Competition for my PowerMate

A couple years ago I bought a Griffin Powermate. It was so cool that I actually bought two, one for home and one for work. I have it set up as a universal volume knob and mute button since I’m playing music all the time on the computer.

Today I discover (via Uncrate) the Logitech NuLOOQ Professional. It’s a combination jog wheel and tool button gadget that serves as an add-on to their NuLOOQ Tooldial application. Apparently it’s made to work with Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign right out of the box, but it appears you can reprogram it for shortcuts for nearly any application.

Sadly, looks to be Mac only. I’d love to play around with the hardware side of it if it worked in Windows or (even better) Linux. The thought of having a programmable jog wheel at my disposal would be pretty cool. With as much photo editing as I’ve been doing lately, it would be a great add-on to my Wacom tablet.