We could have used Logitech’s top trackball for just a day or two and our conclusion would have been the same as after many weeks of testing: this is a great pointing device. If you’re looking for help avoiding repetitive stress injuries, or if you just plain prefer trackballs over mice, this one is worth trying out.

As described in our article on basic backup strategy for your private practice and our case study in backup strategy, an external hard drive provides an attractive storage medium for fast, secure, and reliable backups. We take a look at two leading contenders for external backups: the LaCie d2 and the Maxtor One Touch II. Although similar in many ways, each drive offers particular features that make it more suitable for particular groups of users.

Is your mouse giving you grief from too many hours spent pointing, clicking, and dragging your way across a desktop? If you’re a mental health practitioner working extensively with clients online, you probably cannot avoid the pointing, clicking, or dragging — but you can avoid the mouse. Just turn it upside down, cut off the cord, and call it a trackball instead. Or, like Kensington, call it the Expert Mouse Wireless.

For mental health practitioners working extensively with clients online — particularly using text-based modalities like email or chat — it is probably only a matter of time before keyboard comfort becomes an issue that cannot be ignored.