Digital things,
with a readable arrangement.
E-trunk is an independent journal about personal digital collections: how names, folders, versions, and short explanations support a later return.
The collection as a subject
The journal begins with the material people gather for reading, making, remembering, or completing a task. It asks what the arrangement should help a future reader find and understand.
The cabinet illustration gives those relationships a visual form. Its drawers suggest different roles within a collection rather than a storage product.
What a personal archive means here
An archive is used here as an ordinary word for material someone wants to keep and revisit. The focus is the organization and explanation of that material.
A folder tree can make a relationship clear, but its usefulness depends on the collection. The journal offers adaptable examples rather than a single naming system for every purpose.
The working examples
The cabinet, folder tree, and collection note were created for these pages. They show how a small structure can distinguish a source, a working version, and an accompanying explanation.
The site is a reading resource. The examples do not represent an account, a hosted collection, or an interface for storing a reader’s files.
Using the companion
The archive companion starts with a reason to return to the material. It then considers folder roles, meaningful version labels, and the note that introduces the arrangement.
Use a modest structure you can continue to explain. A collection becomes easier to revisit when its history and open questions remain understandable.