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    Ever Plugged A USB In Wrong? Of Course You Have. Here's Why

    It's often hard to plug in a USB device on the first try. Ajay Bhatt, the chief inventor of the USB, agrees the design is annoying but says there was a good reason for it.
    by Josh Axelrod Jun 21, 2019 2 minutes
    Ajay Bhatt led the team at Intel that created the USB. "In hindsight, based on all the experiences that we all had, of course it was not as easy as it should be," he says.

    Your files are done syncing, and you go to plug in your thumb drive. You try once. Failure ensues. Metal clashes with metal. Humiliated and discouraged, you flip it and try again. Failure, again! How could this be possible?

    Wiping your brow, ready to give up, you flip back to the original orientation for a final try. The hard-won success is unsatisfying, tainted by the absurdity

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