One cool trick: the USB standard [0] dictates that USB A type ports should be oriented "toward the host". On a computer, this means that the thick part of the plug should be facing toward the top surface motherboard. As long as you start in this position, you've got a good change of getting it in correctly on the first try, assuming you aren't blindly feeling and end up putting it in an RJ45 or HDMI port.

[0] https://www.phoenixcontact.com/assets/downloads_ed/global/we...