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/

@babashetty Had a great panel on Mobile Advertising with Adam Cahill at Tuck Business School yesterday. Had Lars Albright from Apple too!

Canada geese swimming on the playground going to train station. Sign nearby reads “Ark for sale”. Wonder what he’s asking for the ark?

Blogged the 1768 Cinderella story from Boston FIRST: The roar of the crowd and the smell of dreams http://bit.ly/9CqF5Q #yg #omgrobots