PRELUDE
Surely at some point in your life you have purchased a new product you were just super excited to try. You were so excited that you rushed home in excitement in order to open the box (that you just paid for) like it was some gift from a far off land (China), even [...]

Tonight’s rant is a simple rant with simple goals (to improve the world, of course.

WARM-UP TO THE RANT
Stop for a moment and think about the various Standards that surround you.
I’m not just talking about the obvious Standards (like USB, IEEE1394=Firewire, 802.11abcdefgthruz), but also about the subterranean foundational standards (ANSI screw sizes, ASCII, double-click-to-open-files). [...]