DeskWorkzGet the deskwork done

01What we do

What we do

Sometimes you don’t need another app. You need somebody — or something — to actually do the work.

DeskWorkz handles practical digital deskwork, research, organization, writing, and media projects.

01

Research & digging

Need to know what happened, who owned it, where something came from, or what the records say?

We can dig through:

Where we look

  • Public records
  • Historic records
  • Newspaper archives
  • Maps
  • Property records
  • Preservation records
  • Web sources
  • Corporate and legal filings
  • Historical photographs
  • Timelines
  • Scattered information

02

Place & property research

Give us a building, property, address, or place. We can research its paper trail and piece together its history.

What we can piece together

  • Ownership history
  • Previous owners
  • Deed dates
  • Documented uses
  • Changes in use
  • When it stopped operating
  • What remains today

Depending on the project, that can include:

Potential sources

  • County assessor records
  • Recorder / deed records
  • Historic maps
  • Newspaper archives
  • Preservation records
  • Historical photographs
  • Current imagery
  • Ownership records
  • Historical documentation

Possible deliverable: a sourced written report with supporting images and a timeline when appropriate.

Important boundaries

  • We do not enter buildings.
  • We do not trespass.
  • We do not promise access we do not have.
  • We do not claim photographs we did not take.
  • We do not guarantee information that cannot be verified.
Illustration of a property paper trail: an elevation drawing, a plat map, a stamped deed and photo prints connected with red thread
Illustration — generated, not a photograph

03

Information & archive work

Got a digital mess? We can help turn scattered material into something you can actually navigate.

Examples:

Examples

  • Organizing documents
  • Sorting photographs
  • Structuring research
  • Building timelines
  • Organizing digital files
  • Pulling useful information from large collections
  • Turning scattered notes into coherent documents
  • Research organization
  • Archive projects

You don’t have to organize it before giving it to us. That’s part of the job.

Illustration of loose papers and photo prints on the left resolving into labeled archive boxes and folder tabs on the right
Illustration — generated, not a photograph

04

Writing & documents

Sometimes you know what you’re trying to say — you just don’t want to wrestle it into shape.

We can help with:

We can help with

  • Research-based writing
  • Letters
  • Reports
  • Summaries
  • Document preparation
  • Editing
  • Transcription
  • Subtitles
  • Turning notes into finished material

You can give us the messy version. We’ll work from there.

05

Visual & media work

Depending on the project, we can create or source:

Media we can produce or source

  • Images
  • Short videos
  • Voiceover
  • Music
  • Subtitles
  • Illustrations
  • Other digital media

Important transparency

  • Visuals are generated or sourced unless specifically stated otherwise.
  • We never represent generated imagery as personally photographed material.
Illustration of a media workbench with a strip of film, a six-panel storyboard, an audio waveform card, a ribbon microphone and headphones
Illustration — generated, not a photograph

Not sure what you need

Not sure if we do it?

Ask anyway.

You don’t have to know exactly what service you need.

Tell us what you’re trying to accomplish.

If we can help, we’ll figure out how. If we can’t, we’ll tell you.

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