iPad advantage: airport security claims no need to put iPad in separate bin cuz it “Doesn’t have a CPU or hard drive.” /via @charleneli

Received invitation for iPhone OS 4.0 event Apr 8 at Apple. Gee, it’s fun to be popular. #yg

Great screed on delusional content pricing for iPad. Content companies need to learn from the >$1B iPhone app market. http://ow.ly/1urk3 #yg

Per SJ Mercury News: An estimated 700,000 iPads bought on day one. That’s about double first weekend iPhone sales. http://ow.ly/1uqxo #yg

Back to choropleths and maps today. I like #ggplot2 but frustrated by being unable to build layers from data outside initial dataframe. Grrr

In honor of tomorrow’s iPad launch, I’ve just blogged “The parallel universes of iPad writers” http://bit.ly/aEnyMK #yg

Some great shots from the Boston FIRST Robotics Regional, courtesy of Christina Rizer: http://j.mp/9Bdn8N /via @bostonfirst

RT @coverby @jbernoff: Correction: IDC has not taken over Forrester Research. However, SageCircle has been acquired by godaddy.com.

IDG acquires Forrester Research. George Colony sells to join Allman Brothers. Film at 11. http://ow.ly/1tF1D #yg

RT @marissamayer RT @worleygirl: Proud to live in Kansas today. Google officially changes it’s name to “Topeka” http://www.google.com/