Comments on: Just because

By: Why Blog Comments Are Bad

Why Blog Comments Are Bad — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 10:30:11 +0000

[...] John and I have debated the reasons for the relative lack of malware on the Mac. I’ve tweaked his tail over his habit of excoriating those who make predictions and get it wrong, and over some [...]

By: How I’ve spent my career getting it wrong (and don’t regret a thing) | Technovia

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:52:44 +0000

[...] is why I gently tweaked John Gruber’s tail in my post the other day. John, having claimed he would never post a report he didn’t know to [...]

By: Ian Betteridge

Ian Betteridge — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:28:15 +0000

Well, yes. And I should make it clear: I’m not lampooning John because he got it wrong. Every professional journalist gets stories wrong (something I should write more about).

The point is that when you’re *not* a professional journalist, getting things right looks a lot easier than it actually is.

I’m hoping that what John learns is that things like “Claim Chowder” and “Jackass of the week” are easy to write as long as you never make any predictions or try and break any stories yourself. Once you do, things look a little different.

By: Paul Mison

Paul Mison — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:29:12 +0000

Gruber did at least link to a Business Insider post that noted the error. Whether he would have mentioned it otherwise, it's hard to tell.

By: danny o brien

danny o brien — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:34:32 +0000

Lol!