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I know complete rewrites are rarely a good idea, but I believe I'm in one of those exceptional cases where it's the right answer.

Can anyone recommend any books or other resources that may help minimize the pain?

I wasn't aware that google glass had an application open to get a pair, but I completely missed it (my own fault, I know).

I'd be very, very excited to get my hands on a unit to test. I'm a developer, but also have limited vision (20/200 at best, worse in certain conditions) and have a lot of trouble with anything more than a few feet away. I am insanely curious to put a pair of these on and see how readable the screen is. Not sure how hopeful I should be about them actually working for my condition. If there's no return policy, I can just eat the cost.

I've coded a few small scripts before that help me with my day-to-day work, but I feel like there might be a lot of potential in this device if the screen works for me. I can think of a half dozen use cases for these things that would make my life much easier.

Honestly not even sure if this post is appropriate. I fear it's selfish to even ask, I just have a feeling it may be a great piece of assistive technology. An email address is in my profile if anyone knows anyone who may be able to help.

I started programming when I was young and learned a lot in a very short time (qbasic -> client side web -> perl -> php) within a year. As I've continued learning my pace has slowed. I'm sure it's a function of age as well, but going from intermediate to advanced is a much longer journey than the initial part of the learning.

After losing my last job, my internal motivation train jumped off the tracks and now that I've secured employment elsewhere I can't seem to get back on the rails. There's a mental fog that is making it tough to connect my day to day actions to the long term plan. Maybe I'm just out of practice.

But whatever the case may be, I'm sure others have gotten into a similar spot before. I'd love to hear any stories and accompnyning advice.