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thinking about becoming one of those sickos who uses a trackball

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engineer, writer, "artist"

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@tmcw
why not bluetooth? the kensington one with the four buttons is a marvel to navigate browser tabs. Also fits well between split keyboards, due to its symmetric design.

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Working with ecobytes.net on allmende.io to keep computational commons running.

english here
deutsch da: https://social.allmende.io/@jon / @jon

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@tmcw the (open hardware, kit or pre-assembled) ploopy thumb has usb c (their other trackball models do not, yet): https://ploopy.co/thumb-trackball/

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#TechWriting, #PenPlotter, #robots that draw, #JavaScript noodling, design, #CheeseMaking, and combinations therein.

Technical writer @ DigitalOcean living in the apple orchards outside of #RochesterNY #ROC.

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@tmcw (i have not used any ploopy device so i can't speak to quality, alas)

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Technical writer @ DigitalOcean living in the apple orchards outside of #RochesterNY #ROC.

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