Everything begins with an entry on a list that I have in the Notes app of my iPhone. This allows me to look things up quickly and copy and paste tidbits as needed from a device that I am most certainly already holding in my hand. The most common question I answer with this is “so, how many typewriters do you have?”

Entries include:
-Typewriter nickname (EVERY typewriter must have a name for there to be balance and order in the universe)
-Year of manufacture, the list is ordered chronologically
-Make
-Model
-Total amount of dollars invested in the machine including purchase price, cost of shipping and cost of service if I needed to use an outside mechanic for something
-Platform where I found and bought the machine
-Serial number

After that I take all of my glamour shots and create the entry on the Typewriter Database. I prefer to do a complete entry all at once rather than entering bits and pieces over time.