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Tis a bit of old news, but John Gruber has been getting a bit of ribbing lately for a few prognostication failures and reporter errors of late. Dan Lyons, roleplaying as Steve Jobs has had a field day tweaking him. Via that same Fake Steve Jobs, there's the discovery of a blog on Tumblr called Things John Gruber is Wrong About. That's not to say Gruber isn't a smart man. He couldn't possibly be as successful as a pundit based outside of the technology press (and perhaps even outside of Silicon Valley) without having a good deal of smarts. However, snark is easy. Punditry is harder, provided your goal is getting stuff right. Reporting, which is far more a fact-finding mission, is hardest of all.