1. At a computer system including a multi-touch input display surface, a method for recognizing a region for selecting items displayed on the multi-touch input display surface, the method comprising: an act of receiving a set of points, indicating at least that: contact with the multi-touch input display surface was detected at a first location on the multi-touch input display surface; and contact with the multi-touch input surface was detected at a second location on the multi-touch input display surface simultaneously with the detected contact at the first location; an act of calculating a selection region on the multi-touch input display surface based at least on the first location and the second location; an act of identifying selected items displayed on the multi-touch input display surface that are selected by the calculated selection region; an act of providing region visual feedback data to the multi-touch input display surface to display the calculated selection region on the multi-touch input display surface; and an act of providing item visual feedback data to the multi-touch input display surface to visually indicate the selected items on the multi-touch input display surface.