Pogo Sketch

The Pogo Sketch is a stylus designed to work with todays capacitive touch screen devices. The tip (described well by Leo Laporte as a ‘puffball’) is a spongy material that mimics the action of the finger tips on the screen. It is very effective when gloves – such as surgical gloves – have to be worn so the touch interface would not otherwise work.

Twitter

Twitter can best be described as a cross between an IM client such as MSN Messenger, an RSS feed and SMS. Messages must be less than 140 characters and can include a link. The essential point is to answer the simple question ‘What are you doing?’ You can follow individuals’ messages or search on topics. At the time of writing, swine flu is getting a lot of play.