Good advice. However, I noticed that the danger of getting too accustomed to the 'status quo' tools is that you forget what bothered you about them in the first place, and what you wanted to improve. Your first experiences are very important in this, as it will be the same thing that other new people encounter. So write them down...

(For example, some tool that initially seems extremely slow, after months of using it you may be used to the delays and take them for granted, even though productivity could be greatly improved if it was faster. Suddenly you're used to all the quirks of the old tool, making it harder to get fresh ideas)