1. A method for recognizing a gesture created by a pointing device, comprising: determining a starting point of a stroke; determining a center of a circle that corresponds to the starting point; determining a plurality of regions associated with the circle, a region of the plurality of regions comprising a sector of the circle and corresponding to an action; determining that the stroke ends in the region based at least in part on a determined acceleration of the pointing device during the stroke of the pointing device; determining an occurrence of a flick gesture based at least in part on the stroke; sending a message, based on the action, about the flick gesture to an operating system or a computing application; and causing the action to be performed by the operating system or the computing application.