An embodiment of the invention provides a method for controlling computing resources using visual positioning on a graphical user interface. More specifically, a computer resource is displayed as a symbol and applications are displayed as objects on the graphical user interface. Input is received from a user, wherein the input includes movement of the symbol and/or movement of at least one of the objects on the graphical user interface. The computer resource is allocated with a processor based on the input. This includes allocating more of the computer resource to a first application and less of the computer resource to a second application when the distance between the symbol and a first object representing the first application is reduced, and when the distance between the symbol and a second object representing the second application is increased.