This Week in Backspin: The Rules of IT

Rules matter in human culture. While some rules are written down and clearly laid out – for example, rules for games, rules for writing, rules for flying aircraft, and for sailing boats – there are literally thousands of rules that are not codified. These are rules of convention, rules that countless years have evolved to regulate society and protect individuals and keep us from throwing away a million years of evolution and resorting to hitting each other with rocks. Which brings me to The Rules of Information Technology …