hyper-focused on all of the intertwingled/hyperlinked intricacies of a problem/project scope and the tools I know for working things out. When I hit a wall because what I am familiar does not work, then I go seeking out the new things I need, within the safe boundaries of the problem/project scope.
It does tickle me silly to know that there are other approaches to handling a problem. It is a huge benefit. But I can't study that new thing right away, because I'm hyperfocused (like a dog chewing on a bone) on churning code for the current problem with a keen desire to master a particular thing (in this case: filtering.)
As keen as I am for folk to contribute their knowledge of alternative ways of doing things for everybody's benefit (I encourage that something silly), the best I can do is simply take note of that, and park it into a recess of my sponge for later reference when I need it. Back to the dog chewing on a bone: everything else is a squirrel. I get easily distracted, but unlike the dog who can forget about the bone and see just the squirrel, I'm more like a kid in a candy+toy store, and I don't know where to look: too much to process.
So I take note that there are awesome alternatives out there (features in TiddlyWiki, plugin's, macros/scripts, upcoming new stuff, whatever), and I quickly park that note in subconscious memory for when I hit a wall or want to just enjoy learning something new. When I'm in the midst of trying to figure out how I can solve something with the things I've learned so far, trying to process alternative ways of doing things when I'm banging my head against a wall is like having a bunch of people talking to me at the same time: immediate over-stimulation and I shut right down.
Most folk don't have this disability (they can easily pause something, and transition from one thing to another), hence my standing ovation for anything and everything educative. I just usually find myself having to ignore the discussion, because I'm already fully engaged in some pretty deep bush-whacking.
So that long-winded diatribe just to say the stuff you're contributing (that everybody contributes, whenever/wherever/however) is awesome. I'm exceedingly appreciative. It is just hard for me to show that appreciation by adopting/discussing the idea because I can't cope with competing thoughts.
Well, I also find writing a great exercise to understand oneself, too. Not just how I function/dysfunction, but also how it impacts others. Which has me on regular guilt-trips. Trying to stay in a safe place cognitively, while trying to be respectful/appreciative of others. Not so easy to focus on both when the disability is attention regulation.
I can pat my head and rub my belly at the same time, so I like to think it is possible. Then again, show me a dog that doesn't like to have belly rubbed and a pat on the head ...