Dispatches, methodology, and field observations on cataloging the home. Entered, edited, and filed by the Vorby desk.
You put a record on because you want a ritual, not a scavenger hunt. You want the sleeve, the liner notes, the small decision of what to play next. What you don't want is standing in front of a shelf thinking, “I know I own this, so where d…
You pull a box from the closet looking for one issue, and twenty minutes later you are on the floor surrounded by half-sorted stacks, duplicate buys, and books that never should have been stored upright without support in the first place. T…
You need an app that captures information before it disappears into a notebook, a spreadsheet tab, or a half-remembered conversation. Sometimes that means survey responses from a field team with no signal. Sometimes it means photos, serial …
You pull out an old binder, flip past a few energy cards, and there it is, a holographic Raichu from childhood. The reaction is usually the same. First comes nostalgia. Then comes confusion. One page says the card is worth a modest amount. …
You pick up one model car to “just have on the desk,” then a second arrives because it matches your favorite era, then a third because the paint, wheels, and tiny badges are too good to ignore. A month later, you're staring at a shelf and w…
Your Mac's desktop is littered with random files. The Downloads folder is a digital graveyard. You have three different to-do lists, none of them complete, and you just bought a new charger because you couldn't find the one you already own.…
You probably own more than you can list from memory right now. Open the hall closet, look under the bed, check the garage, then think about what's in kitchen drawers, cable bins, keepsake boxes, storage totes, and the random charger basket …
You know the item is somewhere in the house. The problem is that “somewhere” could mean the garage shelf behind paint cans, the hallway cupboard in a mislabeled tote, or the spare room box you promised yourself you'd sort after the last mov…
You find the exact thing you need for a project, a move, or a collection, then the seller drops the catch. You can't buy twelve. You have to buy a case, a pallet, or a full production batch. That's the moment minimum ordering quantity stops…
You're probably in the least satisfying phase of a move right now. Half your home is still functioning, half of it is already in boxes, and the item you need most is always in the wrong room, or missing entirely. That's the problem with the…
Vorby is a careful record of what you own. The journal is the slow-print companion — the catalog itself is faster.