Apple Magic Trackpad

A few months ago I started getting quite a bit of pain in some of my fingers in my right hand and had the odd shooting pain coming from my fingers and after a visit to the Doctors it turns out I have RSI from all the mouse clicking I do at work.

I began looking for a mouse alternative and then I came across the Apple Magic Trackpad.  I've had it for a while now and I have to say it's a lot better than I thought it would be.

Although I have a laptop that already has one of these things built in, I have a 22" monitor connected to it and have my laptop on a stand so both screens are at roughly the same sort of height - therefore I use a USB keyboard etc.

Using the Apple Magic Trackpad at home has reduced the amount of pain I now get in my fingers as with the trackpad you can use any finger you like to tap/click and drag/drop and have your hand/fingers in any position that is the most comfortable for you.

In fact, you can use multiple fingers (up to 4) all at the same time to do everything from a right-click to showing you all the programs you have running!

Despite it's expense this was one of my best purchases for my computer as it's helped me with my RSI pain.

If I didn't have RSI, would I use this or a mouse?  I'd have to say mouse for the simple reason I've been using one for years and can move a mouse so much faster than I can use one of these trackpad things - I guess I'll get quicker with time.

FourSquare - Checking In!

I spotted that a friend at work was using FourSquare on his iPhone to Check-In on facebook so being the inquisitive type, I headed off to their website to see what it's all about...

In a nutshell it's away of letting your fellow FourSquare friends know where you are and what you've been up to - you can also link it to Twitter and Facebook so when you check-in to a location on FourSquare it will automatically post it on those sites as well.

You can achieve different 'Badges'  for visiting different places and you can even end up being the Mayor of a place if you've been their so often!  I guess one of the ideas behind the site is that if lots of people check-in at a business such as a retail outlet then they can arrange for special offers to be sent to those people if they check-in there at a certain time/day.

If you want to see what it's all about then click on the link/image below.