Eponymous Laws, Internet Laws, Meme-Laws, Principles, Patterns, ...

The Internet culture came up with frequently mentioned laws that describe common patterns.

Here are some examples you might already know:

• Murphy's law
• Conway's law
• Godwin's law
• Moore's law
• Parkinson's law
• Schneier's law

Those laws are named after some persons that are connected to said laws. You can read about them on the very long page on Wikipedia about eponymous laws. Many are not named after persons and I won't limit myself to that here either.

A friend of mine posted an article with some rules on his blog. That got me interested and I discovered some really cool laws myself for the first time.

So you can find even more collections of laws on pages like:

• Category:Internet culture - Wikipedia
• Category:Internet terminology - Wikipedia
• Category:Political Internet memes - Wikipedia
• Category:Principles - Wikipedia

In my personal bubble, I did find some common patterns, rules, laws myself. For personal reference, I would like to coin a few laws myself:

• (Voit's) Law of Workflow Usefulness
• (Voit's) Law of Tool Usefulness
• (Voit's) Law of Fanboy Appearance

You might want to check them out yourself and refer to them when appropriate.