Practical tips for collectors — how to track books, vinyl, DVDs and games without the hassle.
Books · Shopping
Standing in a charity shop with a book in your hand — do you already own it? Scan your shelf once, check your phone before you buy.
Books · Privacy
You want a catalog of what's on your shelf — not another login, not a social network, not your reading life uploaded to someone else's server.
Vinyl · Spreadsheets
I started with a spreadsheet for my vinyl. Three hundred rows later it was useless at a record fair. Here's what actually works when you're standing in front of a crate of records.
Comics · Collection management
Comic collections grow issue by issue until you're not sure what you have. At a second-hand stall with a familiar cover in your hand — do you already own this one?
Games · Collection management
Physical game collections grow faster than you expect. A shelf of cases that all look the same — and someone's offering you a title at a market. Do you already own it?
CDs · Collection management
CDs are the collection nobody talks about anymore — stacked in drawers, boxes, a cupboard. Because you don't see them every day, you forget what you have. Until you come home with a duplicate.
Memory · Collection management
As a child I knew every Donald Duck I owned. As an adult I knew every record. Then something changed — and standing at a record fair became stressful instead of fun.
Vinyl · Collection management
I bought the same Miles Davis record twice at a record fair. Here's how a barcode scanning app changed how I shop — and stopped the doubles.
Books · Collection management
You have a shelf full of books — and somewhere in there are titles you've forgotten you own. Here's the simplest way to scan and track your entire book collection.
DVDs · Collection management
Boxes of DVDs, piled in a cupboard. Cataloguing them sounds like a big job — with a barcode scanner it takes one afternoon. No typing, no spreadsheet.